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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 ChrisS[/i] [br]Hi all Do we have any information concerning the annual numbers of early Zorki-3 made before the year code was added to the serial number? The earliest year code seems to be 54 when the s/n was in the 5000's - can we be more precise about the actual date of introduction of the year code, perhaps from known passports? SovietCams website lists under PM1260 a camera with two serial numbers, an old one without year prefix on the R/F housing and a new s/n on the body top plate with prefix - however the two camera numbers are different. This seems strange to me as I would expect the two numbers to correspond. Are any more examples like this known, or could this camera simply have had an earlier R/F housing fitted as a replacement, perhaps for a damaged one? There also seem to be some transitional cameras corresponding to PM1245 (slow speed detent and large V/F window), but with later year-marked serial numbers. I have one in my collection with s/n 547248, and I have recorded several others with numbers in the 7, 8 and 9xxx serial range of 1954. There seems to be a considerable transitional overlap of features at this time, but when? I also have an early camera in the late 03xxx serial range corresponding to PM1235 fitted with a 1953 Jupiter-8 lens. Both camera body and lens are in a similar well-used condition and everything functions very smoothly - perhaps that's why it has been well used! One of the locking catches on the baseplate, the one below the wind-on, is of a type I have not seen before, but seems to be original - it has a separate small central section (perhaps intended to be detachable or spring-loaded?) but seems to operate normally - is this just an early version? Any answers to these queries gratefully received. ATB Chris. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.