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Fred_L	Posted - Dec 18 2011 : 1:12:38 PM Hi all! I wonder why some Zenit 18 bodies have a 8 digit serial number, and other have only 7 digits. For example with my cameras: 83000436 83000635 8600140 8601105 Does someone has an explanation please? Thank you very much Fred
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Fred_L	Posted - Dec 20 2011 : 07:50:10 AM Hi Guido I was not sure for 1984... Thank you very much!! Fred
Guido	Posted - Dec 20 2011 : 07:45:06 AM Hello Fred The s/n's of 1984 have 8 digits too. Best wishes - Guido
Fred_L	Posted - Dec 20 2011 : 07:36:43 AM OK, thank you all... It seems that models from 1980 to 1983 have 8 digits, and after 1984?, only 7 digits. What is sure is that all models i have seen from 1986 and later have only 7 digits.. I have had mine to wiki too... Fred
Vlad	Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 9:06:23 PM Well, I got one from 1981. #81000469 Cheers, Vlad.
Jacques M.	Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 10:29:03 AM David's explanation is certainly the good one. KMZ had already had these problems. For example, with ZK lenses. In 1947-48, they had 6 numbers (ex: 1948-003963). They suppressed a number for 1949 (ex: 4903637). The explanation: the totalization was additive for the years 1947 and 1948, it became year by year from 1949. On the contrary, they jumped to 8 numbers for their Zorki 1 in 1955 and 1956. That time, the first two numbers marking the date... There are probably other examples... Amiti�s. Jacques.
fotomuda	Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 03:16:19 AM My camera is also 8601687!
RCCCUK	Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 02:44:01 AM I have just added my Zenit-18 to the Wiki Catalog and noticed that there is a 1985 camera listed. David.
RCCCUK	Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 02:40:04 AM I think that KMZ probably dropped the extra zero and reduced the digits from eight to seven when they realised that they were not goiing to produce so many Zenit-18s. Were all Zenit-18s manufactured in 1983 and 1986? Does anyone have a Zenit-18 manufactured in any other year? David.
cedricfan	Posted - Dec 18 2011 : 1:45:22 PM Added my 860xxxx serials to Wiki (http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=69&ParentID=1&ContentID=590&Item=Zenit+18) Best regards, Juhani

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