Horizon 202
The Horizon 202 is one of the later model cameras in the Horizon family of swing-lens, panoramic cameras. Dating back to the 1990s, the camera was built by KMZ (Krasnogorsky Mechanicheskiy Zavod). The 202 model feels like a 90s camera, with its plastic shell and contoured exterior. The camera is quite a capable piece of equipment. It features a 28mm f2.8 MC Arsat lens set into a rotating barrel that provides a 120° field of view while creating a 24x58mm panoramic image. The Horizon 202 is entirely mechanical as well - no batteries required at all! Of course, this also means no light meter, but that is an easy enough obstacle to overcome in this era of light meter smartphone apps aplenty.
In terms of controls, the 202 offers the choice of six shutter speeds: 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 for the slow speeds, to go with 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250 for fast speeds. A switch on the top of the camera allows the shutter speed selector to choose between the slow group or fast group of speed settings. A second switch just above the shutter selector allows the changing of the aperture between f2.8 to f16. Focus is fixed and the lens relies entirely on its depth of field to ensure in-focus subjects. At f2.8 that zone of focus is approximately 5.5m to infinity. Once stopped down to f16, the camera can render objects as close as 1 meter in focus.
While originally built by KMZ, the Horizon cameras were popularly marketed under the Lomography brand name for several years.
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