Dagor Lens Information

The best book on the essentials of photographic lenes I know is long out of print although I believe there may be a new edition of it available.

It is:

_Lenses in Photography: the practical guide of optics for photographers_ Rudolph Kingslake, 1951, Garden City Books. I think there is a re-issue by The Silver Pixel Press who now published books for Kodak.

Dagor Serial Numbers

From: Sheldon Hambrick shambric@us.oracle.com
Newsgroups: rec.photo.equipment.large-format
Subject: Re: Dagor Lenses
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999

On Goerz Serial numbers and dates
Goerz Amer. Optical Co. Serial #'s from Eddie Bolsetzian (former Goerz Tech.)

Lens #

70001-140935 1902-1903
150000-190170 1903-1905
200941-224267 1906-1908
223775-226630 1908-1909
310001-315734 1911-1914
315735-320000 1914-1918
751240-756909 1927-1937
755300 1934
756910-765730 1937-1945
765730-771199 1945-1948
771200-780169 1948-1954
791500 ~1955
ser iii 61/2 #222788 1910
ser iii 81/4 #222836 1907
14" Dagor #190994 1905
19" dagor #757427 1938
ser iii 480mm #174429 1904
Artar 19" #396635 1922
artar 30" #751030 1926
first red dot artar #779612 oct 1953