[rollei_list] Re: Zeiss Numbers

  • From: Carsten Whimster <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 22:35:05 +0200

I don't know if you are interested in all Zeiss lenses, both Oberkochen and Jena, but I have a Carl Zeiss Jena MC Flektogon 20mm f/ 2.8 with a serial number of 10013230.



Carsten W


On 9 Oct 2007, at 18:41, Robert Marvin wrote:

Thank you Marc. The two multi-coated lenses are about 10 years older than I imagined. No matter--they're excellent lenses, as is the earlier Sonnar.

Bob Marvin

On Monday, October 8, 2007, at 11:32  PM, MJS wrote:

I lack the time at the moment to look up the=20
details but that four-digit number resulted from=20
a "shaving" of numbers conducted by CZJ around=20
1976 when the s/n went into eight digits:  they=20
just chopped off the first four digits.  I=20
suspect that 5516 is actually "10,075,616" and=20
that it was part of a lot of 5,000 lenses=20
completed on 20 SEP 1976.  This shaving process=20
was not uniformly applied as witness the number on the Flektogon.

The Flektogon is part of a batch of 3,000 such=20
lenses completed on 3 APR 1978.  The Sonnar is=20
part of a batch of 2,000 such lenses completed on 16 JUL 1969.

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