Canonet GIII QL 17 Serial No's

[athol heys]

I'm new near and have just yesterday received my QL17 that I bought on EBay.
I'm halfway through my first film and looking forward to seeing the results. Looking at the serial no on the back the no is : C00302 I was wondering if this makes it a very early example ? The no on the back of my Canonet 28 is : H34153 which i presume to be much later in the production run of 28's. Perhaps someone could enlighten me on this.

Thanks in advance

Athol

 

[dostacos]

maybe, mine are low 5 digit

GreyHoundman is probably the one to ask

 

[rover]

On the inside of the camera you will see a number screened in where the film canister is placed. There is a corresponding code identifying the year of production, I just have to find where I put that piece of paper. I had is stuck to the desk where my computer is for a couple years and just took it down a couple weeks ago, figures. Look closely with good light, the code is there, just very faint.

 

[Mackinaw]

The date code is in a letter/number/number sequence. The letter designates the year the camera was made. Canon started with "A" in 1960 and went up from there. My Canonet QL 1.7 has a date code of "V" meaning it was built in 1981.

Also note that many Bell & Howell era Canons have a "serviced by B&H sticker" over the date code meaning you won't be able to see it.

Jim Bielecki

 

[airds]

Canon serials

Canon serials

Canon gear serial numbers

 

[athol heys]

thanks for the info

thanks for the info

Thanks for the info guys. had a look inside the film chamber and found: P1223
Looks like it was manufactured in 1975 so not very early after all. Will have a look in the back of the 28 when i've taken the last few shots and see what year that was manufactured.

Athol

 

[athol heys]

canonet 28

canonet 28

I finally got around to opening up the canonet 28 & when i did i found the letter to be a V. this confuses me a bit as i have always understood that the 28 was manufactured between 1971 and 1976.

I'd be interested to hear what others think

thanks

athol

 

[AsahiPentax]

H27809 on my QL17 GIII
I thought GIIIs came out in the '70s...
EDIT: Nevermind, I used the code on the back of the camera by accident 🙄

 

[filmgoerjuan]

Athol: just so you know you're not going crazy, I've got a Canonet 28 with a "T" code inside (which would put it as 1979). Canon's site says the new Canonet 28 was only manufactured up to 1976.

Perhaps they just took a long while to go through their stock? 🙂

 

[athol heys]

Thanks for that, glad i'm not going mad

 

[Fredrik]

my black QL 17 is Q911.... a black camera made exactly 25 years before a very black day..

/f


edit; just realised that 11 is not necessarily the date the camara was made..

 

[gb hill]

Saw this posted on flickr. Does anyone have an up date. My Canonet QL17 GIII has an R428 code stamped inside. From the post I'm estimating it's make around 77.

 

[Mackinaw]

Yep, April of 1977 to be precise.

Jim B.

 

[gb hill]

Yep, April of 1977 to be precise.

Jim B.

Thanks, It's an odd system Canon used. I guess the #4 was the month of manufacture.

 

[Gumby]

Thanks, It's an odd system Canon used. I guess the #4 was the month of manufacture.

Is it possible that the letter is the year code and the numbers are the day number in that year? 😀

 

[Russ]

Mine is stamped Q 924.