On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 12:36:24AM +0000, Giles wrote:
>
> More recent lenses, at a guess I would say those manufactured in the
> 80's, already hava date code on them in the form of a group of white
> letters near the rear element. These letters denote the particular
> factory which made the lens and the year and month.
>
interesting, does such a code look like `SAD3' or 'TND8' ?
-But What`s the year, and what`s the month? - Are there
any informations available how to decode this letters, or are all
of my Zuiko`s pretty old? - Hmm, the only one I bought new
in 1995 - doesn`t even have any letter near the rear element,
guess the dealer was pretty happy finally selling it to me.... ;-).
Frieder Faig
> Giles
>
> frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxx-stu wrote:
>
> > I've been thinking about to collect the serial Numbers from all photos,
> > where the
> > age is known. A table with this information might help to guess the age of
> > a lens.
>
> > What is your opinion about?
>
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