This Simple “Trick” Will Show You When Your Fujifilm Camera Has Been Made
Ok guys, if you ever wanted to know when your Fujifilm camera has been manufactured, here is a simple way to find it out :)
All you have to do is to check out the first two figures of your serial number.
So, as you can see above, my good old (and now discontinued) Fujifilm X-T1 serial number starts with “42“.
This means that my Fujifilm X-T1 has been made in 2014, in quarter 2.
To check if this is correct, I opened a random image of mine (SOOC or RAW) with the Graphic Converter EXIF tool. Here is what it shows me: 2014:06:18… or 18th of June, 2014. So indeed, quartal 2 of 2014.
So if your serial number starts with, let’s say, 71, it means your camera has been manufactured in 2017, quarter 1.
UPDATE: Thanks to the FR-community, we have solved the riddle. As from Fuji’s page in Russian here (google translated)
1st digit = Year:
1 = 2011, 2 = 2012, …
2st digit/letter = Quarter:
I quarter = 1, 5, A, S, E, J, N
II quarter = 2, 6, B, T, F, K, P
III quarter = 3, 7, C, U, G, L, Q
IV quarter = 4, 8, D, W, H, M, R
Examples of determining the year and quarter of production:
Serial number 1Txxxxxx – the first position of the number – the number “1” means 2011, the second position of the number – “T” – means the 2nd quarter, accordingly the product was produced from April to June 2011;
Serial number 03xxxxxx – the first position of the number – the number “0” means 2010, the second position of the number – “3” – means the 3rd quarter, accordingly the product was produced from July to September 2010.
The production date itself is taken as the last day of the production quarter. Ie, if the camera is produced in the third quarter, the warranty period will be counted from September 30.
And don’t forget to join our facebook groups:
- Fujifilm X-T User Group
- Fujifilm X-Pro User Group
- Fujifilm X-E User Group
- Fujifilm X100 User Group
- Fujifilm GFX Group
- Fujifilm X100F Group
- Fujifilm X-T2S (IBIS camera) Group
have a GREAT day,
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P.S.: and since some of you might ask about it in the comments… the wooden grip on my X-T1 is made by JBcamera Designs. Check it out on AmazonUS here and at JBcameradesigns.