Voigtländer serial numbers

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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 cited 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

  1. Claus Prochnow, Voigtländer Report 3: Platten- und Rollfilmkameras, Lindemanns Verlag 2007, ISBN: 3-895062-74-X
  2. 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. 3.0 3.1 Patrice-Hervé Pont, Les Chiffres Cles, Fotosaga 1994, ISBN 2-906840-06-8, page 40