I think I have worked out the 'system' of date code in [later] Minolta camera serial numbers, (might be proved wrong as I am not sure exactly when some were discontinued)
The 1st & 2nd digits appear to show month of manufacture. For example if the first digit is 1, the 2nd digit is the month digit, eg. 8 for the 8th month (August) etc. and the 1st digit (1) is disregarded. For months with two numbers (Oct, Nov, Dec) the 1st digit is a 2, for example 21 for 11th month (November).
It appears that the 3rd digit indicates year of production, for example the RD-175 & ActionCam were introduced in 1995 and on this basis all numbers so far are showing 1995-1998 production (not sure when discontinued but the RD-3000 arrived 1999 and this also appears to correlate.) Example 5 = 1995, 9 = 1999
Example: 19604636 - 9th month 6th year [September 1996] camera number 4636![Number Number](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0082/0654/9051/products/S__43876374_1200x1200.jpg?v=1597828521)
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Example: 22901010 - 12th month 9th year [December 1999] camera number 1010
Example: 20701337 - 10th month 7th year [October 1997] camera number 1337
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In Fall 1968 Minolta began selling black body SR-T101's, like image at left, from serial number 1270xxx on. Lotus guitar serial numbers. First generation serial numbers range from 10001xx to approximately 1650xxx. 1970-1973: the second generation and later 101’s have a coarse ridged chromed shutter speed barrel. All Minolta and Konica Minolta A-mount lenses are compatible with Sony A-mount cameras. Up into the mid 1990s, A-mount lenses for the North American market (where the A-mount camera bodies were labelled Maxxum ) were engraved Maxxum AF rather than just AF (as was used in the rest of the world, including in those regions otherwise using the.
8 – Minolta-35 Model IIB Finally, the last model was introduced in May 1958 at about serial number 103,000, now engraved under the company name at the top. The notable new features are the lever wind with the frame counter in its hub, and the rewind release lever moved away from it and it is much smaller. Minolta’s corporate headquarters were located in Osaka City, Japan at their primary plant where the Autocord was manufactured. In 1936, Molta would announce a prototype for a new twin lens reflex camera that they were working on which was heavily inspired by the Rolleicord TLR made by Franke & Heidecke of Braunschweig, Germany. Superbyke rmr 125 manual. Canon also has a system with their lenses (my 100-300 is from 1986, I even know in which factory it is built) but as far as I know we simply don't know the system used by Minolta. It was discussed before, maybe a search can give you more information. I don't think Minolta used random numbers, that doesn't make sense.
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The 1st & 2nd digits appear to show month of manufacture. For example if the first digit is 1, the 2nd digit is the month digit, eg. 8 for the 8th month (August) etc. and the 1st digit (1) is disregarded. For months with two numbers (Oct, Nov, Dec) the 1st digit is a 2, for example 21 for 11th month (November).
It appears that the 3rd digit indicates year of production, for example the RD-175 & ActionCam were introduced in 1995 and on this basis all numbers so far are showing 1995-1998 production (not sure when discontinued but the RD-3000 arrived 1999 and this also appears to correlate.) Example 5 = 1995, 9 = 1999
Example: 19604636 - 9th month 6th year [September 1996] camera number 4636
![Number Number](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0082/0654/9051/products/S__43876374_1200x1200.jpg?v=1597828521)
Example: 22901010 - 12th month 9th year [December 1999] camera number 1010
Example: 20701337 - 10th month 7th year [October 1997] camera number 1337