is there a way to determine the date of manufacture of Panasonic cameras?

KierstenCDG said:

I'm so glad that the FZ1000 that I bought last week is so fresh. (produced May 31, 2018) It was sold and shipped directly from Amazon.com, not 3rd party seller, so anybody buying from Amazon after that will get one made after June?

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Not necessarily. Amazon has many warehouses that each have a certain amount of stock. I don't know if Amazon gets all of a particular item delivered to a single Amazon location, or whether each warehouse gets stock from Panasonc separately. And if a warehouse has 10 cameras, it may be some of these cameras came to Amazon in separate shipments. Because of the size of the Amazon warehouses, you might not get a strict first in, first out queue for goods sold. So it is in the realm of possibility that the warehouse that had the FZ1000 you bought, may have some from May or April.

When you make an order, Amazon picks which warehouse sends you the goods. I would imagine that typically, it uses the closest warehouse with stock if you are buying a single item. If you bought a bunch of items, it may pick a warehouse that has all of the times to reduce the number of packages shipped.

kkardster said:

KierstenCDG said:

I'm so glad that the FZ1000 that I bought last week is so fresh. (produced May 31, 2018) It was sold and shipped directly from Amazon.com, not 3rd party seller, so anybody buying from Amazon after that will get one made after June?

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Yes, I'd call you lucky and hope your camera is as a good as it gets! And since people keep buying them, one could rightly assume some June dates might pop up!

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Bruce
You learn something new every time you press the shutter

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I'll be honest here... I only bought it because it was on sale for $499 during Amazon's Prime Day sale... I actually wanted the FZ2500. However, the FZ2500 was around $999 and the FZ1000 was $499.... I have much better uses for the extra $500.

Your post was 5 years ago but I can confirm your speculations seem to be correct (fz330 menu)