RE: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-14 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
My two Limited lenses are as follows: 77 silver # 0002812 purchased new in Aug. 2001 31 silver # 0018948 purchased new in Jul. 2002 Slowly catching up, Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sen

Re: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Aug 2004 at 9:45, Jan van Wijk wrote: > The 31 + 77 are a very nice combo on a 35mm film, > but are a bit long on the istdD in many situations ... I agree and I'm surprised that they still haven't plugged the hole in the fixed FL lens line up they've created. We have new zooms and now eff

Re: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-12 Thread Kristian Walsh
They might have had it for a while. My 77 (silver) is serial no. 0003051, and was bought in Dublin (Ireland) in December 2001. Sixty-two lenses in three years seems to be taking the "Limited" concept a bit far :-) For the record, my 43mm (silver) is numbered 0004035 and was bought second-hand

RE: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-12 Thread Paul Ewins
Silver 77 #0003088 - bought second hand in Australia Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia

Re: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 Aug 2004 at 22:24, Stan Halpin wrote: > My 31mm is 0018583 > My 43mm is 0015504 > My 77mm is 0004718 > > All are black. I was thinking that 001=black, 000=silver, and then the > 77mm ruined that theory. My black 31mm has the serial numbers 0017623 and 0019658 :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

Re: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-11 Thread Alan Chan
May I know where did you order them from (any website)? Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan My 31mm is 0018583 My 43mm is 0015504 My 77mm is 0004718 All are black. I was thinking that 001=black, 000=silver, and then the 77mm ruined that theory. I ordered all from Japan in the Spring of 2003. My

Re: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-11 Thread Stan Halpin
My 31mm is 0018583 My 43mm is 0015504 My 77mm is 0004718 All are black. I was thinking that 001=black, 000=silver, and then the 77mm ruined that theory. I ordered all from Japan in the Spring of 2003. My next idea is that no more than 9,999 were made of any of the three lenses. They did call it a

RE: FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-11 Thread Alan Chan
Mine (sold now) was 0001499 which was bought in Japan early 12/1999, soon after it hit the shelves. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan is here on the desk next to me. Did I get FA 77 number 5344, or is it model 0005 and I got number 344? How many of these did they make? _

FA 77 Limited Number 0005344...

2004-08-11 Thread Joseph Tainter
is here on the desk next to me. Did I get FA 77 number 5344, or is it model 0005 and I got number 344? How many of these did they make? My FA 31, bought spring 2002, has number 0019057. This FA 77 was made in Japan. The manual was printed in 2003, and mentions the *ist D and the FAJ lenses. So t