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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Antispam question: Please provide registration password: Answer: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON New! Upload Image Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Mal1905[/i] [br]Hi all, I'm new here but have been using Russian lenses for a while now, and have just bought my first cameras (Zenit E - Moscow Olympics 1980 & Zorki-4 1967 Jubileum) and am awaiting their delivery. I've built up a pretty decent collection of lenses, but am curious about serial numbers. For the most part, I understand that the first two digits of the number will be the year of manufacture, and that a zero might suggest a lens made for somebody important. My question is this - is there any significance to three zeros at the start of a serial number? I'm not selling the lens in question, nor will I ever do so as any of the Russian lenses I own are full-time members of my collection and any/all duplicates have been sold on. It's purely idle curiosity - call it nosiness if you want! Thanks in advance for any advice, and this looks like a great forum! Mal [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.