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Dmcrite33
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Username: Dmcrite33
Post Number: 18
Registered: 03-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 02:20 am: | 
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I can't find info on this camera. Any help would be appreciated. It is a Tower camera made in Germany. Thanks...  |
Chiccolini
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Username: Chiccolini
Post Number: 60
Registered: 06-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 03:42 am: |
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Looks like yet another of many Iloca cameras. |
Canuck_curt
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Username: Canuck_curt
Post Number: 33
Registered: 03-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 04:41 am: |
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Iloca for sure. |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 150
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 09:57 am: |
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I'd say it's an "Iloca Rapid I"
Have a look here:
http://www.kameramuseum.de/1-anleitungen/witt/iloca-rapid-1-2L.html
THe one shown in the picture is the IL - which had a lightmeter. The "Rapid I" did not have it. The earlier Iloca Rapid Models I found had the cocking lever on the left hand side. THe "Rapid I" on the right according to that website:
http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/iloca1.htm
Rapid is for rapid film advance and not to be confused with later Agfa Rapid film cassettes. |
Dmcrite33
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Username: Dmcrite33
Post Number: 19
Registered: 03-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 02:29 am: |
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Thanks for the links. Yes, no doubt my camera was made by lloca. Probably sold by Sears. But its strange that I cannot find my exact camera on the web. The camera is actually very well made. I am in the process of running a roll of film thru it. Be glad to see the results... |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 154
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 04:16 am: |
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Yep, seems that there are no pics of a Rapid I to be found. Not even on German sites.
What I found was Rapid II but that had a different shutter and somewhere a scan from a Tower catalogue showing your camera.
Looks like the Rapid I was not a very popular model. |
