The MolfoReflex has three unrelated serial number ranges. The Yashicaflex AS-II is another exception with a short series in the 30xxx range, then from 81xxx to 83xxx followed by a new series from 19xxx to 23xxx. The first exception is the first model, the Pigeonflex! Following the first few examples in my database, the body serial numbers dropped some 40,000.
Contax IIa IIIa serial numbers:: Film:: Home:: Film Rangefinder / Viewfinder Cameras. The early cameras were among the finest in the world, typically featuring high quality Zeiss interchangeable lenses.The final products under the Contax name were a line of 35 mm, medium format, and digital cameras engineered and manufactured. () Serial Number Patterns Originally, body serial numbers were generally consecutive within a model's production, although sometimes the numbers jumped, or increased digits, at some significant point.Ĭontax began as a camera model in the Zeiss Ikon line in 1932, and later became a brand name. In 2006, I hadn't acquired my first Yashica yet so the unknown contributor to the Chinese website must get at least some recognition for working out the idea of a date code first. If the forum members had shown less negativity and more imagination and willingness to investigate, they would have got past the translation problems and saved me a ton of work! That is the date of an archived post on discussing Electro 35 serial numbers where a forum member presented a crude Google translation of the date code theory he had found on a Chinese website. The reason I say this is that in late 2017, I have become aware that an unknown Chinese person solved the puzzle, certainly for post 1960 non-SLRs, including TLRs, at least as long ago as August 2006.
Together, we solved the YF and other SLR patterns until from late 1968, they again followed the TLR system (the cut-off for our investigations was the introduction of the Contax RTS and the Contax/Yashica mount). Contributor Chris Whelan worked out that the YE rangefinder and Pentamatic SLR also used date codes but the implementation was a little different to the other models. Serial Numbers Contents (Scroll down or click on links) Acknowledgement The working out of the date codes and serial number patterns for the TLRs and some of the non-SLRs presented here is entirely my own work.
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