Re: Semi horor experience with Horizon 202.

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

On 23 Aug 99 at 10:15, Sofjan@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 99-08-23 09:23:40 EDT, 
> w.j.m wrote  in regard to H202 
> << 
>  Why are you using that handle anyway?
>  I never felt the need for it....keeping your fingers out of the image 
>  doesn't require this clumsy thing.... >>
> 
>     Oh really??? I didn't know that I'll give it a try. 

Just be as careful with your left hand as with your right....put your 
fingers on top & bottom, not back & front.

> BTW on my H202 the unmarked setting on the shutter speed lever really do set 
> the slit narrower.possibly giving me an extra 1/500 and 1/15 setting. but i'm 
> not very sure . i'll give it a test shot and see what happen. I'll probably 
> need a slide film to test this.

If it really closes to half the size as 1/250s, then you indeed have 
a 1/500s in disguise....note that some seem to move a little in that 
direction, but not halfway the previous width.

> and oh i can tell you that evrything in my H202 is working perfectly right 
> now. the only thing you can tell that the camera has been open is that the 
> screw on the front shell are of different color since i lost some screw and 
> have to scrounge from my junk bin. and long the seam there are some prying 
> marks  8^)) 

Those screws are also made from some silly mild/weak steel.

>    Btw is there any close up filter so that i could shoot subject that is 
> close. I love using the 202 on people but i find the foreground subject is 
> out of focus and the background is decently in focus. 

No, nothing that can economically be justified.
Remember, you can't cut 10 such filters from a larger screw size, as 
there is only one center on the 'donor'.
Also note that for such small focus shifts, you need a very low 
diopter, even more so for a wide-angle. And most filter manufacturers 
stop at 0.25 diopter.
I once ran some calculations, and I recall you need at least 0.125 or 
even 0.0625 (1/8th or 1/16th).

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
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