neilt3
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Re: KM A200 - recharging without losing setup?
Mikem65d wrote:
neilt3 wrote:
How you getting on with your new camera ?
Did you get fixed up with a spare battery ?
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The new A200 is great and i'm lucky to have found this one.
Batteries are from KEH and work fine.
I got a second A200 off of the bay for 30 bucks.....seller sold as "parts or repair".
Unable to use card............turns out to be a gem.
It will read Sandisk Ultra II cards no problem, but no others, so my luck was that the seller had no Sandisk cards to try.
It has FW 1.01 in it.
The serial number is different from any of the others i've owned and i'd like to know how to decipher it.
"18501847"
any ideas?
Good deal on the cameras .
I've heard of a few cameras that develop a fault where they work with one card but not another .
The two A200 I have , have serial numbers of 42412392 and 37502521 , so it might have looked that it was older than mine .
That wouldn't work out though as I have an A1 with a S/N of 41319485 .
That's a code in between the two A200's , and that doesn't take into account the A2's in between .
So the numbers look more random than sequential .
A possibility could be that the first two or three numbers could be dependant on which factory/country they came out off .
The remainder then would be the individual serial number .
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I seem to remember a thread on Dyxum where serial numbers were discussed once , I can't remember it was film or digital cameras , but I think the start of the number was the relating to the month of production , but running continuously regardless of year .
So when the camera was started it was 10****** , five months later it was 15****** , two years later it was 34****** etc .for example .
There was a lot of debate trying to make a logical sense , though I can't remember if it was worked out . I was quite a long time ago ......
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Any way , not sure if that would help you or confuse you !
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On another note , since looking for my other A200 I got as a spares/repair camera to check the serial number ( turned out all that was wrong with it was a missing card door-worked fine ) , the extra batteries and chargers turned up !
So with the new battery and in car charger I bought the other day , I'm up to six batteries and four chargers !
That should keep me going for a bit .
Usual way , can't find something , buy another , as soon as the new one arrives you find all the missing ones !