What is a "Royal SR-45" AE-1?

[LowriderS10]

Hi everyone...someone locally is selling an AE-1 that apparently has "Royal SR-45" stamped on the "inside of the lid of the case"...what does that mean? I've tried the net, but haven't been able to come up with anything, and both my AE-1 and my AE-1 Program came without cases.

Thanks,
Tamas

 

[M.A.Longmore]

Hi Tamas,

Do you mean the case that protects the camera.
or stamped onto body, or part of the camera ?

Ron

 

[domaz]

It was probably owned by a government organization or company in Canada. A lot of organizations in Canada have the prefix "Royal" something.

 

[LowriderS10]

Ron: unfortunately I'm not sure, what was in quotation marks is what I got from the seller of the camera. I'm GUESSING it's on the inside of the leather case, but I may be wrong.

domaz: That's what I was thinking too...would like to know who, though. Does this increase or decrease the camera's value? Or does it simply have no effect on it? haha...

Thanks

 

[Kevin Kehler]

It might (and that's a big might) increase the value of the case but not the camera.

 

[andrewkirkby]

It could be the quality control person's stamp.

I'll ask some of my old colleagues at Canon for you, and get all my old FD books out

 

[ntenny]

I've just googled a bit, and it looks to me like a "Royal SR45" (I had more luck without the hyphen) may be the brand and model of a third-party SLR case. Results of any kind were very thin on the ground, but that seems reasonable if it's a thirty-year-old product.

-NT

 

[Q.G.]

Isn't SR 45 a type of battery? Maybe "Royal" is a producer of batteries.
Now what Canon takes/took SR 45 battries?

 

[Pumal]

Sounds more like SR44

 

[LowriderS10]

Thanks for the info...I've contacted the seller and made an offer (he was asking an insane amount)...no word back since the offer Oh well...I don't really NEED a third AE-1, but it would have been neat