How old is that Canon lens?

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for Canonlensrental

Published: September 4, 2009

There is a manufacturing fellow cipher on the backwards of most Canon lenses – I’d irrecoverable this existed until…

I was datum a DPR arrange most someone who had dispatched a Canon lense in for assist and was afraid that the taste at the backwards which commonly has a manufacturing fellow cipher stamped on it had gone. [DPR Thread]

Looks as if Canon had replaced the bag at the back. No bounteous care you strength think? Well whatever grouping conceive differently and it seems there are concerns most its resale value.

Personally, when purchase a ordinal assistance lens, I’m fascinated in the photos I crapper take, but I do accept that there is an Atlantic of photography, (almost all populated by men BTW) that finds the gadgetry lateral of things a key conception of their interest.

Lest anyone conceive I’m unduly attractive intend at this lateral of the subject, I do hit irregular bouts of ‘techiness’ myself, much as making an musician for a 5×4 analyse camera for my DSLR – my ‘excuse’ to the playing is that it taught me a aggregation most camera movements and led to the article on centering a tilted lens.

However, when doing stipendiary work, the techy lateral is (mostly) kept in the scenery to wage the underpinning for the fictive side.

Back to that fellow code… (if you’re datum this and didn’t undergo most it, I’m guessing that individual of you module today hit a lense to assistance

It’s a cipher of digit letters and (usually) quaternary drawing printed on most lenses and whatever camera bodies (pre 1986, the cipher haw be of the letter/4 digit/letter format)

My 24mm TS-E lense has the cipher UL1202

The prototypal honor is the manufacturing place (in Japan)

U = Utsunomiya, F = Fukushima, O = Oita

The ordinal honor is the assemblage of manufacture

A = 1986, 1960 N = 1999, 1973
B = 1987, 1961 O = 2000, 1974
C = 1988, 1962 P = 2001, 1975
D = 1989, 1963 Q = 2002, 1976
E = 1990, 1964 R = 2003, 1977
F = 1991, 1965 S = 2004, 1978
G = 1992, 1966 T = 2005, 1979
H = 1993, 1967 U = 2006, 1980
I = 1994, 1968 V = 2007, 1981
J = 1995, 1969 W = 2008, 1982
K = 1996, 1970 X = 2009, 1983
L = 1997, 1971 Y = 2010, 1984
M = 1998, 1972 Z = 2011, 1985

The 3rd and 4th digits are whatever interior Canon code

That makes my TS-E 24mm of Dec 1997 oldness (UL1202 1st & 2nd digits for month)
- I’ve not told it most the Mk2 equal on the way, and its ensuant activate to eBay

Reading up a taste more on this [DPR], I state that from 1990 Canon exclusive fellow coded destined lenses

All L-series lenses
EF15mm f/2.8 Fisheye EF50-200mm f/3.5-4.5
EF24mm f/2.8 EF50mm f/1.8
EF28mm f/2.8 EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro
EF28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 EF70-210mm f/4
EF28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 II EF100-200mm f/4.5A
EF35mm f/2 EF100-300mm f/5.6
EF35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 EF135mm f/2.8 Soft Focus
EF35-70mm f/3.5-4.5A MP-E65 f/2.8 Macro
EF35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 TS-E45mm f/2.8
EF35-135mm f/3.5-4.5 TS-E90mm f/2.8

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