With an archetypal metal shell and motorized curved swing lens and shutter, the Kompakt looks a lot like its original, hand-cranked, Austrian predecessors. And it is. A panoramic for purists, the camera is built around a sophisticated, multicoated Arsat 28/2.8 glass lens and powered by a classic clockwork motor (as in, no batteries required). Designed for normal people, it is bare-bones easy-to-operate with a sum total of 2 shutter settings—day and night, at 1/60 second and 1/2 second, respectively—from which to choose, and fixed f/8 aperture (which also happens to yield excellent depth and is the optimal diaphragm setting for crisp color and sharpness across the full 120° frame). Cocking the shutter charges the mechanics and the shutter release button sets the lens into motion; the film, stretched across a curved plane, is progressively exposed as the lens moves. For arty shooters, the Kompakt uses any type of 35mm film—B&W, infrared, ultraviolet—and has uncoupled advance and shutter functions, which allows for taking double-, triple-, and partial-frame-exposure photographs. 5.6Lx2.5Dx4.5H".