This could be Lomo's most amazing camera yet. The Horizon Kompakt affords you an extremely easy and rewarding way to take wide angle panoramic photographs. Take a look at some of the examples on the detail pages- badass and SUPER WIDE! Rather than using a wide-angle lens (like the fisheye for example) or simply cropping the top and bottom of the frame like pedestrian "panoramic" film, the Horizon actually captures a full 120 degrees of image for these incredible photographs that look like nothing else out there. It's also super easy to use- basically just point and shoot and you'll have these beautiful panoramic shots that are so cool they almost look fake.

Each Horizon is hand made by Zenit Camera of Krasnogorsk, Russia and Lomo tells us that each step of their production, tooling, and quality control has been carefully examined and optimized. As a result, they are able to accompany your Horizon with a 2 year warranty against all manufacturer defects. It features a multicoated glass lens, shutter settings for day and night time, and a fixed f/8 aperture, all of which makes the picture both eye popping and easy to take. The Horizon takes normal 35mm film, but the film is slowly exposed as the lens swings left to right and the resulting negative is a whopping 58mm wide. Development is therefore a little tricky, but the Lomo website offers a very handy list of all the labs who are committed to developing Horizon panoramic film, with contact names and all necessary info.

Includes
faux leather carrying case
full-color "horizon lomography" photo book (128 pages)
2 optical filters- yellow + green
instructional poster

reviewed by the mgmnt