Horizon 202 User Manual

Horizon 202 User manual, 1991 year

HORIZON-202 — panorama camera

This text is identical to the one in the Technical Description (User manual), English version, 1991

year. Only “Horizont” name replaced by “Horizon” there.

Attention!

Before using the camera, make thorough study of the present Description which contains handling
rules and essential operating principles of the camera. Do not keep the camera with the shutter cocked
for a long period of time since it is lickely to impair the shutter operation.

Due to ever-advancing development in camera construction and appearance, minor differences may

occur between the text and the camera you have purchased.

Since the camera is a complex instrument, its repair and adjustment should be performed in repair

shops only.

The present Description can not be regarded as a hand-book on photography.

1. General notes

1.1. Purpose and Features

Horizon-202 is a special camera with a fixed built-in lens intended for taking various panorama
pictures: reportings, landscapes, interiors, sports events, fashion, tourism, arcuitecture, etc., both by the
amateur and professional photographers. It can be used to take various pictures on black-and-white and
color films.

Features of the HORIZON-202 camera:
— Shutter cocking lever with locking against half- and

double-cocking and quite small angle of cocking (210°) for
the given frame size makes for fast picture taking and
improves camera performance.

— Metallic focal shutter with shutter speeds from 1/2 to

1/250 s1 enables to shoot in various conditions (indoors or
outdoors at poor lighting); low temperatures (up to –15°C)
practically do not impair shutter operation.

— Rotating lens, when shooting, ensures the necessary

image quality all over the frame area due to eliminating of the
invenitable optical distortion which occurs when taking
pictures with wide-angle lenses.

— Frame counter, automatically re-setting to the inital

position when reloading the film, releases the amateur from
setting the counter to “0” manually.

— Optical viewfinder enables to determine the exact limits

of the object to be photographed. Correct camera position
(strictly horizontal) is controlled by the level seen in the
viewfinder field of view.

— Film rewind crank and shutter disengaging button of stay-put type cut down the time necessary

for preparation of the camera for shooting.

— Back door lock is interlocked with the film rewind crank which makes for simplified and fast

film reloading.

1.2. Handling Rules

The camera is a precise optical-mechanical instrument. It should be handled carefully, kept clean

and protected from jolts, dust, moisture and sharp temperature fluctuation.

Do not remove the camera from its case the moment it is brought indoors from cold to avoid

sweating of its parts, especially optical ones.

Do not touch the surfaces of the optical parts with fingers since it may damage their coatings. Clean

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There were a few cameras variants with a different shutter speeds numbers, from 6 up to 8.

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Horizon 202 User manual, 1991 year

the coated optical surfaces with a clean soft cloth or cotton wool wad slightly moistened with rectified
alcohol or ether.

Keep the camera closed in its case. Load and unload the camera indoors or in shade protecting it

against direct sun light or bright artifical illumination. Always wind the shutter as far as it will go.

When taking pictures in frosty weather, it is better to keep the camera under your street-clothes and

take it out only for the time of shooting.

2. Specifications

Frame size, mm — 24x58
Film used — 35mm, perforated
Length of film in cassette, m — 1,65
Number of frames — 22
Shutter speeds, s — 1/2 to 1/250
Eyepiece magnification — 0,4x
Field of view — 110°x44°
Standard lens — OF-28P
Focal length, mm — 28
Maximum relative aperture — 1:2,8
Angular field of the lens — 120°x45°
Tripod bush thread — 1/4ʺ
Level accuracy — 5°
Overall dimensions, mm — 117,5x146x73
Mass, kg — 0,9

Certificates of authorship: № 217205, № 189292.

3. Camera design

1 — neckstrap eyelet;
2 — shutter cocking and film advance lever;
3 — level;
4 — viewfinder;
5 — film rewind knob;
6 — lens;

7 — operating mode selection switch;
8 — film rewind crank;
9 — shutter speed setting lever;
10 — aperture setting lever;
11 — release button threaded for cable release;
12 — frame counter window;

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