HASSELBLAD Date Codes
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1989 HASSELBLAD 903 SWC with fixed BIOGON T✻ 38mm f/4.5 lens and included finder, but no back (11.5 inches/0.29 meters close focus, Bay 60 filters, 33.2 oz./941 g). enlarge. With an A12 6×6cm 120 back it weighs about 48 oz./1,360 g and sells for about $3,600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.
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This is easy: the first two letters of the serial number represent the last two digits of the year. Here's how they're coded:
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My serial number above is RE 149993.
RE = 89, thus my 903 SWC is from 1989.
Easy!
HASSELBLAD cameras are made in Sweden. The lenses are made by ZEISS in Germany for HASSELBLAD and you track them by serial number, which is a different article.
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