Rodenstock was a well-known manufacturer of medium\/large format lenses as well as enlarging lenses. From 1950s to early 1960s, they had produced some interchangeable Lenses for 35mm SLR and viewfinder cameras. Like many other Germany manufacturer, the lenses changed from chrome finish to black finish with focus\/aperture ring in zebra style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although Rodenstock produced two million lenses from 1954 to 1961, it seems the production number of interchangeable lenses is relatively low compare to other Germany manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have included some data on serial numbers in the list below. As I don\u2019t have the official production figures, the data may be far from complete. If you have seen or owned a lens with serial number not listed in below, it will be nice if you let us know the serial number (first five digits or the whole number) with a link or photo. If you found any errors, please let me know too.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Below is the list of all the interchangeable lenses made for 35mm cameras, sorted by lens mount\/camera type and focal length. Most of the following lenses can be adapted to digital cameras with readily available adapters except the 40\/2.8 and 75\/4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Production Dates for Rodenstock Lenses, Up to Year (extract): Rodenstock-Heligon 35mm f\/2.8 (chrome)<\/p>\n\n\n\n SN known: 22981xx, 23274xx, 23275xx, 23276xx, 23277xx, 23695xx, 23696xx, 23697xx, 23698xx, 23699xx, 23710xx, 23711xx, 23712xx, 24595xx, 24596xx, 24597xx, 24598xx, 35253xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eurygon 30mm f\/2.8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exakta M42 Rodenstock Retina-Eurygon Eurygon 35mm f\/4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rodenstock-Eurygon (Vitessa T\/Braun Colorette) Rodenstock-Eurygon (Iloca) Rodenstock Retina-Eurygon Rodenstock-Trinar-L 40mm f\/2.8 (Braun Paxette Electromatic 1A) Ysarex 50mm f\/2.8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rodenstock-Ysarex (Vitessa T\/Braun Colorette) Rodenstock-Iloca-Ysarex Rodenstock Retina-Ysarex Heligon 50mm f\/1.9<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exakta M42 Rodenstock Iloca-Heligon Rodenstock Retina-Heligon Rodenstock-Rotelar 75mm f\/4 (Braun Paxette Electromatic 1A)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rodenstock Retina-Rotelar Rotelar 85mm f\/4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rodenstock-Rotelar (Vitessa T\/Braun Colorette) Rodenstock Retina-Rotelar Rodenstock-Rotelar 100mm f\/4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exakta M42 with aperture arm Rotelar 135mm f\/4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exakta M42 with aperture arm Rodenstock Retina-Rotelar Rodenstock-Rotelar(Vitessa T\/Braun Colorette) Rodenstock-Rotelar R Rodenstock-Iloca-Rotelar Rodenstock-Yronar 135mm f\/3.5 (chrome\/pre-set)<\/p>\n\n\n\n M42\/Exakta\/Bellow Rodenstock-Rotelar 180mm f\/4.5 (black\/pre-set)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exakta 1) At least one sample comes with chrome painted bayonet\/non-automatic. a) The red A symbol on the name ring meaning the lens is coated, similar to the red T used on Zeiss lenses and the red V used on Meyer lenses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rodenstock was a well-known manufacturer of medium\/large format lenses as well as enlarging lenses. From 1950s to early 1960s, they had produced some interchangeable Lenses for 35mm SLR and viewfinder cameras. Like many other Germany manufacturer, the lenses changed from chrome finish to black finish with focus\/aperture ring in zebra style. Although Rodenstock produced two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[94],"offerexpiration":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6969,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions\/6969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lensfever.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2,000,000 1945
2,500,000 1952
3,000,000 1954
4,000,000 1957
4,500,000 1960
5,000,000 1961
5,300,000 1963<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nM42, Exakta and cameras with Synchro-Compur shutters (so called DKL):<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 37622xx, 37623xx, 37625xx(1), 38575xx, 38576xx, 38577xx, 38578xx(1), 38579xx(1), 38580xx, 38581xx, 38582xx(1), 40308xx, 40310xx, 42022xx(2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 37624xx, 37626xx, 38567xx, 38570xx, 38574xx, 38575xx, 38577xx, 38578xx, 38580xx, 38583xx, 40308xx, 44816xx, 44817xx, 44819xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 4204xxx, 4282xxx, 4285xxx, 4289xxx, 4290xxx, 4333xxx, 4555xxx, 4556xxx, 4675xxx, 4750xxx, 4751xxx, 4913xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 35030xx, 35031xx, 36169xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 40723xx, 44783xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 4070xxx, 4071xxx, 4072xxx, 4203xxx, 4204xxx, 4286xxx, 4290xxx, 4441xxx, 4476xxx, 5480xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 4838xxx, 4839xxx, 4840xxx, 4842xxx, 4847xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 3617xxx, 3817xxx, 3855xxx, 3856xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 43315xx, 44899xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 4073xxx, 4074xxx, 4075xxx, 4076xxx, 4078xxx(Macca), 4332xxx, 4476xxx, 4477xxx, 4607xxx, 4754xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 36897xx(3), 37625xx, 38565xx, 38567xx, 38568xx, 38569xx, 38570xx, 40313xx, 40314xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 37626xx, 38564xx, 38566xx, 38567xx, 38568xx, 38569xx, 38572xx, 38573xx, 42798xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 42799xx, 42800xx, 42801xx, 43142xx, 43148xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 4202xxx, 4203xxx, 4285xxx, 4314xxx, 4356xxx, 4357xxx, 4471xxx, 4608xxx, 4674xxx, 4677xxx, 4752xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 4891xxx, 4892xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 3555xxx, 36165xx, 36166xx, 36167xx, 39654xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 4201xxx, 4202xxx, 4205xxx, 4311xxx, 4312xxx, 4378xxx, 4441xxx, 4478xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 37626xx, 37627xx, 37628xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 37627xx, 37628xx, 42764xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 37629xx, 37630xx, 40317xx, 40318xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 42764xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 4204xxx, 4205xxx, 4282xxx, 4306xxx, 4382xxx, 4440xxx, 4607xxx, 4652xxx, 4675xxx, 4751xxx, 4752xxx, 4763xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 3711xxx, 3714xxx, 4194xxx, 4760xxx, 5100xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 3714xxx, 3854xxx, 3855xxx, 4687xxx, 5100xxx, 524xxxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SN known: 4330xxx, 4331xxx, 4440xxx, 4489xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known:
with red “A”: 25940xx, 25941xx, 27146xx, 27856xx, 27857xx, 33154xx, 33155xx, 33975xx, 33976xx, 34336xx, 35881xx
without red “A”: 358818x(4), 37004xx, 40132xx, 40133xx, 42404xx, 42405xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SN known: 37631xx, 42025xx, 43054xx, 44519xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2) At least one sample comes with black painted bayonet\/non-automatic.
3) This might be a pre-production SN. Thanks Max78@mflenses for the information.
4) Thanks Max78@mflenses for the information.
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b) The lens-head of the two pre-set lenses can be unscrews from the focusing mount. Some Yronars are sold together with a bellow attachment and a bellow.
c) Some special\/extremely rare\/prototype lenses are not included here, e.g. Imagon 120mm f\/4.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n