Canon Ae 1 Serial Number Year Made

  1. Serial Number Idm Gratis

Canon AE-1 Repair. The Canon AE-1 is a 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) film camera for use with interchangeable lenses. The serial number can be found on the top. Jan 04, 2016  i have a canon ae-1 with an albinar-adc mc auto zoom. Camera serial #3980822. IT COMES WITH THE FLASH. DON'T NOW MUCH ABOUT THE CAMERA,IT STILL HAS A FILM IN IT AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ON IT. How to determine age of a Canon lens. The date code placed separate from the actual serial number. In 1990, Canon started placing date codes on select lenses only.

Canon AE-1 (1977) image by Süleyman Demir(Image rights)

The Canon AE-1 is a 35mm filmSLR camera with shutter-priority automatic exposure and manual override, produced by Canon in Japan and produced between 1976-1984.

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By using a microprocessor, Canon was able to simplify the design, and by using a highly automated production process, they were able to keep costs low. The result was one of the first affordable TTL autoexposure cameras to hit the market. After its introduction in 1976, the Canon AE-1 quickly became a very popular camera worldwide. The AE-1 was replaced a few years later by the AE-1 Program.

SpecificationsEdit

  • Lens: Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 SC
    • Mount: Canon FD breech-lock mount, accepts New FD (FDn) lenses also; filter thread: 52mm
    • This is the Standard lens, other normal lens is Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 SSC. There are many Canon lenses for the camera
    • Aperture: up to f/22, setting: ring and scale on the lens for manual setting
    • Focus range: 0.6-10m +inf
  • DOF pre-view: button on the right of the lens flange
  • Lens release: press the silver button on the lens and turn to anti-clockwise
  • Focusing: manual, via Canon standard split image rangefinder with microprism collar
  • Shutter: cloth focal plane electronic shutter travelled horizontally, speeds: 2-1/1000 +B; setting : dial on left of the top plate
  • Shutter release: on the top plate, w/ cable release socket, w/ lock lever, L means the shutter locked; when on A, pressing half way, the meter is readable in the finder
  • Cocking lever: 120° stroke (partial strokes enabled). Ready position at 30°.
    • Canon Winder A optional for power winding
  • Frame counter: counts up, auto-reset, on the top plate
  • Viewfinder: fixed eye-level SLR pentaprism, split-image rangefinder encircled by microprism rangefinder at center with a fresnel matte screen. Exposure meter needle, aperture scale, over-exposure warning zone, stopped-down aperture metering needle and battery check indicator, and under-exposure warning LED and Manual control (M) signal are visible
  • Exposure meter: center-weighted CdS meter with shutter-priority automatic exposure, full-aperture TTL metering
  • Film speed range: 25-3200 ASA; setting: lift the knurled ring on the winding button and then set. If the speeds dial turns when you setting the ASA, turn it to B or 1000.
  • Metering range: EV 1-18 at 100 ASA/ISO
  • Exposure setting: shutter priority auto; set to A, while pressing the AE lock button on the lens turn the aperture ring of the lens; needle pointing along a vertical f-stop scale on the right side of the viewfinder. Shutter release lock lever must be on A.
  • Manual: TTL stopped-down match needle manual metering
  • Back-light control switch: silver button, on the right of the lens flange
  • Exposure compensation range: +1.5 EV.
  • Exposure preview switch: black button, on the right of the lens flange
  • Re-wind lever: folding cranck, on right of the top plate
  • Re-wind release: small knob on the bottom plate
  • Flash PC socket: Flash sync 1/60, auto-switching
  • Hot-shoe: the dedicated flash units are Speedlites
  • Self-timer: release lock lever sets to S , then release the shutter, the red LED blinks when self timer working; before the shutter release, you can cancel it by pressing the battery check button
  • Back cover: hinged, remowable, w/ memory slot
  • Engraving on the bottom plate: Canon, Japan
  • Tripod socket: ¼'
  • Strap lugs
  • Body: metal; Weight: 798g (with standard lens)
  • Battery: 4LR44 6V battery or 4x LR44 1.5 V batteries (Needs small foil ball spacer to take 4 button batteries)
    • Attention: the camera is fully battery dependant
  • Battery chamber: on front of the camera
  • Battery check: black button beside the re-wind lever. If the battery is in very good condition, in the viewfinder, metering needle stays below the index near 5.6. If it stays on index, it is in low condition and over the index the battery must be replaced.
  • On/off switch: shutter release lock lever must be on L
  • The winder terminals and coupling sockets are in the bottom plate.
  • Serial no. on the top plate
  • Date code: inside the film spool compartment, eg. R 217 means the production year 1977 and month. [1]

Notes and referencesEdit

  1. Canon SLR Date Codes is as to: Bob Atkins' website

Links Edit

  • The A Team an article about the SLR A models, AE-1, AT-1, A-1, AV-1 and AE-1 Program at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.
  • On www.collection-appareils.fr

Have you ever wondered how old is your Canon lens? I often get asked if it’s possible to determine the age of a Canon lens. If you buy a new lens from an authorized dealer, the chances are, the lens was manufactured fairly recently. So if you bought your lens new, you have a good idea how old your lens is. However, most people who buy used lenses really want to know how old a lens is without solely relying on seller’s information. The lens’ manufacturing date can give a rough estimate of how long the lens has been in use for, even if you factor in the shipping and warehouse storage times. Fortunately, Canons has been stamping date codes on their lenses since 1960 and you can pinpoint your lens’s production date, if you know how to decode it. In this quick tutorial I will show you exactly how to decode these date codes on older lenses as well as the new serial numbers.

