An interesting case about the coded numbering and the manufacture year is the Rollei SL 66 SE 71039xxxx. I know that this camera was one of the last SE manufactured, they were manufactured from April 1986 to October 1992. 7+5= 12, there is no a year "12" for this camera, 1+2=3, there is no a year "3" for this camera and even considering the "wrong" way, 7+9=16, it does not make sense. The only explanation is that "12" is right coinciding with the right interpretation, and then "1" represents the change for the decade, and 2, the year 92 also coinciding with my info that this camera was one of the last SE manufactured.- All the best Carlos ___________________________________________________________ 1GB gratis, Antivirus y Antispam Correo Yahoo!, el mejor correo web del mundo http://correo.yahoo.com.ar --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list