0.095 TV lenses with SAME #.....and Inked codes meanings

[CanonRFinder]

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So what you say 😕 but to find TWO 😱 lenses with the same number is very ODD I am waiting for confirmation from the seller on the inked codes on the mounting wings on the back of the lenses. He has supplied me with one code "W100". This indicates that the lens was made in January 1982 and falls within the range I think these lenses were being released. The other lens he mentions "B1??" but is not sure so is checking. If it is B1?? then it was released in January 1987 which throws my research out the window …but I wait for his confirmation.

For those that are not sure what these codes are or mean.

Canon placed an alphanumeric code in the film chamber of the camera body and on the back mounting ring of lenses produced AFTER 1960. The code meant where A=1960 or 1986, B=1961 or 1987 and so on until Z=1985 and later =2011. BUT digital SLR cameras may have stopped that but not sure. Only TV 0.95 lenses with serial number starting with #20xxx have this inked code. No other TV lens or standard 0.95 lenses feature this inked code. It has been recorded in the model 7sz film chambers but not in the previous models and I have never seen it on any 39mm LTM lenses. 1960 or thereabouts is when the Canonflex was released and not sure if it was in the film chamber of the four Canonflex models.

This guy recently sold two TV .95 lenses with consecutive numbers and got a pretty $$$ for one of them BUT to find two with the same number........WOW. Will update once I get more details. Peter

 

[harry01562]

Update

Update

The 2 lenses have sold for ~$1000 each to the same buyer. That would make a fairly substantial premium for the SN vagaries, and must have gone to a collector. They are obviously interesting, but $2000 can buy interesting things, even today.

On a different note: the 7s did have inked date codes. I have not seen codes on any Canon flex, and I own several, including all 4 models.
Codes/cameras in my collection:
7s 11451x G241
7s 10485x G1006
7sz 11738x H407
Does anyone else have codes they can share?

Jim Bielecki's list has a number of codes for both models listed. Strange that they used them on the late 7's, but not on the Canonflex, which were sold at the same time. I'd be interested to know if any member has seen a 'Flex with a date code.

Harry