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Canon Lens Serial Numbers - Lower = Newer??

Started 4 months ago | Questions thread
OP J Peters Contributing Member • Posts: 759
Re: Canon Lens Serial Numbers - Lower = Newer??

Thanks everyone for the replies.

I have two 18-150mm lenses. The older one is 96..... (2020-12) and the newer 14..... (2022-02). My concern when raising this question was that the newer one (purchased just recently) was actually older. However these fit the dates perfectly. Thank you for pointing out all of this.

I don't think it works for bodies though. Different system I guess.

In case anyone's interested, I have now owned 3 copies of the 18-150. I wasn't impressed with the first one and went back for replacement. That serial started 69..... (2018-09) which also fits.     I kept a record of the serial number in case the supplier tried to fob me off by sending the faulty one back to me      The other two are now in use across two M5 bodies (wife uses one some of the time).

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