Horizon 202 Questions

[cmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Curt Miller,EMW)]

Hi All -

I've been working with the Horizon 202 for a couple of weeks now and have a
couple of questions based on this experience:

1) How do others rate its overall optical-imaging quality?

2) I've noticed about 2 stops of vignetting or light lost along the upper
1/8th of most images as well as some image softness in the same area,
particularly at apertures wider than f/8, but even at f/11 or f/16 - f/8
seems to be the "sweet spot" for this lens.  Is this consistent with other's
experiences?

3) If I'm correct about this softness in question #2, does this mean I need
to limit my imaging so that only sky and very unimportant detail falls into
this area?  Does that preclude its use for sharp achitectural rendering in
this zone, for example?

4) What do others feel is the upper limit of enlargement from negatives shot
with good technique: tripod, slow film and good exposure?

I must say I really like this little camera and it accompanies me whether
I'm out shooting street scenes with a Leica or landscapes with my
Hasselblads, so it fills a very real imaging need...I just don't want to
kick myself two years down the road for not having bought a Noblex or
Roundshot.  I shoot exclusively B&W.

Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.  While there are lots of images
made by the 202 on web pages and specifications for the camera on others,
there is very little  objective (or subjective) evaluation given this camera
anywhere I've found.

Regards,

Curt

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