7 Perf Iloca

[P3D Bob Aldridge <bob.aldridge@xxxxxx>]

George - I've also posted this to Photo-3D, but I though I'd send it
direct, as well... I also wanted to ask you about Brumberger viewers. I
have one that is destined to be sent to Christine Salisbury-Poncin in
Chicago (I suspect you've met her at the club there - she's the recently
married English lady) as a wedding present. Anyway, it's decidedly dim -
even with a halogen bulb from Colin Clay, and after polishing the
contacts. Any ideas:

Now back to the Iloca story...

->I purchased an Iloca camera yesterday at a photo show in Cleveland.  
->This is the original Iloca (not to be confused with Iloca I or II)
->and it is a 7-p camera.  

I bought one of these many years ago from a dealer who didn't know that
it was 7-P. I paid 110 GBP. 

A little research (Piper's Technical Page
->and Starkan's writings in Reel 3-D News) brought the following
->information: 
->There are only four 7-p stereo cameras:
->- Iloca Stereo (original)
->- Verascope F40
->- Belplasca
->- FED

Before the FED was produced I had a couple of holograms made displaying
all three of the 7-P cameras on one plate! Had to trade the conversion
of a Nimslo to Bobslo for that! But I digress...

->The Iloca is Starkman's least favorite... It has the difficult bottom 
->(early Leica style) film loading.  

And MY least favourite for taking pictures - the lenses are rather soft
& "flarey". My favourite, though, for compactness etc. Also, because I
also have an example of the Iloca 1a that was the mono camera that the
stereo was siamesed from! It has an f2.9 45mm lens, whilst my stereo has
an f3.5 45mm lens... 

->Piper says that this is a primitive stereo camera and I agree.  I
->managed to take it apart and it the film advance mechanism and
->viewfinder is crude.  

Did you see how they've just "cut & shut" two of the mono cameras?

->The lenses are 44 mm /3.5 and have coupled shutters, coupled f-stops
->and focusing (Piper and Starkman mention that early models, or perhaps
->all models, had individually focusing lenses, but mine has coupled
->focusing).  

Mina also has coupled focussing, apertures and shutter speeds, but the
example pictured in Werner Weiser's "Stereokameras von 1940 bis 1984"
seems to be uncoupled - or, at least, the coupling is coveres by a black
cover, rather that the satin chromed and logod cover on mine. Difficult
to tell from the photo, but I'd say that at least the focussing is
uncoupled on the illustrated example - you can see the full circles of
the dials around the lenses.

->Piper says that the lenses are uncoated but mine appear
->to be coated.  

Mine are front coated only, to my estimation.

->He warns against loading film with short leader (current style) in the
->camera.  After taking apart the camera I figured out how the film
->advance works (this is normally hidden as a result of the bottom style
->loading).  Reel 3-d does not list instructions but I figured that in
->order to advance the film you have to push the advance knob firmly
->down before turning it.  A sprocket wheel alternates film advance by 7
->and 21 perforations.

You must have the long leader so that the tongue runs over above the
sprocket wheel and the sprocket holes are then engaged as you advance
the film. You seem to have worked out *almost* all the film transport
idiosynchrosies (sp???), but had you noticed that there is *no* rewind
button? In fact there is no means of disengaging the sprocket for
rewinding the film... You see, the sprocket isn't locked until you
complete the 7 or 21 perf cycle. Just rewind the film when you get to
the end! Simple, isn't it!

->It is a cute little camera but before I test it I would like to take 
->apart and clean the lenses in-between, and shutters if possible (it
->is slow at the slow speeds)... I would like to hear from anyone who
->owns or has used this camera.
-> 
->Thank you! -- George Themelis

Hope this is of interest

Bob Aldridge
Stereoscopic Society Projectionist
& 7 perf camera collector!
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 * POW 2.0  0007 * ... An optimist is just an inexperienced pessimist!


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