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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
Reminds me of... 'Would you buy a used car from this man'. (Picture of Richard Nixon). (I wasn't much better. In the early 1960s I was in the car trade. Few cars had genuine miles on the odometer). -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
When Minolta and maybe others repaired cameras they got a new serial number. Also when top plates were changed they had new numbers, which Minolta may have recognised as not original. So if one is buying a secondhand Canon IS binocular, which I don't recommend, it may have a non original number. -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
With Japanese lenses the yellow stickers have a code that allows one to date the lens, but it repeats every ten years, so one has to guess the decade. Someone who knows the lenses can get it right but others can get it wrong. I thought that the silver stickers on Japanese binocular might be... -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
Hi Ted, Thanks. That would make my 18x50 Sept 2002. So a bit younger than I thought but credible. No. 731002xx. It has scratches on the rubber from being used perhaps thousands of times, but it has been almost faultless. Usually a weak battery was the cause of sluggishness etc. The optics are... -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
I think 2000 more likely for the first 15x50, then shortly followed by 18x50 (or at the same time). Just updates over the years to increase battery life etc. Not sure about better IS. I bought my first Canon IS, the 12x36 Mk 1, perhaps 1999?? -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
My used 10x30 Mk1 could be 2006. I probably bought it around 2010 plus? I don't know the 10x30 introduction date. It is in poor condition as it has moisture inside, although it works. I thought the 15x50 might have been introduced around 2000, and 15x45 earlier, but I really don't know. It... -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
Hopefully June 2016 or July 2024 and sent back in time. -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
What is missing are 2 weights that should be supplied free so that one can improve biceps etc. I have never been able to decide whether the variable prisms become more opaque with time, say ten years, and if transmission is reduced. It could equally be that my eyes transmit less over the last... -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
10x30 IS Mk II 37100xxx January 2016 probably. 10x30 IS Mk I 2200xxxC August 1998 ?? possibly. Rather poor IS and internal moisture bought secondhand. I doubt I'd buy another IS used. 1998 instruction book. unfilled warranty card. A Bushnell IS was also a secondhand mistake. The Bushnell 10x35... -
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Determining the Age of a 10X42 L IS by Serial Number
Look further. It is angled and not easily seen. Maybe use a magnifying glass. Between the tubes. External. 17700xxx here. It may be that different markets have different markers, as well as different year numbers. Maybe 3rd digit model indicator?? I spent ages going through Dallmeyer...