In this case, "F" stands for Fukushima which was the main Canon SLR factory for about 20 years from the early 70s until 1991. (This internal code is also occasionally omitted based on reports from Canon owners.) The last letter stands for the name of the factory. (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. The next 2 numbers tell you what month the camera was made, in this example, November. »īob says : « The first letter tells the year the camera was manufactured: in this case, 1980. What you'll see is a date code, possibly something like "U1140F". You may have to hold the camera under a strong light to see it. However, there's another way to get the information: look inside the body's film chamber for an alphanumeric code printed in black ink on the black surface of the film chamber. has never put out any sort of public info about it.
#How to find serial number on canon camera t3i serial numbers#
According to Bob Atkins, the site of whom I would suggest the Canon collectors to visit, : « Because they are chronological, serial numbers usually do tell the approximate age of a Canon SLR or SLR lens, but Canon Inc.