What a great interview! I've read SGC and enjoyed the Bridges' photography for ages. Fascinating to see Charys and Marwan's enthusiasm for SGC and the Wideluxx.
EXCELLENT. I am one of the last dinosaurs (Widelux camera repairman) and I greatly appreciate this project of resurrecting these WIDELUX cameras. Thank you for this excellent interview.
I had mine repaired Yesterday in argentina. My camera repairman had the faulty parts machined by hand at an emco lathe and milling machine. I had a fine bottle of gin as a gift for him as an appraisal. You people rule!
So pleased to see the posible return of the Widelux. Hired one for week in 1995 great fun to use and a really interesting image format. Slight banding was the biggest issue. I ended up building a home made Rotoscope camera using 120 stock but with the invention of digital scanning it got packed up and now lives under the bed! Shame I can’t up load some images.
What a fascinating video!!! As a young photographer, I remember seeing photos of a Wide-Lux Camera but never saw one in person. After watching your video, I now want one! When the "new" Wide-Lux comes out into production, I hope I might be able to afford one!!! Thanks for this very informative video!!!
This is truly amazing to see. Once they're ready to proceed with manufacturing. I hope they consider utilizing a kickstart 'like' campaign to jump start their funding. I think I would end up ordering one.
Fantastic project! I would be very interested in a new Widelux. If they could combine the original design with some German craftmanship and ingenuity perhaps it can be even better than the original. Looking forward to a finished product!
This is awesome! Just attended a talk by Eddy van Wessel yesterday, who uses one in his war photography. Eats a lot of sand he says, but the results are amazing.
Wild, this is really nice to see/hear a fellow panoramic photographer. I'm a fanatic of a panoramisist with about a dozen cameras. just don't speak so loud though, I want to continue to be rather unique in the film world.
What wonderful project, I hope a big success. I own three diferent Horizon models, and I love the format. As has been mentioned, it has this magic cinema flavour. Of course, Widelux is great but difficult to find, so the project is a ray of light in the hope to get one.
Big film loving student from the netherlands and this was so incredibly intresting to watch loved it! if you guys ever do release this camera i'll be sure to be there to order the first batch!
I got hooked to your maga… bookazine by this story and really love it. Unfortunately my first copy of this issue, I forgot on a plane into holydays, but the #2 is already on its ways. 😅 I really hope you will finish this project successfully, because I would really love to get one of the new Wideluxes for myself. 😊 Keep going!!!
Very interesting project! I own a Russian FT-2, which follows the same principle and was the predecessor of the Horizon. It is all metal, looks like a brick, and it works like a charm. The negatives are 110mm wide. Love the panoramic format!
@@linabessonova In case you want to buy one beware that the camera comes with both spools. The camera doesn't use normal 35mm cartridges but the film has to be winded on a specific spool. My camera came with the original spool for the unexposed film and a DIY takeup spool made from an Exakta varex spool. This means that I have to change film in a changing bag, but it works nicely otherwise.
Very excited about this but more details of progress would be nice. I've started using a Stereo Realist recently and that has a simple shutter with a maximum speed of 150th. Very robust. I'm sure shutters would be more possible if they were slower because you could use heavier parts. An electronic timer rather than clockwork as electronics are cheaper. But culturally people want fast shutter speeds and all mechanical. A 2000th of a second mechanical shutter will never happen again!
This is great! Can't wait for the first production. Since this camera will be made in the region of Germany where there are various camera and lens manufacturers, can you share who the lens manufacturer will be? I.E. : Carl Zeiss, Leitz, Voigtlander, Schneider, etc.?
What about a Noblex revival ? It was a german made camera, that was not discontinued for too long, it should be possible finding again the german contractors that made the parts ?
they interviewed “the dude” on the analog photography podcast about his photography , books and the widelux.. its a good interview if you are into film photography to listen to
I have three Horizons and use them every day so would love to buy a new widelux. If you like the medium format swing lens cameras the 20 or so shops in Seoul clustered together have so many of them.
It's interesting to get a newly created Widelux, but somehow i guess that the price will be killing. These days I use the same Horizon 202 as you have. It's made from plastic but heavy like hell due to the massive metal parts inside. It's already my second one because the previous one stopped working completely due to the bad design and connection of the metal and plastic parts. But despite of the origin and the age - the mechanical parts swirling the lens worked until the last day.
@@linabessonova Last night i developed the recently exposed roll of the Agent Shadow 400 with this Horizon 202 and found a lot of light leak lines on many frames. Something that has not happened before, here and there but not in these amounts. highly frustrating. Yes, I can take this as an Artistic touch, but I didn't plan these. Now I'm really willing to see the new Widelux :-)))
A shame they chose the Widelux as a model. I shot an F7 for about a decade in the 80s and it was alright but in the desert Southwest, grit in the gear train constantly needed cleaning out. The shutter speeds were very limiting. Since then. I've used the Horizon S3 Pro, which works quite well and has a full range of shutter speeds so you can use something slower than ASA 400 film. If the light conditions permit, my preferred camera is a Noblex 135s, the best of all of them. THAT'S the camera that should be made again!
1/ 15 only a big problem and only three exposure times. big mess always exchanging ND-filters. we made by changing its weights 4 sec/ 1/8 exposure 12 sec. long. other two automatically were prolonged. non-still people blurred!
Noblex very plastic hahaha. the cover like newer Horizon. yes inside Noblex was some plastic. not Horizon all metall inside!!! widelux copy-making a bad idea.
I work at the lab where Jeff gets his film developed. I correct all of his scans so its always a treat seeing everything he captures!
