Carl Zeiss Jena lenses Issue date by serial number

[kds315*]

There were no Planars made in that mentioned range (about 1934) - a bit more precision pls..would help a lot

[Pancolart]

Exaklaus selling this beautiful Kine Exakta: Tessar: Click here to see on Ebay.de .

Question arise: does body have a serial too and what can it tell?

My Tessar 3.5/5cm (in process of cleaning) have additional serial # inscribed on body. Please check photos. What do mine lens body serial # tell: 016686? I guess according to top # it is pretty early sample: 3016251 ?

It might be interesting to build a database of still existing Kine Tessars.

[Pancolart]

Found another, just like mine here: Click here to see on Ebay.de
but mine being earlier.

[TBaker]

Hi just joined. Also just receive my first MF Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm 1.4 T* with ser# 6706716. Still waiting for the adaptor to fit my Canon 40D.

So that would make this lense built in the '60's?

I can't believe the feel of it in my hands and the amount of glass is unreal. I just can't wait to use this thing.

[ManualFocus-G]

[TBaker]

Thanks. Ya it's made in West Germany.

[Attila]

Welcome Tbaker!

You bought an awesome lens! Congrats!

[dude163]

I just won this on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230525307030&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT


going by your list, its probably from 1955 or 1956 correct?

[metallaro1980]

the serial of my flektogon is: 118209
any info about it?
thanks!

[exaklaus]

[exaklaus]

[metallaro1980]

[Pancolart]

I have Sonnar MC electric 3.5/135mm with serial 2242 on label ring. Any idea why this low?

[Orio]

[Pancolart]

Thank you Orio!

[Orio]

[Selenium_27]

I just got a contax III with a sonar on it and I’m quite puzzled..

According to the first post of this topic : the lens has been made between 1942 and 1945.
(Carl Zeiss Jena sonnar 50 1.5, red T, S/N : 2,857,916)

I could not get more precise description on the web (I guess every site has the same source or, worse, copy each on other..)

So I turned on the body. Making the assumption the body and the lens has not been unpaired, the year of production of the lens and of the body should be close.

Unfortunately the body (S/N : C10988) is supposed to be produced in 1936-7 according to cameraquest (http://www.cameraquest.com/zconrf2.htm )

Dead end...

[Orio]

Lenses are removable, so there is no guarantee that when you buy a Contax RF with a lens on it, the two came together originally.
Considering the time passed, the fact that the camera and lens dates do not match is hardly anything to be surprised of.

[paulhofseth]

[b3j4]

hi everyone,

I've been learning a lot from this forum but didn't register until I read this post. Thanks to the earlier contributors to this thread!

I just got a CZJ Flektogon 2.4/35 with a 4-digit serial number of 6***, which I suppose it was produced in the late 80s' according to the origianl post.

But here is a weird thing: I found the following lens on the Taobao (Chinese version of ebay) with a 6-digit serial number "112592", but from the appearance of the lens one can easily tell it's definitely not from a time back to the 1910s'.



Here is the original link (yeah I know you guys probably don't read Chinese but just scroll down and look at the pics):

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.37.eTDhWq&id=21067792955&_u=t3ou2hsafda

Any thoughts on this?

[b3j4]

why doesn't the link included in the last reply show up? where is the picture? but everything was fine when I "preview" the reply?

[mo]

Hi,It is the forums anti spam feature...once you have made two posts all links images work fine.

[Pancolart]

[themoleman342]

Sorry if this has been asked before but are the serial numbers stamped on the metal lens barrels (not visible unless disassembled) supposed to correlate in any way to the nameplate serial?

[Pancolart]