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Meopta Stereo-Mikroma
We are always excited to come across cameras manufactured in countries other than Japan, Germany, the Soviet Union, China, or the U.S.A. It is fascinating to see these more obscure camera manufacturers, particularly because each country has manufactured cameras a little differently.
This Meopta Stereo-Mikroma is a Czechoslovakian camera. It was produced in 1961 by the Meopta company, whose best known camera is probably the Flexaret TLR. Meopta was founded in 1933 and exists today as a maker of optics, though their country of origin has since split up. The Stereo-Mikroma is a subminiature camera that uses 16mm film loaded via cassettes to create 3D images. Since film travel is controlled by cassette, the camera can use single, double, or even non-perforated 16mm film.
Getting film into these cameras is not too tough at all, just as long as you have the loading and take-up cassettes. Other than these proprietary cassettes, the camera is pretty simple. Focus is fixed, though you could get auxiliary lenses for closer focusing. Aperture is adjustable from f/3.5-22. The camera has a shutter speed range of 1/5-1/100. One interesting thing about the shutter, unlike most cameras, the Stereo-Mikroma's shutter speed dial can be set at intermediate positions to produce intermediate shutter speeds. The shutter speed is regulated by spring tension, allowing for different tensions to result in a variety of different shutter speeds.
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