Serial Numbers For Carl Zeiss Binoculars
From the Lens Collector's Vade Mecum: (a) Classic Zeiss Jena numbers. It does seem that very low numbers do exist, and it is suggested that they begin at Jena at 1,000 in about 1890, unless information to the contrary is found. There may also be unnumbered lenses, possibly when they are one of a stereo pair, though confusion with licencees lenses can occur. There seems then to be a gap to 1912. Two listings then exist, and run very much in parallel.
Carlos Alberte, there are many lists of Zeiss serial numbers with dates of manufacture. What is your. I can date Carl Zeiss lenses that are post WWII by serial number. I am leaving. Production rate unless there is diversion to other products, as is likely during a war (binoculars?, gunsights?) numbered in. Feb 03, 2011 I have some Carl Zeiss Lens of Large format. Environmental Psychology 5th Edition Bell Pdf File there. How I Know its Age? By the serial number? Someone has this information?
Gilbert, in 'Collecting Photographica' and is reproduced in the back of McKeown's 'Price Guide'. The other is given in 'Chiffres Cles' by P-H. As a collector, the main point is that they do tell the same story within the time span that interests one. The following is a shortened version of the one in 'Chiffres Clef' with some extra notes added from experience here. It is tentative in places.!890 Anastigmat production begins. This is partly licensed to others, including Voigtlaender for Germany.The earliest Zeiss Anastigmat noted so far is No1,51x suggesting a possible No1000 start at Jena for camera lenses: but note an aplanat for projection seems anomalous. 1895 Voigtlaender stops production of Zeiss designs, suggesting Zeiss had expanded production facilities to make the lenses at Jena.
44,040 as Unar sales begin, production of anastigmats reaches 100,000, with about 44,000 by Zeiss and 56,000 under license. 1902 Tessar f6.3 launched. This must have been one factor leading to a big expansion of demand and production.
1908 91,711 + 103,3xx, 104,2xx noted on cameras burgled at N&G, London (Manthos article), but note N&G may have lagged in fitting as cameras made in 1912 had lenses No133,73x- say a year in store or transit. Carlos Alberte, I'm sorry but I don't know of a published source for Zeiss lenses' chronology after 1975. What you want may have been published by the Zeiss Historica Society. May have, but since I don't belong to ZHS I don't know. One of my neighbors is a member of ZHS' ruling junta, so if I wanted to know I'd just ask him.
HE has a list he's compiled. Go to to find out about joining. There is nothing like the Vade Mecum.
Andrew Glover, who sells on eBay as dagor77, tells me that much of the Vade Mecum's contents were lifted from Hans Martin Brandt's book The Photographic Lens. I have a copy of it, and I don't agree with Andrew. Diagrams in the VM may have been copied from Brandt, but not text. What makes the Vade Mecum more useful than other books filled with diagrams of lenses is that it passes judgement (right or wrong I can't say) on how well lenses' perform. Regards, Dan.
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