Minolta 700si, 400si manufacture date?

[chiangmaiphotos]

Can anyone tell me when the manufacture of the Maxxum 700si, 400si, 450si, 430si

RZ and 7000 AF ended? Are there records of serial numbers that would indicate

the approximate date of manufacture? I need the informtion to establish whether

I can import the cameras under a duty free exemption for my business overseas.

 

Thanks,

Neal

[bill_thorlin]

Ummm - not an easy one at all. Michael Hohners site - www.mhohner.de - will give you the start dates. He might possibly be aware of the end dates.

 

I recollect reading that the serial numbers bore no relationship to anything much so they may not be of any help.

 

I wish you luck with this.

[michael_hohner]

Typically, a camera is no longer made when the succeeding generation of cameras appears, at the latest. This means, for example, that the 700si was definately no longer made in 2000, when the 7 was released.