As I have mentioned above, Canon has been placing date codes on their lenses for a long time and previously many lenses had the date code placed separate from the actual serial number. In 1990, Canon started placing date codes on select lenses only. All ‘L’ lenses have them. Click here to see the list of non-L lenses that have date codes post 1990 (if your non-L lens is not on this list, then you are out of luck). I will refer to these date codes as “the old system.” But starting in 2008, Canon created a new numbering system which incorporates production date, internal repairing code and an actual serial number into one consolidated block. And to top it off, it looks like they’ve reset the date count in the beginning of 2013. I am sure that internally Canon has a nice chart on how to decipher each number on the new serial numbers, but they don’t share it with the rest of us, so we have to make a few calculated guesses. I will refer to these big serial numbers as “the new system.”

The Old System

Canon’s old dating system is fairly straight forward, if you know what each letter means. You can find this code on the inner rim of the lens (the side that attaches to the camera). Here is the date code on my trusty EF 24-70mm 2.8L – “UT1009.”

The first letter “U” means that the lens was manufactured in Canon’s plant in Utsunomiya, Japan. There are three plants which produced EF lenses: U = Utsunomiya, F = Fukushima, O = Oita. Prior to 1986 this letter was at the end of the date code.

The second letter “T” means that it was produced in 2005. You can tell the year by checking your code against the table below. Canon started with letter “A” in 1960 and got to ‘’Z” in 1985, then they went back to “A” in 1986 and ended the alphabet again in 2011. The reason I know that my lens was manufactured in 2005 and not 1979 (since both are labeled as “T”) is mainly because this lens did not exist back in the 70’s and partly because the factory code is at the beginning.

A2012, 1986, 1960N1999, 1973
B2013, 1987, 1961O2000, 1974
C2014, 1988, 1962P2001, 1975
D2015, 1989, 1963Q2002, 1976
E1990, 1964R2003, 1977
F1991, 1965S2004, 1978
G1992, 1966T2005, 1979
H1993, 1967U2006, 1980
I1994, 1968V2007, 1981
J1995, 1969W2008, 1982
K1996, 1970X2009, 1983
L1997, 1971Y2010, 1984
M1998, 1972Z2011, 1985

The next two digits are the month. 01 being January and 12 December. Occasionally, the leading zero of the month is omitted. In my case 10 means October.

Finally, the last two numbers are internal manufacturing codes, most likely batch numbers.

The New System

The new system consolidates the date codes and serial numbers into one string of numbers. And this number is now placed on the body of the lens. It looks like this new system was only implemented on lenses that were marketed starting in 2008 and forward. So some lenses that were produced immediately after 2008, but were introduced to the market before 2008, still have the old dating system.

Microcode update error hp. To determine the age of a Canon lens based on the new 10-digit serial number we have to visually break down the number into two, one and seven digits: DD A SSSSSSS

The first two numbers DD correspond to the manufacturing date. It starts in January 2008 with number 38. 39 is February 2008 and so on until December 2012 which is 97. Then Canon reset to 01 on January 2013. Please refer to the table below for all the dates and corresponding numbers.

2008200920102011201220132014
January38506274860113
February39516375870214
March40526476880315
April41536577890416
May42546678900517
June43556779910618
July44566880920719
August45576981930820
September46587082940921
October47597183951022
November48607284961123
December49617385971224

The next number appears to be for internal use. And the final group of 7 digits is the actual serial number of your lens.

So following this breakdown you can see on this image that my EF 24-70 2.8L Mark II lens was manufactured in July 2013 (07).

If your Canon lens has a date code then you will be able to tell when it was manufactured. However, keep in mind that the production date is only just that – a date when your lens was made. Lenses can often take a long time to be shipped and then stored in a warehouse awaiting sale. Production date should only be one of the factors determining the extent of how long the lens has been in use for, other factors being the visual condition of the lens and smoothness of operation.

Serial Number Idm Gratis

EF15mm f/2.8 FisheyeEF50-200mm f/3.5-4.5
EF24mm f/2.8EF50mm f/1.8
EF28mm f/2.8EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro
EF28-70mm f/3.5-4.5EF70-210mm f/4
EF28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 IIEF100-200mm f/4.5
EF35mm f/2EF100-300mm f/5.6
EF35-70mm f/3.5-4.5EF135mm f/2.8 Soft Focus
EF35-70mm f/3.5-4.5MP-E65 f/2.8 Macro
EF35-105mm f/3.5-4.5TS-E45mm f/2.8
EF35-135mm f/3.5-4.5TS-E90mm f/2.8