But, I've seen a few chrome 74 bodies in person. I owned another 713xxxx serial body that came from BradleyK. My original F2 was a body in the 713xxxx serial range. Bodies beginning with 76, 78, or 80 are chrome. F3, F4, and F5 bodies didn't follow the even/odd second digit convention, nor did the EM, or the N-series bodies, since they were 99% of the time black.Īfter the 74xxxxx serial block, Nikon F2 bodies beginning with 75, 77, and 79 are all black.
Nikon serial number verification serial numbers#
When Nikon switched to the 85xxxxx serial, Nikon started using even/odd serial numbers for both black and chrome bodies again. Nikon used that practice on FM bodies above the 21xxxxx block, FT2/FT3 bodies, the EL series, and everything else through the lower 8xxxxxx serial ranges of the FM2/FM2n bodies. And, prior to the 75xxxxx serial block, they were intertwined, just like F bodies and Nikkormat/Nikomat FS, FT, and FTn bodies. This one characteristic tends to reject the notion that an F2's S/N's first two digits correspond to a year of manufacture, unless Nikon was in the habit of building only chrome bodies for one year and then black ones the next. E.g., my '71' is chrome and my '74' is black. Odd numbered S/N "dates" are found on chrome bodies and even numbered "dates" are found on black ones. It almost seems to me that, while the S/N did not necessarily coincide with a manufacturing date, that Nikon was at least paying some attention to this "coincidence." Else, why start the F2's S/N at 71?Īnother F2 S/N tidbit that I'm sure some of you already know. I also have an F2 with 74 as its first two digits. I have an F2 with a S/N that has 71 as its first two digits.
It was first released in 1971 and its serial numbering began with 71. And then Nikon continued this with the F2. I think the rumor first got started with the F since, by later in its production run, the first two digits began to approximate the year of manufacture. I have a somewhat early F, with a S/N of 648xxxx. No cashback/promotions – you will not be eligible to claim the benefit of a cashback (if offered) or benefit from other Canon promotions in your region.As most of you probably already know, the original F first saw the light of day in 1959, but its serial numbering started with 64.
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