Mikroma II repair options?

[armadsen]

I recently got a Meopta Mikroma II camera. It's in remarkable cosmetic shape and came with a bunch of accessories including filters, extra film cartridges, canisters, tripod adapters, a winding handle for spooling film, and an immaculate leather case.

Anyway, it definitely needs some attention. I think it's probably just a CLA situation, as nothing seems to be irreparably broken on it. The shutter cocking slide is extremely stiff with the back cover on, and fairly stiff with it off. I'm guessing something is slightly bent and rubbing + lubrication is bad. The shutter seems very sticky too.

I'm wondering if anyone happens to know someone who would be willing to fix it. Other than it being somewhat of an oddball, and tiny, I don't think there's anything terribly specialized about it.

I'm not even entirely opposed to trying to fix it myself, but I'd rather just pay someone if I can. I'm in the US, for what it's worth, but sending it internationally is fine (and I'll be in Europe this summer).

Does anyone have any recommendations?

 

[armadsen]

Ended up sending this to Advance Camera Repair in Portland, OR. It took a few months but came back working beautifully.

 

[xkaes]

That certainly is good news. Despite being small, I assume its construction is fairly straightforward. I'll add Advance Camera Repair to the list of shops that work on SUBMINI cameras in the SUBCLUB. Thanks for the tip!

The original Mikroma appeared in the late 1940's, and in 1957 Meopta opted to produce an updated version. It has the same body design as the original Mikroma so it's easy to miss the few improvements. One big difference is that this model has an improved range of shutter speeds -- increased to 1/5-1/400. On the original, the shutter release and the film advance functions were built into one lever. On this model they are separated and the camera has a normal shutter release button. And to top it off, a wider variety of accessories were available, such as filters, close-up adapters, a copy stand, film cutting and viewing devices, an enlarger, and a developing tank. The camera came with a 20mm (f3.5-16) focusing lens and was available in black, brown and green leatherette. It created 11x14mm images and was designed to use single-perforated 16mm film in special cassettes.