Re: Horizon 202

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 11 Jan 99 at 20:30, Bill Barton wrote:

> Will,
> 
> There have been a few new 202 cameras out there that now have 1/500 sec
> top shutter speed. I have not seen one, but they are out there. I don't
> know if they also have a higher speed on the slow gear train!!!

Yup, they do, 1/15s.
 
> As there is no big export house that sells these cameras you only find
> out if you have the latest when you open the box and look at the
> camera...

Well, I see it before I ship them....:-))
But I can't get my hands on them, my supplier persists with his story 
that they are anniversary models....still haven seen a 'silent' model 
either (mentioned at the PhotoKina, not verified)....the silent 
probably only applies to the slow-speed gear train, for use in 
churches and musea (pressing the camera against a wall or other solid 
object works fine, took a lot of night time shots on the World Expo 
in Lissabon....1/2s @ f2.8 is just fine with 100 ASA.
 
> I also just got a 202 and have the older top shutter speed of 1/250 sec.
> If you don't know, most Russian cameras use the first two numbers of the
> serical # to tell you the year of manufacture. I have a 96 but from what
> I can make out it was sold out of the factory in Sept of 98.
> or that what's stamped in the Russian inst book...

I have a 980536 with 1/250s, and a 980521 with 1/500s.
The odd thing is that *both* are capable of 1/500s, only the xxx536 
doesn't show it on the turret....but the set of times is moved one 
position to the right (compared to previous models, which setup is 
still listed in the manual), so that the lever *can* move one position 
further to the left, beyond 1/250s.
Won't sell any of these, unless I can lay my hands on more of 
them....I should get rid of those collector-genes!....:-))



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Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
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