Thanks for answering! It seems appropriate to leave out a part of S/N. I was
asking because I was doing a new background for my camera gear-homepage. The
result is not that beautiful but kind of eccentric... I just put my four
Zuikos on my scanner and scanned :)
// Johan -- result at <http://homepage.mac.com/jmalmstrom/photo.html>
Den 02-05-12 22.10, skrev "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Mostly to avoid 'scams'. If someone saw my S/N and wanted to cause
> problems, they could report it as THEIR lens and stolen. This way, they
> only have a 1 in a 1000 chance at getting it right.
>
> Tom
>
<AND>
Den 02-05-12 22.11, skrev "Richard Allen" <dickallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Johan,
> Leaving off the numbers is a precaution. This is in case the lens has at one
> time or another, been stolen. This is not to say the we OMers are a sorry
> lot. It's just that most lenses in our class have been around for a long
> time and we do purchase them used (quite often) without really knowing where
> they may have traveled in their lifetimes.
> This is something that I have learned from the others on the list.
> Richard
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