12 May 2006
Ultrawide 35mm medium format: the Horizont
Saw a website mentioned in Amateur Photographer recently: bunnypix.co.uk. This fabulous site, which includes some prize-winning photos, contains photos taken in London and elsewhere in the 1970s. Looking at these photos is a whole tutorial in wide angle photography and makes me want to run out the door right now with my recently-bought Carl Zeiss Jena 2.8/20. But as I'm doing this during ads between sections of The West Wing, no chance of that. (Sigh. I am really going to miss The West Wing).
The photos on Bunnypix are all monochrome and were all shot on a Horizont camera - a Russian-made 35mm camera. So how's that medium format? 35mm film negative is generally 36mm wide x 24mm high. The Horizont goes a little further: 58mm wide x 24mm high. That's bigger than small format 35mm negatives!
There's more more about the Horizont here and here. And you can still buy them. These days they're called the Horizon 202. Google it. I've seen them online new for around GBP380 or around the EUR/US$500 mark. You can buy them on the Lomography site or elsewhere.
Weirdly, there's also a medium format version too. Search for a Horizon 205pc. That's pc for panoramic camera. It's not cheap, but it looks amazing. Well, it ought to be - makes the 35mm version look cheap.
But don't forget to visit Bunnypix. It's fabulous.
The photos on Bunnypix are all monochrome and were all shot on a Horizont camera - a Russian-made 35mm camera. So how's that medium format? 35mm film negative is generally 36mm wide x 24mm high. The Horizont goes a little further: 58mm wide x 24mm high. That's bigger than small format 35mm negatives!
There's more more about the Horizont here and here. And you can still buy them. These days they're called the Horizon 202. Google it. I've seen them online new for around GBP380 or around the EUR/US$500 mark. You can buy them on the Lomography site or elsewhere.
Weirdly, there's also a medium format version too. Search for a Horizon 205pc. That's pc for panoramic camera. It's not cheap, but it looks amazing. Well, it ought to be - makes the 35mm version look cheap.
But don't forget to visit Bunnypix. It's fabulous.
# posted by Joe Tarrant @ Friday, May 12, 2006 
