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Subject: [Leica] R8 Serial Numbers
From: "Paul Bolam" <Paul@bolam67.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:22:29 +0100
 
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:42:03 +0800
From: "Terry Sham" <tsham@netvigator.com>

> I would like to buy a R8 withhin this month. Somebody told me there are
> serveral generations of the R8 which can be identified by the minor
changers
> on the body, the colour displayed on the viewfinder and serial number. I
> would like to how to check them, which is the most updated generation,
what
> serial number should I choose?

Hi Terry,
I don't know when the minor changes occurred, but here are the production
batches if it's any help :-

1st production: 2285000-2422000
2nd: 2427001-2435800
3rd: 2464101-2477300
4th: higher.

Cheers,
Paul.