In part IV of the series Manny Santiago looks at Modern Japan via the Horizon S3 Pro Panoramic. The Horizon is a mechanical swing-lens panoramic camera manufactured by Krasnogorskiy Zavod in Krasnogorsk, Russia, known for their range of Zenit cameras.
The Horizon was produced in two formats: the 205pc, which took 50.5×110 mm wide frames on 120 film, and the 202, which took 24×58 mm wide frames on perforated 35 mm film. The 202 has been superseded by the S3pro, a redesigned and improved camera with silent rotation and more exposure times.
An older version called the Horizont, produced in the Soviet Union in the 1960s, had an all-metal, rectangular body and a removable viewfinder. The technology of the “202” is basically the same, but the body covering is plastic, and has an integrated viewfinder, making it larger. Additionally, the 202 features a slow-speed shutter mechanism, with exposure times of 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250 of a second; the S3-Pro has exposure times of 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 1 second, slower rotation than the 202, and silent rotation. It has been appropriated by Lomo.
Modern Japan with Horizon S3
The Modern Japan Gallery
- Part I – Modern Japan with a Lomo LC-A
- Part II – Modern Japan with a Holga 120S
- Part III – Modern Japan with a Nikon N80 Film Camera
- Part IV – Modern Japan with a Horizon S3 Panoramic Camera
- Part V – Modern Japan with a Zenza Bronica
- Part VI – Modern Japan with a Makina
- Part VII – Modern Japan with a Pinhole Holga
- Toy Cameras
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