Don't think about that date code, just get the goods :)
I don't have any G's, so can't check. But sometimes the ink looks rather
"fluid" so a G could easily become a 6...
But prolonging the code system with 1, 2, 3, etc after Z, we end up in 2012
as date code. Being the year the world ends according to some.
So that could be a prophetic lens! maybe even made in the Wyoming factory
and sent back by time machine?
Iwert
2011/1/12 Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Piers,
>
> I understand the date code system, but do you really believe that the
> visible
> character in my attachment is a "G", and not a "6" ? It looks way too
> round to me,
> I am convinced it's a six, even though it makes no sense.
>
> Anyway, I should have it in hand in two days, and then I can be sure :-)
> Not bad eh - local seller, selling OM-1n, 24/2.8 and 90/2 Macro for ~
> $400 for
> the lot. I don't really need it, but it's too good a bargain to pass
> by, and
> it would save me from sorting out the issues with my current 90/2 Macro.
>
> regards,
> Dawid
>
>
> On 12 Jan 2011, at 12:55 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> > Konrad Beck's description in the link you provided is the best I
> > have seen,
> > Dawid.
> >
> > Thus I assume:
> >
> > "TN" is the assembly plant which is, I believe, Tatsuno.
> > "G" is the year, with "A" being 1983 (maybe 1981) thus 1987/1989
> > "5" is the month - may be May, maybe ;-)
> >
> > Piers
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dawid Loubser [mailto:dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 11 January 2011 21:18
> > To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> > Subject: [OM] Zuiko date code "TN65" ?
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > On the back of a Zuiko (90 Macro), what would date code "TN65" (or
> > possibly
> > "TW65", I can't make out 100% - see attached picture) mean?
> >
> >
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