Re: russian Horizont camera

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

On 14 Jun 99 at 21:45, Michael Stoll wrote:

> Tübingen, Montag, 14. Juni 1999
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> just looking for the russian Horizont (not the horizon 202)
> panorama-camera. Could anybody give tips, where to buy or or
> to bid for it?

Why the Horizont instead of the Horizon 202?
Quality/performance is less in all aspects....nor will you find real 
bargains on the older model (probably because the original owners 
paid a lot back then....anyone know historical prices?).

Main disadvantages are 
- non-centered viewfinder
- no spirit level visible in the viewfinder (even Noble can't 
compete with the one in the 202....Silvestri even uses it on their 
pan-cake wide angle bodies)
- no long exposures
- fingers that stick to the metal in very cold weather....8-))

So why suffer, if you can avoid all that for US$375....;-))

The only good thing about the Horizont is that it takes the same 
filters as the 202....:-))
(if you are interested in custom-color filters, mail me, I can supply 
you with a wide variety, including infrared & polaroid)

 

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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