>--- "John M. Lovda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This was undoubtedly covered before but.....
> >
> > Can someone tell me the datecode scheme for newer
> > EOS lenses?
>...snip...
> > My newer lenses just have a long, faintly engraved
> > serial number which ends with a letter on the back.
> > My 85/1.8 = 3300165E. Does the letter have
> > the same designation, ie, E=90? This seems quite
> > old. Also, what about the month?
> >
> > Can anyone assist me?
John, all of the newer consumer lenses (non-L's) that I have owned, did not
have a date code. I believe that you are looking at the serial number. Of
the lenses that I own or have owned, only the "L" lenses and the older
non-L's have had a date code. For example, My 28-135IS has no date code,
but my 50/1.8MKI has a code. The code should typically look like this:
UB07800. Using the link below supplied by Gary, you can see that this is
lens was made at the Utsunomiya plant on 7/1987.
I've not seen all Canon lenses, but it seems to me that the newer consumer
lenses will not have a date code.
>
>http://bobatkins.photo.net/info/faq30/DATECODE.HTM
>
Darrell
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