maestro8780 Posted December 26, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 26, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thereis a Leica IIIF RO for sale on the web. Please, can someone tell me what the "RO " stands for ? Thank you, James:rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 26, 2009 Posted December 26, 2009 Hi maestro8780, Take a look here Leica III F RO. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
azzo Posted December 26, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 26, 2009 James, I think it would be better if you posted this same question on the " Leica Collectors & Historica " section. Welcome to the Forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimF Posted December 26, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 26, 2009 Presuming you mean a camera with the serial number 524589 being sold together with a non-Leica 85mm lens, etc I have no idea what RO could be. However, the serial suggests the camera began life as a IIIc and was converted at some point to a IIIf black dial (see the pictures in the listing). The obvious thing is to ask the seller! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 26, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 26, 2009 Is there any chance that RO could stand for Rossiya (which would be Russian for "Russian")? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 26, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 26, 2009 From the s/n it ought to be a postwar IIIc, but from the pics looks like a IIIf... a modification not uncommon... but the sync numbers look black... so a BD , not a RD... probably the seller is a bit unprecise (I surfed a little their site... they list a Hexanon 57 1,2 as "Leica" ... my impression is that it is a normal SLR lens; they sell also an item that could be very tasty for some collectors... the Zeiss Biogon 75mm for Linhof 9x12, which is really a rarity... no idea if this Prague shop is a trustable dealer) Btw... I notice the dealer often adds the suffix "RO" to some items.... may be it has some significate in Czech... or could be "Return Option"?... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted December 26, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 26, 2009 I am certain that the 'RO' has no significance in regards to the camera being sold, other than some kind of reference for the seller. All his auctions have the letters 'RO' in the auction title. By the way, he is a Russian, located in Prague. At least from the information I could gather from his auction listings...... So, as Philipp mentions, the 'RO' could indicate that the camera came from his source in Russia but, I find that not very probable. Best, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted December 26, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 26, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Probably a misprint or misreading of RD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted December 27, 2009 Share #8 Posted December 27, 2009 Probably a misprint or misreading of RD. Has nothing to do with RD, all his other auctions, including R lenses, Som Berthiot lenses etc. are marked RO in the auction title. As far as I remember, lenses did not have either black or red dial synchronization scales..... Best, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted December 27, 2009 Share #9 Posted December 27, 2009 As far as I remember, lenses did not have either black or red dial synchronization scales..... Best, Jan Let me introduce you to the 5cm 3.5 Elmar available in Black and Red scale versions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 27, 2009 Share #10 Posted December 27, 2009 Let me introduce you to the 5cm 3.5 Elmar available in Black and Red scale versions! :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted December 28, 2009 Share #11 Posted December 28, 2009 ....... :D Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J Posted January 12, 2010 Share #12 Posted January 12, 2010 I asked the seller and he said the RO represented the warehouse the item was in,Presumably while waiting to be shipped after the auction was over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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