Determining the Age of a Canon Lens
Determining the Age of a Canon Lens
Determining the Age of a Canon Lens Based on Serial Number is easy The Digital Picture give you a clue.
Determine the age of a Canon lens based on the 10-digit serial number
To age a Canon lens using the 10-digital serial number, we dissect the serial number as follows:
DD C SSSSSSS
The DD is the key to the date of manufacture of the lens – the date code.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| January | 38 | 50 | 62 | 74 | 86 | 98 |
| February | 39 | 51 | 63 | 75 | 87 | 99 |
| March | 40 | 52 | 64 | 76 | 88 | 00 |
| April | 41 | 53 | 65 | 77 | 89 | 01 |
| May | 42 | 54 | 66 | 78 | 90 | 02 |
| June | 43 | 55 | 67 | 79 | 91 | 03 |
| July | 44 | 56 | 68 | 80 | 92 | 04 |
| August | 45 | 57 | 69 | 81 | 93 | 05 |
| September | 46 | 58 | 70 | 82 | 94 | 06 |
| October | 47 | 59 | 71 | 83 | 95 | 07 |
| November | 48 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 96 | 08 |
| December | 49 | 61 | 73 | 85 | 97 | 09 |
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