Bob Monaghan wrote:

It is just a happy coincidence (or more russian copying?) that
the horizon 202 matches the Noblex 135 so closely...

Are you suggesting the Russians had a time machine?

From Marco Pauck's excellent web site:

| The Horizon 202 is in production since ca. 1989. It is a successor of
| the Horizont (note the 't') which was produced from ca. 1967-1973.

The first Noblex, the model 150 medium format camera, was made in 1992,
the first 35 mm model appeared in 1994.

Ralf

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