

- #VOIGTLANDER CAMERA SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #VOIGTLANDER CAMERA SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
On this web-site the author also have programmed a little camera dating tool based on a series of serial number lists. Therefore, recently (2020) two new lists have been proposed based on >50 examples from different collections (column 3 and 4). In addition, this older list seem to underestimate the Compur production during the late 1920'ies. Most have waist-level and eye-level viewfinders. However, this older list did not address the introduction of the Compur-Rapid shutter in 1934, which obviously started fresh with 5,xxx,xxx serial numbers, while at the same time the older Compur shutter kept using the old consecutive numbering. I'll quote an entry from copy of Mckeown's Guide as follows: 'Bessa (early models) - c1931-49 Folding rollfilm camera usually seen in 6x9cm size, some with dual-format (4.5圆cm) via film aperture mask. This old assignment is shown in column 2 of below table. Voigtlander Tele Dynar lens serial number 2497517 Cook Apem lens serial number 104777. An early list has been published in a little french collector's booklet and also appeared in other generally reliable publications.
#VOIGTLANDER CAMERA SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#
However, as most cameras also carry body and lens serial numbers in addition, collectors have used correlations and other information to compile below lists. The number can generally be found on the side rim of the shutter, between advance lever and release switch. JK Cameras Voigtlander 28mm F2 VM Mount ASPH Ultron Vintage Line Type I Lens. Deckel, based in München are a good avenue to date of cameras. Specifically with Serial Numbers ranging from 3,013,xxx - 3,294,xxx. The Compur shutters made by the German company F. The Voigtlnder Vitoret series were a very successful range of consumer level inexpensive cameras that were produced from 1961 to 1971. That effectively puts a latest date of September 1939 on the camera as this is clearly an export camera. Voigtlnder Vitoret is a 35mm film viewfinder camera manufactured by Voigtlnder & Sohn AG, Braunschweig, former West Germany and produced between 1961-1971. It is also stamped with the word ‘Germany’ on the leatherette. Image by Dirk HR Spennemann ( Image rights) When Voigtlander restarted production in 1945 they were using lens serial numbers starting with 2,7xx,xxx so this camera is well before 1945. With the introduction of roll film in the mid 1920s Voigtlander started making a series designated as the 'Rollfilm'. Read the serial number of a Compur shutter In the early 1900s Voigtlander decided to get serious about camera manufacture and introduced the Alpin 9x12cm plate camera.
