wyk_penguin
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Mine is a 202. Anyone else have other horizons?
wyk_penguin said:Please explain your inventory, Ruben.
Any photos?
p.s. my horizon was dropped on concrete from 3ft and it survived!!!
kbg32 said:Have a look at the KMZ FT2 panoramic camera. An oddity that produces interesting images.
John Robertson said:Surprised by the need for the rangefinder with the Horizon 202 as they are fixed focus!! Mine also came with a nice bayonette fit hand grip which also stores the filters. I managed to get extra filters, and SRB mounted a grey grad and a red filter in the special mounts for me. I have resolved to use mine more this year.:angel:
ruben said:Now I would like to add an heretical commentary. I don't specially like the panoramic format, which to my taste fits to very few situations. Nor I am a landscape photographer. What I do like very much is the low distortional perspective of the Horizon 28mm lens compared to a regular 28mm lens. This despite the high distortion at the frame borders with the Horizon camera. Therefore, for me, and this is very personal, the Horizon is first of all a very special 28mm lens, with a lot of trouble around, still very much worth of the trouble.
Besides, I have found the camera very useful to sneak street photos as with such a broad format, people usually don't know where are you pointing the camera to.
wyk_penguin said:Besides, how do you guys scan you Horizon negs?
.kbg32 said:Have a look at the KMZ FT2 panoramic camera. An oddity that produces interesting images.
John Robertson said:Surprised by the need for the rangefinder with the Horizon 202 as they are fixed focus!! ...
John Robertson said:The Horizon is very robustly constructed, and I agree most people don't recognise it as a camera, although others (mostly children) try to sneak a lookat the front of the camera therefore making an unscheduled apearance at the edge of the shot!!!🙄
Jim Watts said:
ruben said:Yes, they are fixed focus but with each different aperture you have a different depht of field. Now you can reverse the equation and ask yourself: for this person standing as xxx meters from me, what is the largest aperture that will include him in the aperture depht of field ?
I remmarked the largest apperture as to allow the maximum freedom of choice with the equivalent combinations of speed and aperture.
Cheers,
Ruben