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So, just to be clear, you're saying that, given a choice between two apparently identical lenses, from the same reputable seller, one ten years old and one one year old, you'd happily take the older lens (because you snort at date codes as having any meaning to "photographers," and you certainly consider yourself a "photographer")?
I would be looking at the condition of the lens first. I'm sure a 10 year old lens would reveal itself, or be a discontinued model. Lens codes apply to Canon L lenses and a smattering of Non-L only. Unless you can provide me with an example of an L lens that Canon replaced at the end of a year there is really no point in making a comparison.
Some L lenses made in the last couple of years no longer have date codes. They now have longer 10 digit serial numbers but few have figured out if the build date is coded in. Additionally, if you use equipment other than Canon, you don't have codes to worry about. And if you buy new, like I used to, you are assured of the best born-on date.
As my FM Profile says, I was a pro photographer, mostly in the film age, for 30 years. I now consider myself an amateur, but the "photographer" in me is for life.
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