| Serial number |
Purchase date |
| 1206839 |
80 |
| 121xxxx |
80 |
| 1215219 |
Aug 80 |
| 1222289 |
Aug 89 |
| 1248282 |
Oct 80 |
| 1257811 |
80 |
| 1270532 |
Late 80 |
| 1244392 |
81 |
| 1305474 |
Nov 81 |
| 1326367 |
Jan 82 |
| 1357973 |
11 Dec 81 |
| 1373479 |
Jan 82 |
| 1380200 |
Feb 82 |
| 1382147 |
Sep 20 84 |
| 1369616 |
Sep 81 |
| 1425xxx |
24 May 82 |
| 1428811 |
Aug 82 |
| 1442733 |
Spring 83 |
| 1492300 |
28 Dec 82 |
| 14997xx |
March 83 |
| 1508309 |
83 |
| 1543410 |
Nov 82 |
| 158xxxx |
82 |
| 1702445 |
84 |
| 1830xxx |
28 April 89 |
| 1979148 |
28 Mar 98 |
|
F3HP
| Serial number |
Purchase date |
| 1478006 |
Spring 83 |
| 1459xxx |
Mid 82 |
| 1481888 |
Aug 83 |
| 1493732 |
Apr 83 |
| 1565xxx |
Spring 84 |
| 1640161 |
31 Jan 84 |
| 1645454 |
1 July 84 |
| 1671213 |
April 85 |
| 1671446 |
Aug 7, 84 |
| 1679689 |
Middle of 85 |
| 1708206 |
Late 85 or early 86 |
| 1761206 |
7 Sep 86 |
| 1713xxx |
4th quarter of 85 |
| 1717446 |
11 Dec 85 |
| 1741756 |
12 March 86 |
| 1752173 |
3 April 86 |
| 1771691 |
10 Oct 86 |
| 17899xx |
First quarter of 86 |
| 1814841 |
88 |
| 1816360 |
Jan 98 |
| 184xxxx |
First quarter of 99 |
| 1850460 |
10 July 89 |
| 1854405 |
June 90 |
| 187xxxx |
Late ‘84 |
| 1871806 |
96 |
| 1875940 |
Oct 88 |
| 1901134 |
91 |
| 1913538 |
Jan 93 |
| 1917837 |
Apr 92 |
| 1919862 |
Sep 96 |
| 1923008 |
23 June 92 |
| 1949644 |
Sept 96 |
| 1956048 |
95 |
| 1958284 |
29 May 97 |
| 1964550 |
97 |
| 1971723 |
27 Sept 96 |
| 1975079 |
Feb 98 |
| 1982537 |
April 98 |
| 1983082 |
July 98 |
| 1982710 |
July 98 |
| 1986846 |
Jan 00 |
| 1987486 |
Aug 99 |
| 1990xxx |
Dec 00 |
| 1991644 |
8 Feb 00 |
| 1991986 |
12 Dec 00 |
| 1992480 |
July 00 |
| 1992764 |
Nov 00 |
| 1995955 |
12 Oct 01 |
| 1996742 |
First quarter of 01 |
| 1999846 |
20 Aug 02 |
| 1999918 |
19 Jan 02 |
| 2000076 |
Mar 03 |
| 2000094 |
3 Jun 02 |
| 2000242 |
31 May 03 |
|
F3P
| Serial number |
Purchase date |
| P9000303 |
2 Mar 84 |
| P9010911 |
Jan 92 |
F3T
Black
The serial number for the black Nikon F3/T body starts from T 8500001.
| Serial number |
Purchase date |
| T8503444 |
Jan 96 |
| T8513293 |
Jan 96 |
| T8515xxx |
Dec 96 |
| T8523868 |
Dec 00 |
| T8525986 |
May 97 |
| T8526063 |
18 May 00 |
| T8528668 |
Oct 24 02 |
Champagne
| Serial number |
Purchase date |
| T8200157 |
Feb 99 |
| T8200312 |
May 85 |
| T8200442 |
Apr 82 |
| T8200577 |
Dec 82 |
| T8207950 |
Jun 85 |
| T8211108 |
Feb 00 |
| T8212449 |
Aug 84 |
| T8216892 |
Dec 94 |
|
Purchased 1625527 in 1983 or thereabouts!
Kim
Kim Ho
25 Jun 09 at 11:19 pm
I’m curious- I have now got an F3 HP serial number 2000536………….can anyone date this one?
Ken M
Ken MacBeth
22 Aug 09 at 12:34 am
I expect you have one of the last F3 ever made - or one of the remaining old stock since they were discontinued!
C Miller
22 Aug 09 at 6:56 pm
I have a nikon f3t champagne, special serial number, # 8200117 with lens with the same number and wood case, it is the 117 from starting f3t production?
giuseppe malcangi
23 Sep 09 at 6:17 pm
f3t #8200117 is probably the 117th f3t - remember that the f3t (champagne especially) was produced in limited numbers. I also owned an old f3t (in reasonable condition) and it was dated in the 100’s!
Jack Elspeth
7 Nov 09 at 5:52 pm
I just recently acquired an F3/T with serial number T8215363. Anyone with an idea of its production date?
Manny Illana
9 Jan 10 at 2:28 pm
Errata on serial number, that’s T 8215353
Manny Illana
9 Jan 10 at 2:29 pm
I just recently acquired an F3 P with serial number P9024355.
It is second hand but looks like new.
The camera was imported by Nital Spa, the official italian Nikon dealer and has the original paper.
I never seen befor an F3P from Nital Spa!
Anyone has an idea of the production date?
The above serial number list end at P9010911.
Thanks!
Pigi
Pierluigi Moltedo
10 Jan 10 at 6:10 pm
I don’t think the “P” was made much after the early 90’s as the F4 (and in 1995 the F5) were already 3 years old (and taking a battering from the EOS 1.. but that’s another story) so perhaps 1993 at a guesstimate - certainly I believe you have one of the last.
Charles Granger
10 Jan 10 at 6:50 pm