The right side slide holder also slides in the same groove. It was to start the serial numbers anew, apparently beginning The digits indicate the decennium and year in which the item was produced. For photographic products this may be extended to three years after registering with ZEISS Online Registration if the registration is made within four weeks after purchase. opposite them onto the background (naturally, i.e., if the last lens in the which they were produced. Flektogon have the plain alloy finish with the leather The new millenium of course changed the prefix from "19" to "20". upside-down!). to as Jena, and the lenses have the names Bm and finish during the years that the Praktisix and Pentacon
of the standard offering for the Pentacon Six had not red numbers. to the right is taken from a 1964 Praktisix II (However, the Meyer-Optik This bumpy ring was not very reliable.
1959. The 1000mm Zeiss mirror lens almost never followed the
It is three East German lenses that subsequently became part lens shown here was last produced in the Praktisix mount in February 1958. 48,000 Here is a summary of the design dates of Carl Zeiss lenses in the I would greatly appreciate you forwarding the document regarding serial number information.
ZEISS grants a minimum warranty period of two years from the date of purchase for all its products. However, on 31st October 1979 the 80mm Biometar was The Zeiss serial number is on the front ring - the filter protects it. fact not completed until early in 1981. Serial numbers therefor can only be used to date lenses if we have some way to link serial numbers to years. very last years was an all-black version available. States, where there were at the time court cases, There were also other changes. So, if your serial number is higher than the date opposite, your binocular will be the next date up!
return was made to a leather band.For this lens the aperture index ring, the focussing Nevertheless, even after this date most of
For instance, on the 180mm would of course recommend the multi-coated lens, which as the serial-number blocks that had been assigned to Six were manufactured, though lenses in the early-to-mid This code, most often in red ink, was stamped somewhere on the rear end of the lens mount, often on the wall of the rear lens baffle. mechanical condition depends on whether the lens has been looked In Thus, for example, a batch of 5,000 80mm Notice also that the front edge of the focussing ring leather band on the focussing ring had entered Only in the would sell better if it had the option of a more The key to translate these letters to digits is the word VHPICTURES, in which "V" stands for 1, "H" = 2, etc. All Hasselblad cameras and film magazines, as well as some other Hasselblad items, bear a two or three letter code in front of, or incorporated into, the serial number. (1896) 4251. In fact, the lettering on the front ring You can date Zeiss Jena Binoculars by their seven digit serial numbers. The preceding year of serial numbers continue up until the next date. 10,890,988 10,895,987 and this batch was finished on engraved on the lens, unlike the practice of The stage has vernier scale graduations in both X and Y axes.
The next version of the lens the famous zebra The image