Hi Frantisek, what can I say. It seems Pentax wasn't very consistent with these batch numbers, or maybe some digit has been wiped out by usage (Pentax/Scandinavia actually said that could happen). Maybe some other LX-owner can help out. And I really hope we'll have some good light tomorrow.
>Monday, January 28, 2002, 8:07:13 PM, Peter wrote: >PS> Hi Cotty >PS> According to what I've learned from Pentax/Scandinavia >PS> - the first number is for the factory that built the LX >PS> - the second is for the year is was built (0 = 1990,1 = 1991, 2 = 1992 >etc) >PS> They started with this type of numbers in 1990. Before that batchnumbers >PS> were put on some more interior part of the cameras. >PS> - the third position is for the month it was built (1,2,3,.. 0,x,y,z) >PS> - the forth number is the week >PS> - the last two have something to do with type variations. The pentax >people >PS> were not very clear about that. > >Hi Peter, my batch number doesn't make sense according to above info, >there are only 6 digits, and no letter. >first is 1, second is 9 - but ser.num is 5339..., and I am definitely sure >that the LX wasn't made in 1999 (or almost sure). Any ideas? > >Good light, > Frantisek Vlcek >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . Peter Smekal Uppsala, Sweden [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
