Nikon F3 Serial Numbers / Production Dates

[F2F3F6]

HI Ron, another F3HP found it's way to my stable: F3HP n° 1892040  : Code : 79VM

Am I right if I say 1990 or is it from 1989 ?

Thank you!

Didier Klein / France

[F2F3F6]

79 VM : does it mean : July 1989, and M = 13 modifications from the first bodies ? Thanks again !

[heymicahcool]

Hi there, (Ron?)

Wondering if you can help me get to know my camera more

F3 serial number 1224289
No production code

Thanks!

[john242ti]

Hey Ron,

Noticed that your flickr account has been deactivated.

Anyway, here are the cameras I've owned with known date codes:

1350085: 61VA
1609674: 63VJ
1619048: 73VJ
1678906: 64VL
1689179: 84VL
1699726: O4VL
1722870: 25VL
1747883: O5VL
1753154: N5VL
1779119: 66VM
1806168: 67VM
1825469: 68VM
1871110: D9VN
1880406: 59VN (may've had top cover swapped, since higher than above body, serial-wise)

Press:

9001263: 73O0
9002972: 14O0
9004765: 74O2
9005099: 84O2
9005346: 84O2 (yes, same camera that you had listed prior to my owning it in 2015)
9006434: D4O2
9006504: N4O2
9006741: 15O2
9012258: 37O3
9014539: 87O3

Titanium

8216407: D3TB - current body

Hi there, (Ron?)

Wondering if you can help me get to know my camera more

F3 serial number 1224289
No production code

Thanks!

Your F3 was produced sometime between March 1980 and July 1980, looks like...

[Alex_BR08]

Hello Ron / Everybody!,

I recently was given the chance to get a pretty much mint F3/T and checking the serial number/date code of the camera, it seems that it was made in April '93?

For reference, the SN/Date code is: T 8522574 / 43TD - F3/T Black Titanium

As it may seem pretty straightforward that the camera is indeed made in April '93 (since Black Titanium started in 1984), I was wondering if the Titanium production went also until the 90s, I was reading in another website that the black titanium was produced from '84 to '87.

Thanks!!