Hasselblad serial number

[yaacovk]

Hello.
Can somoune can help with this strange serial number?
It start with number like this:
11EC38844
What is this serial number?

Yaacov.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

It's 1995.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

VHPICTURES = 1234567890
So EC = 95 = 1995

 

[Sirius Glass]

I use that method. If you go to http://www.hasselbladhistorical.eu/HS/HSTable.aspx in the top left corner there are places to check Hasselblad cameras and Zeiss lenses.

 

[yaacovk]

Thank you all guys, i know the year production, but my question was what is the 11 before the letters?

Yaacov.

 

[Chris Livsey]

Thank you all guys, i know the year production, but my question was what is the 11 before the letters?

Yaacov.

The two numbers are a product code on later production examples, they indicate what the product is.
I don't have a full list as it is rather obvious what the product is when you are looking at it!!
These are some examples, I have more but not 11.

30 = A12 back
10 = 500CM and 501CM Bodies
36 = E12 back
15 = 205TCC body
71= 16/32 H Film Back

etc. You can now add what 11 is

 

[Sirius Glass]

Can someone can help with this strange serial number?
It start with number like this:
11EC38844

Now the serial number does not seem so strange.

 

[yaacovk]

The two numbers are a product code on later production examples, they indicate what the product is.
I don't have a full list as it is rather obvious what the product is when you are looking at it!!
These are some examples, I have more but not 11.

30 = A12 back
10 = 500CM and 501CM Bodies
36 = E12 back
15 = 205TCC body
71= 16/32 H Film Back

etc. You can now add what 11 is

Thanks, so i guess that the 11 is 503CXi...

 

[Chris Livsey]

Thanks, so i guess that the 11 is 503CXi...

It is, a quick check on the big auction site shows a seller with that model quoting the serial, just a note to add: the model number prefix does not distinguish between black and chrome variants.

 

[k.hendrik]

On my SWC/m body it is: UIW 12742. Three letters ?!

 

[Chris Livsey]

On my SWC/m body it is: UIW 12742. Three letters ?!

Until 1979 a "W" was added to the code on SWC and SWC/M cameras.

 

[alentine]

Hello and thanks everybody,
Found this thread on google search: "hasselblad camera three 3 letters serial number"
Wondering what info in the attached serial number plus its(500C) made in 1957 ?
A dot or small circle at the start of the serial number?
Thanks.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Go to Hasselblad Historic [hasselbladhistorical.eu/] and put in CU from CU 30633 to see that your camera was built in 1957.

See [hasselbladhistorical.eu/HT/HTDating.aspx] to see how the two letter system works.

 

[aoresteen]

For completeness, here's the code for Kodak lenses:

C A M E R O S I T Y
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

so ET is 49 or 1949 and ET is 1949.

The Kodak Ektars used by Hasselblad were for the 1600F & 1000F cameras. Only the 80mmf/2.8 & 135mm f/3.5 Ektars were produced for sale. Only prototypes where made of the 55mm f/6.3 & the 254mm f/5.6 Ektars. Most other lenses made by Kodak used the CAMEROSITY code. That's where Victor got the idea to use a letter code to date his cameras & film magazines. He choose VHPICTURES.

 

[alentine]

Thanks sirius and aoresteen, great posts.
I mean the small circle before the serial number, seephoto please.
Thanks.