Features
If the Horizon's 60 years look like ancient history to you young'uns, then I have some more news for you--panoramic photography as an art has been around for over 150 years. The panorama aficionados around the world owe a collective Danke to Austria's own Joseph Puchberger, who patented a hand-cranked panoramic camera consisting of successive Daguerreotype plates. The resulting image yielded an amazing 120 degrees of vision. Taken at its most basic functions, not a whole lot has changed in panoramic photography since Herr Puchberger's days. It goes to show--the best ideas can truly stand the test of time.

Multicoated Arsat 28/2.8 Glass Lens
This crispy glass heart of the horizon is just as lovely as it sounds: a multi-element masterpiece that yields eye-popping color, jaw-dropping contrast, and slamming sharpness all around.

Swing-Lens Technology
Cocking the Horizon's shutter charges its clockwork mechanics, and touching the shutter release sets the lens into motion. As the lens swings from side to side, a narrow vertical slit between the lens and film rotates along with it--thereby progressively exposing the film as the lens moves. The film plane is curved, thereby keeping the film tight and maintaining a uniform distance from the lens.

Dead-Easy Double Exposures
Like our good friend the Holga, the Kompakt's advance and shutter are uncoupled--meaning that one can be done without the other. So, you can feel free to cock and fire the shutter as many times as you like--without advancing the film one millimeter! That means double, triple, quadruple, and more exposures on the same frame. Huzzah! And for the really wild at heart, you can take your chances and advance partial frames to have unpredictable overlapping double-exposures working throughout your entire film.

Day and Night Shutter Settings
For ease of use, the Kompakt offers just two settings to alternate with your itchy trigger finger. The day setting shoots at 1/60 second and works in full sunlight to partial shade. The night setting gives you 1/2 second--enough to make a softly lit street scene absolutely glow with color and shine.

Fixed f8 Aperture
Every shot that you take has f8 automatically dialed in. Not only does this yield excellent depth of field (not too short and not too long), but it's also the optimum diaphragm setting for sharpness and clarity from that little MC OF-28P gem of a lens.

Battery-Free Operation
Everything that your horizon does, from the shutter firing to that little lens moving left to right, is powered by a classic clockwork motor. If you and a buddy trek to Outer Mongolia, and his megapixel machine kicks the bucket for lack of power, then you'll be able to fill the empty slots of his travel album with your unending Horizon snaps!

Uses All Varieties of 35mm Film
That's right--all the 35mm color negative, black and white, slide, infrared, ultraviolet, and film you we haven't heard of can be loaded into your Horizon's greedy little gullet.

Two-Year Limited Warranty
The Lomographic Society International guarantees your Horizon to be free of manufacturer defects for two full years after purchase. This does not include misuse, abuse, or dropping your camera into the Ganges.

What's in the Box
Horizon Kompakt camera, faux leather carrying case, Horizon book (132 pages), original Russian packaging box, Horizon poster, and carrying belt.

Product Description
From this day forward, LOMO is thrilled to present each new Horizon Kompakt buyer with a free bonus gift - 3 rolls of sparkling 35mm color film and a voucher for free development! The professional panoramic choice. Clad in space-age ABS plastic, the Perfekt features full aperture and shutter settings - allowing you to dial in the precise exposure. Its OF-28P swing-lens sweeps across and sees a full 120 degrees. Each shot yields a 58mm long negative - nearly the width of two standard frames! Clockwork mechanics provide quiet operation without batteries.

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