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I can't find any information about it online. Found some old websites where they have showcased the progression of the Iloca lineup, but it doesn't show this particular variety. Perhaps it is some obscure "in between" model which is not unheard of when it comes to German mid-century cameras.
Iloca Electric Texograph 2, T2
If anybody is interested I want a million dollars.
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>>4495491
>Bought over 50kgs of vintage cameras
Are you autistic by any chance anon?
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it's a rebranded graflex apparently. this is the first image of it being sold so idk. could be worth more or less but at least you have something to go on
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>>4495495
>>4495491
after looking some more there really isn't anything about it that i can find. Maybe it's some pre production model or a prototype? Could be worth something. looks in pretty good nick too
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>>4495495
>it's a rebranded graflex apparently.
Graflex is the rebrand, Iloca is the real brand.
>>4495497
>Maybe it's some pre production model or a prototype?
Interestingly googling the "Texograph 2, T2" gives only photos of a completely different camera. The mystery continues. I highly doubt there are many collectors of these things around though, most information about this particular brand are on old websites and some even archived which means the boomers that had an above average interest in them are probably passed away. It is always interesting when something like this comes along and there is no way of researching value.
>>4495494
>Are you autistic by any chance anon?
Probably. I only had to sell a couple of those cameras to break even so if reducing my cost of camera gear makes me autistic then yes.
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Also, the camera has a eurygon 35mm f4 lens attached to it which also isn't that common on these cameras, but it is a DKL mount from my understanding so that may have been swapped sometime along the way, but perhaps it was original and has to do with some specific purpose this was marketed towards in technical fields beyond photography.
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Another interesting aspect of the Iloca Electric is that it is said to be the very first camera with electric motor wind.
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>>4495494
idk where op is from but years ago before normalfags got obsessed with digicams and analog, you used to be able to buy huge piles of old camera gear from ebay/goodwill for pennies. i fucking miss those days.
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>>4496608
you can still get old point & shoot stuff for pretty cheap. like nikon coolpix.
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>>4495491
It's a specialized variant of the Iloca Electric. Taxographs were used for specialized document/text reproduction or medical cameras. The T2s were modified to have a different film gate or a specific internal mask to photograph text, oscilloscopes, or dental records.
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>>4499229
Just to add to this, if you're look for a price estimate, maybe look for Taxographs made by other manufacturers. Iloca would rebrand a lot. They made cameras for Argus, Graflex, and Sears.
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>>4499232
Googling shows 2 "Texograph" cameras one of which has been sold and is registered on worthpoint, but I don't have an account there anymore. So one Praktica and one camera where the only thing I can gather is that it has an exacta mount. I guess this type of stuff is something that is better off sold by a specialized auction company that deals with camera gear.
Even finding information about this whole "Texograph" thing is hard. The Practica was made from 58-60 and the Iloca from 59-60 which also hints at the use-case was somewhat limited in a short time frame.
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Also the information about the praktica shows an price of 2300 euro sometime around the start of the millennia if i interpret it correctly.

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