Find Schneider lenses age by serial number
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Find the age of Schneider lenses on the following chart. Use the Schneider lens serial number to find a approximate manufacture date.
Schneider-Kreuznach, a German manufacturer of high-quality photography and cine lenses was the winner of four Hollywood Oscar for technical achievement (1976, 1978, 2000, 2006).
Schneider lenses manufacture dates
| SERIAL NUMBER | AGE | SERIAL NUMBER | AGE |
30 000 | December 1919 May 1920 January 1922 January 1925 June 1928 February 1929 April 1931 June 1932 August 1933 October 1934 September 1935 May 1936 November 1936 December 1937 November 1938 September 1939 June 1942 September 1948 July 1949 October 1950 May 1951 November 1951 May 1952 October 1954 February 1957 May 1959 February 1961 March 1963 February 1964 February 1965 September 1965 January 1967 October 1967 November 1968 | 11 500 000 | July 1970 September 1972 March 1974 December 1976 September 1977 October 1978 October 1979 January 1981 October 1983 January 1985 August 1986 November 1988 January 1991 February 1992 January 1993 November 1993 January 1994 May 1994 January 1995 April 1995 January 1996 April 1996 November 1996 January 1997 January 1998 January 1999 January 2000 April 2000 January 2001 January 2002 January 2003 January 2004 January 2005 December 2008 |
