Fun serial numbers

[Gus Lazzari]

<p>Anybody have any fun or interesting serial numbers?</p>

<p>This M3 has <strong>two 9's, two 8's and two 9's</strong>...</p><div></div>

[leicaglow]

<p>I used to have a friend at Nikon that would look through inventory and sell me unique serial numbers. I did that because I was shooting for a wire service at the time and swapping lenses with colleagues. It made it easy to remember what equipment was mine (but we also put colored tape on our equipment too). Wish I could find a SN that was as good as yours, but nothing is that good.<g></p>

 

[User_5050610]

<p>Gus--a great poker hand!!<br>

Paul</p>

[john_robison3]

<p>About the only thing I have is an Olympus 38mm f2.8 E enlarging lens with the serial #101000 bought used in Chicago about 1973.</p>

[Niels - NHSN]

<p>A commenter on Flickr pointed out that the last 4 digits of my M6 is the year of the French Revolution. Never paid attention to serial numbers before. Now this camera is the only item in my possesion where I can recall the serial number.<br>

<a title="Leica Elmar-M 50mm 2.8 collapsed by mandoflex, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6481732203_e4c5076790_z.jpg" alt="Leica Elmar-M 50mm 2.8 collapsed" width="531" height="640" /></a></p>

[aplumpton]

<p>A very pleasingly symmetrical serial number, Gus. Another mirror imaged serial number was that on the Nikkor 80mm f2.8 of my former Plaubel Makina 670 rangefinder camera, with the number 522 225. These more modern Plaubels were made by the DOI company of Japan, noted mainly for its photofinshing business, but with contacts in Germany who helped design this fine, if noisy operating, 6 x 7 rangefinder. Wish I had kept it, and not just for the interesting serial number (It was a bargain at $850 in the mid eighties, but saw a considerable re-evaluation upward, once it was discontinued).</p>

[aplumpton]

<p>(Double post) Addendum: I like the compactness of your M6 with retracted 50mm Elmar-M, Niels. A nearly pocketable combination and a fine (and sadly discontinued) lens.</p>

[christoph_sensen]

<p>I know, I know, it's not a Leica piece, but I bought this TC-301 only for its serial number!<br>

Christoph</p><div></div>

[jason]

<p>A Canon AE-!P with number 2742000. A gift with a few Canon lenses, a special strobe and bag!<br>

My Leica M3, Ziggy has an unusual number which sadly will not be shared! Need to know!</p>

[bms]

<p>Entirely unexciting serial numbers on all my gear :(</p>

[mukul_dube]

<p>I had a friend who was a mathematician. He found something unique in all serial numbers, though I never did understand.</p>

[maciek_stankiewicz]

<p>How about this one on my<strong> Yashica Professional</strong>?<br>

(full review here: <a href="00ZDCY">http://www.photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00ZDCY</a> )</p><div></div>

[alex_lofquist]

<p>Cereal numbers are going against the "grain".</p>

[jim_momary]

<p>Blasphemy I know, but you guys made me look ...<br>

lo and behold my retired D100, it's <strong>really</strong> digital ...<br>

cuz it's almost all 1's.<br>

:o)<br>

Never paid any notice to it before, I got me a<br>

'near' Apollo moon cam LOL</p><div></div>

[DWScott]

<p>Too funny! I have the same serial number as Jim, but on a Yashica-Mat LM.</p>

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[zweeko]

<p>i once owned an olympus trip 35 - serial number: 3353535 : ]</p>

[erie_patsellis]

<p>Jim, if your D100 wants to come out of retirement, let me know, I'm looking for a few D100's for a project I'm working on.</p>

<p>erie</p>