Voigtländer serial numbers
Camera bodies
From 1929 to at least 1937 Voigtländer used a numbering scheme for their cameras including a leading letter followed by a six-digit number. According to Prochnow[1] the leading letter clearly indicates the production year:
Year | Letter | Year | Letter | Year | Letter | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929 | A | 1932 | D | 1935 | G | ||
1930 | B | 1933 | E | 1936 | H | ||
1931 | C | 1934 | F | 1937 | J |
Lenses
Part of the serial number sequence of lenses made by Voigtländer [2]. Another source differs significantly in the 1930ies[3] (see last column) and sighted examples of the Voigtländer Perkeo (3x4) and related cameras from 1932 seem to confirm this.
Year | Serial nº[2] | Year | Serial nº[2] | Year | Serial nº[2] | Year | Serial nº[3] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1852 | 4,033 | 1905 | 79,288 | 1929 | 537,338 | 1929 | 500,000 | |||
1854 | 5,000 | 1906 | 83,477 | 1933 | 671,174 | 1932 | 750,000 | |||
1862 | 10,000 | 1907 | 88,057 | 1934 | 803,220 | 1934 | 1,000,000 | |||
1884 | 27,449 | 1908 | 97,999 | 1935 | 1,026,690 | 1936 | 1,500,000 | |||
1885 | 30,000 | 1909 | 101,649 | 1937 | 2,000,000 | 1937 | 2,000,000 | |||
1886 | 31,000 | 1910 | 105,778 | 1942 | 2,718,530 | 1939 | 2,500,000 | |||
1887 | 32,000 | 1911 | 110,347 | 1945 | 2,700,000 | 1940 | 2,900,000 | |||
1888 | 34,000 | 1912 | 113,569 | 1947 | 3,000,000 | 1947 | 3,000,000 | |||
1889 | 36,000 | 1913 | 118,634 - 125,975 | 1951 | 3,220,000 | |||||
1890 | 38,000 - 39,496 | 1914 | 126,001 | 1952 | 3,300,500 | |||||
1891 | 40,000 | 1915 | 132,726 | 1953 | 3,461,400 | |||||
1892 | 41,911 | 1916 | 137,682 | 1954 | 3,600,000 | |||||
1893 | 43,685 | 1917 | 139,108 | 1955 | 3,731,000 | |||||
1894 | 45,431 | 1918 | 142,853 | 1956 | 4,001,000 | |||||
1895 | 46,454 | 1919 | 144,419 | 1957 | 4,303,000 | |||||
1896 | 47,771 | 1920 | 154,426 | 1958 | 4,514,000 | |||||
1897 | 49,084 | 1921 | 160,008 | 1959 | 4,802,000 | |||||
1898 | 54,168 | 1922 | 172,136 | 1960 | 5,033,000 | |||||
1899 | 54,896 | 1923 | 194,086 | 1961 | 5,473,000 | |||||
1900 | 65,691 | 1924 | 216,948 | 1962 | 5,900,000 | |||||
1901 | 68,193 | 1925 | 227,929 | 1963 | 6,219,000 | |||||
1902 | 70,682 | 1926 | 248,505 | 1964 | 6,423,000 | |||||
1903 | 72,638 | 1927 | 279,710 | 1965 | 6,664,222 | |||||
1904 | 75,479 | 1928 | 365,562 | 1971 | 9,999,999-10,000,150 |
Notes
- ↑ Claus Prochnow, Voigtländer Report 3: Platten- und Rollfilmkameras, Lindemanns Verlag 2007, ISBN: 3-895062-74-X
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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 14, Page 6-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Patrice-Hervé Pont, Les Chiffres Cles, Fotosaga 1994, ISBN 2-906840-06-8, page 40