Canon 5d Serial Number

 

Because they are chronological, serial numbers usually do tell the approximate age of a Canon SLR or SLR lens, but Canon Inc. has never put out any sort of public information about serial numbers. However, the is another way to get the information about a camera body or lens. For cameras, look inside the body's film chamber for an alphanumeric code printed in black ink on the black surface of the film chamber. You may have to hold the camera under a strong light to see it. What you'll see is a date code, possibly something like 'U1140F.'
The first letter tells the year the camera was manufactured: in this case, 1980. It's an alphabetic code; A = 1960, B = 1961,..T = 1979, U = 1980, and so on up to Z = 1985. The next 2 numbers tell you what month the camera was made, in this example, November. (the leading zero for the month code is sometimes omitted, so an A-1 with a code of 'Y362' would have been manufactured in March, 1984, for instance.) The following 2 numbers are an internal code that is irrelevant for determining age, but year and month is close enough anyway, IMO. (This internal code is also occasionally omitted based on reports from Canon owners.) The last letter stands for the name of the factory. In this case, 'F' stands for Fukushima which was the main Canon SLR factory for about 20 years from the early 70s until 1991. (The factory code is rarely omitted, if ever.)

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So a body with the Code 'U1140F' was made in November of 1980 at the Fukushima factory.

Starting in 1986, the year code was restarted with 'A' again, but the factory code was placed before it. Now that Canon SLRs are no longer manufactured at Fukushima, you're more likely to see a code starting with 'O' for Oita. So, for SLRs manufactured in 1994, you might see a code starting with 'OI' followed by the month code.

LetterYear
A1986, 1960
B1987, 1961
C1988, 1962
D1989, 1963
E1990, 1964
F1991, 1965
G1992, 1966
H1993, 1967
I1994, 1968
J1995, 1969
K1996, 1970
L1997, 1971
M1998, 1972
N1999, 1973
O2000, 1974
P2001, 1975
Q2002, 1976
R2003, 1977
S2004, 1978
T2005, 1979
U2006, 1980
V2007, 1981
W2008, 1982
X2009, 1983
Y2010, 1984
Z2011, 1985

Serial Number Idm Gratis

The registration may be completed by creating an account profile on our website and registering your EOS 5D. Please make note that the cameras serial number will be required for registration. The serial number can be found along the bottom of the camera. Below are the guidelines for registration. Feb 12, 2009  Bob, The only 'serial number' issue I know about was a firmware update issue in early 2006 (firmware 1.05) for some early 5D bodies (those with the fifth digit in serial number equal to '1') where Canon advised return of the body to one of their service centers. This product has a serial number that uniquely identifies the item. The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Camera Body comes included with a Body Cap, 2 x Batteries and Battery Charger. The camera is used but shows only minimal signs of wear, please check all our photos. The Canon 5D Mark IV is one of the most anticipated cameras. Mark III users. The only 'serial number' issue I know about was a firmware update issue in early 2006 (firmware 1.05) for some early 5D bodies (those with the fifth digit in serial number equal to '1') where Canon advised return of the body to one of their service centers. Canon Lens Date Codes. Beside the rear lens element of many (but not all) Canon lenses is a date code (as seen above) in the form of 'UR0902'. This code is also present on many other Canon products including camera bodies. The first letter, 'U', indicates that the lens was made in Canon's Utsunomiya, Japan factory. Prior to 1986, this letter is moved to the last position of the date code.

Canon Eos 5d Serial Number

Canon issued a new product advisory regarding the EOS 5D Mark III and the infamous light-leaking issue. It looks as if Canon has identified the 5D Mark III batches that are affected by the issue: Products whose sixth digit in the serial number is 1 or 2 (e.g. Xxxxx1xxxxxx or xxxxx2xxxxxx, where x represents any optional number).

Canon 5d Serial Number Location

The same type of code is printed on the back of many (but not all) EF lenses as well, typically in small white characters on a black baffle in the rear lens mount. Normally it will read somethings like 'UT0308'. The 'U' is the factory, the 'T' is the year of manufacture (2005), the '03' is the month (March) and the final two numbers seem to be some sort of internal Canon code. Prior to 1986 the lens date codes did not include the factory letter.

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