Compur serial numbers
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| Using a speculum (dentist's mirror) to read the serial number of a Compur shutter fitted in this Balda Baldinette image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
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| The serial number of a Compur shutter fitted in this Ernemann Bob image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
The Compur shutters made by the German company F. Deckel, based in München are a good avenue to date of cameras. [1]
| Serial nº | Year |
| 214,000 | 1912 |
| 250,000 | 1914 |
| 450,000 | 1920 |
| 500,000 | 1922 |
| 600,000 | 1925 |
| 750,000 | 1926 |
| 850,000 | 1927 |
| 950,000 | 1928 |
| 1,000,000 | 1929 |
| 1,150,000 | 1930 |
| 1,500,000 | 1931 |
| 1,800,000 | 1932 |
| 2,250,000 | 1933 |
| 2,700,000 | 1934 |
| 3,200,000 | 1935 |
| 3,750,000 | 1936 |
| 4,250,000 | 1937 |
| 4,850,000 | 1938 |
| 5,400,000 | 1939 |
| 6,000,000 | 1947 |
| 6,200,000 | 1948 |
| 6,500,000 | 1949 |
| 7,000,000 | 1950 |
| 7,700,000 | 1951 |
| 8,500,000 | 1952 |
Notes
- ↑ From: Wilkinson, M, and C Glanfield. 2001. A Lens Collector's Vade Mecum, CD-rom Version 3F. Edited by A. N. Wright. Cornwall, UK: David Matthews Associates. Chapter 12. Pages 65-66
