hasselblad Tue, 17 Oct 2000 Volume 1 : Number 1020 In this issue: Re: Dating Serial Numbers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:25:38 +0200 From: "Q.G. de Bakker" To: Subject: Re: Dating Serial Numbers Message-ID: <000801c0380b$746a67a0$75eff1c3@qnu99> wrote: > [...] > Lenses are a different story. The best resource that I know of is Richard > Nordin's "Hasselblad System Compendium" (Hove Books). CF lenses can be dated (as we have seen before on this list) by the one letter + two digits code printed on the rear baffle: The letter would indicate the month of manufacture (not quite sure about this), 'E', for instance, being the fifth letter of the alfabet indicating May, the fifth month, etc. The two digit code is a backwards representation of the year of manufacture (and this is certain), "28", for instance, standing for 82, i.e. 1982. ------------------------------ End of hasselblad V1 #1020 ************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. This mailing list is in no way affiliated with Victor Hasselblad AB, it's subsidiaries, or affiliates. To change your subscription status, go to: http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad Digest archives are stored at http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm Searchable archives can be found at http://www.listquest.com/arts/index.html