COOLPIX Nikon 1 Z series DSLR KeyMission NIKKOR Lenses The location of Serial numbers on Nikon lenses vary depending on.
The areas where the serial number can be found are highlighted in red. Below are illustrations of serial number locations on selected Nikon products.
The serial number can be easily found because it is. Just have a look at your Nikon lens and scan the surface. They do not have a standard location, but they are fairly easy to find. Serial numbers can be found in different places on your lens.
Now that you have some understanding about serial numbers you might be curious about how to check Nikon lens serial numbers on your own Nikon lens. As I keep updating this article, Nikon keeps shifting to a very problematic (for customers) method of uniquely identifying region, especially in Europe, where they're using previously Canadian and Australian numbers (e.g.
But also oddly, we're now seeing that a lot of other country serial numbers don't tend to have a 0 as a second digit, which is another departure for Nikon. I don't receive information from Nikon or sponsorship from any other business, this list has been put. They help confirm the Start and End numbers or indicate the range where the Start and End numbers are unknown. The Earliest and Latest serial numbers are from lenses I have seen. The aluminum curtains do get as easily damaged as the titanium curtains.Start and End serial numbers are from Nikon Ai conversion lists, service manuals, catalogues and various books. More of a cost cutting measure than making the shutter stronger. Sometime around the 785xxxx serial and 7538xxx serial block, Nikon switched to the N8008 style aluminum shutter curtains from the honeycomb pattern titanium curtains. After the 85xxxxx serial block was introduced, Nikon's convention of alternating the second digit, depending on body color, disappeared. Lower serial 8xxxxxx bodies were all chrome. 78xxxxx, April 1989-around August 1990 or so. 75xxxxx started in September 1988 and continued through July 1991. 74xxxxx started in January 1985 and continued through August 1987. The 73xxxxx serial range started in August 1983 and continued through about 1987-summer 1988. Bodies above 724xxxx typically were the first FM2n bodies. 72xxxxx starts in 1983 and continues through about mid 1984.
The FM2/FM2n bodies use the same code system as what Nikon used on the F3, however, between the years 19 or so, the code sometimes had the first two digits reversed.įM2 bodies in the 700-709xxxx range all seem to be from 1982. The formula isn't as accurate as the F3 method.į6 bodies, you'd probably have to ask Nikon about. The F4 has a formula that is listed on the old Nikon F4 FAQ site, which has been archived, since the site owner shut it down.
19xxxxx is 1990s, with the 20xxxxx serial range being 2000-04ish. For regular F3 bodies, serial numbers up through 189xxxx are from between 19. Third digit is version of F3, fourth is revision. Four (or five) digit code inside the film back where the hinge is located.