Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, Henning. I will look for the Horizon 202. I'll email you when I return in September. Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Russian exploration > At 7:14 PM -0800 1/8/04, Roland Smith wrote: > >Hello Neal: > > > >The photos are awesome. I will be traveling to Russia this coming August > >and plan to look for a Horizon camera. > > > >Best regards, > >Roland > > You're better off to get a Horizon 202 (avoid the older Horizont - > note the 't') through one of the people in the West who imports > them/checks them/warrants them. I got one for my son through a fellow > in Holland, and another for myself at a swap meet. The swap meet one > in mint condition cost me $200Cdn. > > They are fun cameras to use. If you get one, get it looked at and > _lubricated_ before using it. They tend to come very dry, and bits > inside rust if you speak about water in a whisper. Optically, they > are OK, but hardly in the same league as Noblex. Mechanically they > are crude, but can be kept running without a lot of effort. They are > much better than the Japanese Widelux, which tend to have serious > banding problems. > > E-mail me if you have any questions. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html