Mikroma
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The Mikroma is a viewfinder camera for 11×14 mm exposures on 16 mm film. It was made from about 1949 by Meopta in Prerov (then in Czechoslovakia; now the Czech Republic).
The specification developed considerably during the period the camera was made.
Early cameras have a sliding control at the back which advances the film when slid to the right, and then releases the shutter when allowed to return.[1][2]
The lens is a 20 mm f/3.5 Mirar, a coated triplet. The lens is a simple one; a single shutter blade, thrown by a variable spring tension.[1] Early cameras have only two marked speeds, but unmarked, intermediate positions give intermediate speeds.[1]
The Mikroma II, from the late '50s has a conventional shutter release button, and more marked shutter speeds. A stereo model of this was made.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mikroma with combined film advance and shutter release, at Early Photography.
- ↑ Mikroma at Le Vieil Album.
Links
- Mikroma cameras in blue, brown and green, with a Stereo-Mikroma and Meoscop stereo viewer, sold in the November 2011 Westlicht Photographica auction in Vienna.
