Re: First Trip w/Horizon 202 - Reliable Slit Scan Panoramic Cam

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

On  9 Oct 99 at 11:40, Art Chakalis wrote:

> I just returned from a trip to Greece . . . had high hopes of getting 
> some of the antiquities captured as panoramic images.  When the Horizon
> 202 functioned properly, the format is capable of capturing a sense of
> place that my conventional cameras cannot. I'm hooked and will continue
> with a slit scan design 

Good!....:-))
 
> As to reliability . . . very disappointing . . . however, the shots that
> came out were worth the effort to lug the tripod and camera.  All of the
> issues that have been posted about the 202 came into play to varying
> degrees on at least some shots taken at about eight different locations
> (but a  test roll shot before leaving had been flawless).  I have pulled
> the camera apart, cleaned its guts very carefully and it appears to be
> fully functionally.  I emphasize the appears . . . I just won't/can't
> trust it to be as reliable as I need it to be.

You didn't say what problems exactly....
 
I hardly see problems with my 202's, and I use them myself under very 
harsh conditions....they keep working flawlessly even in -20C 
weather....try that with a battery-depending Noblex....it drives you 
nuts (ever tried to pry out those damn batteries with frozen fingers, 
or lost a battery cover on a steep slope?....8-)).

 

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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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