Schneider lens

Schneider lenses age by serial number

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 NUMBERMANUF. DATESERIAL NUMBERMANUF. DATE
30December 191911.500.000July 1970
40May 192012.000.000September 1972
50January 192212.500.000March 1974
100January 192513.000.000December 1976
200June 192813.200.000September 1977
300February 192913.400.000October 1978
400April 193113.600.000October 1979
500June 193213.800.000January 1981
600August 193314.000.000October 1983
700October 193414.100.000January 1985
800September 193514.200.000August 1986
900May 193614.300.000November 1988
1.000.000November 193614.400.000January 1991
1.200.000December 193714.460.000February 1992
1.400.000November 193814.480.000January 1993
1.600.000September 193914.500.000November 1993
1.800.000June 194214.510.000January 1994
2.000.000September 194814.520.000May 1994
2.200.000July 194914.540.000January 1995
2.400.000October 195014.560.000April 1995
2.600.000May 195114.590.000January 1996
2.800.000November 195114.600.000April 1996
3.000.000May 195214.620.000November 1996
4.000.000October 195414.623.340January 1997
5.000.000February 195714.651.520January 1998
6.000.000May 195914.690.300January 1999
7.000.000February 196114.726.600January 2000
8.000.000March 196314.730.000April 2000
8.500.000February 196414.756.400January 2001
9.000.000February 196514.788.450January 2002
9.500.000September 196514.820.970January 2003
10.000.000January 196714.853.700January 2004
10.500.000October 196714.890.800January 2005
11.000.000November 196815.000.000December 2008
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