Thats pretty cool actually.
What a great interview! I've read SGC and enjoyed the Bridges' photography for ages. Fascinating to see Charys and Marwan's enthusiasm for SGC and the Wideluxx.
I hope that the project is a roaring success. Thanks for getting this interview, Lina
EXCELLENT. I am one of the last dinosaurs (Widelux camera repairman) and I greatly appreciate this project of resurrecting these WIDELUX cameras. Thank you for this excellent interview.
Oh man, good to know of you. What’s your shop called?
I had mine repaired Yesterday in argentina. My camera repairman had the faulty parts machined by hand at an emco lathe and milling machine. I had a fine bottle of gin as a gift for him as an appraisal. You people rule!
@@EfeGe-yx3oy That's amazing. Can you share the place?
Sehr beeindruckend. Insbesondere wie Ihr am Schluß über Eure Passion sprecht. Das klingt sehr authentisch.
Have had the Widelux 7 for about 20 years.. love it!
I’m so looking forward to this camera and I’m looking forward to purchasing and using one.
me too!!!
So pleased to see the posible return of the Widelux. Hired one for week in 1995 great fun to use and a really interesting image format. Slight banding was the biggest issue. I ended up building a home made Rotoscope camera using 120 stock but with the invention of digital scanning it got packed up and now lives under the bed! Shame I can’t up load some images.
What a fascinating video!!! As a young photographer, I remember seeing photos of a Wide-Lux Camera but never saw one in person. After watching your video, I now want one! When the "new" Wide-Lux comes out into production, I hope I might be able to afford one!!! Thanks for this very informative video!!!
I also kind of started to want one too! :) :) Had no idea how cool it was before holding one
Absolutely wonderful!
Lina just fell in love with this camera. I can't wait to see her work with it.
haha it's hard NOT to fall in love with it.
Awesome video and an exciting project! And an awesome bookazine!
This is truly amazing to see. Once they're ready to proceed with manufacturing. I hope they consider utilizing a kickstart 'like' campaign to jump start their funding. I think I would end up ordering one.
I don't really know how they will eventually do it. I think so far it's all privately funded, but the big production would cost more than that...
Fantastic project! I would be very interested in a new Widelux. If they could combine the original design with some German craftmanship and ingenuity perhaps it can be even better than the original. Looking forward to a finished product!
This is awesome! Just attended a talk by Eddy van Wessel yesterday, who uses one in his war photography. Eats a lot of sand he says, but the results are amazing.
everything action-packed and dynamic should be mind blowing in this format
Wild, this is really nice to see/hear a fellow panoramic photographer. I'm a fanatic of a panoramisist with about a dozen cameras. just don't speak so loud though, I want to continue to be rather unique in the film world.
Amazing project!
it is!
@@linabessonova I loved the shared enthusiasm around the table. The Widelux is an amazing piece of ingenuity.
fantastic ! thank you for sharing
Good news!!
I see a Pogue there ;)
What wonderful project, I hope a big success.
I own three diferent Horizon models, and I love the format. As has been mentioned, it has this magic cinema flavour.
Of course, Widelux is great but difficult to find, so the project is a ray of light in the hope to get one.
Wideluxes are borderline impossible to get! I'm also just hoping for the new one...
It would have been interesting to know what are the next milestones of this very cool project.
You never know! :) :) Well, they're refining the prototype parts so that they fit perfectly, and then i guess the turning mechanism!
Big film loving student from the netherlands and this was so incredibly intresting to watch loved it! if you guys ever do release this camera i'll be sure to be there to order the first batch!
I got hooked to your maga… bookazine by this story and really love it. Unfortunately my first copy of this issue, I forgot on a plane into holydays, but the #2 is already on its ways. 😅
I really hope you will finish this project successfully, because I would really love to get one of the new Wideluxes for myself. 😊
Keep going!!!
Very interesting project! I own a Russian FT-2, which follows the same principle and was the predecessor of the Horizon. It is all metal, looks like a brick, and it works like a charm. The negatives are 110mm wide. Love the panoramic format!
Oh cool! I'll look into those
@@linabessonova In case you want to buy one beware that the camera comes with both spools. The camera doesn't use normal 35mm cartridges but the film has to be winded on a specific spool. My camera came with the original spool for the unexposed film and a DIY takeup spool made from an Exakta varex spool. This means that I have to change film in a changing bag, but it works nicely otherwise.
Sometimes the universe comes through!
Is there a release date?
Not that I would know of. I don't think anyone knows yet
Very excited about this but more details of progress would be nice. I've started using a Stereo Realist recently and that has a simple shutter with a maximum speed of 150th. Very robust. I'm sure shutters would be more possible if they were slower because you could use heavier parts. An electronic timer rather than clockwork as electronics are cheaper. But culturally people want fast shutter speeds and all mechanical. A 2000th of a second mechanical shutter will never happen again!
I am going to start saving up now
This is great! Can't wait for the first production. Since this camera will be made in the region of Germany where there are various camera and lens manufacturers, can you share who the lens manufacturer will be? I.E. : Carl Zeiss, Leitz, Voigtlander, Schneider, etc.?
If the Silvergrain guys come in the comments, they might answer - I did not really ask such details!
@@linabessonova Okay, thanks. I already asked Charys. Have a great day!
Voigtländer is a japanese brand belonging to Cosina, no more German for a long time.
What about a Noblex revival ?
It was a german made camera, that was not discontinued for too long, it should be possible finding again the german contractors that made the parts ?
what a nice Revox recorder and Nizo Super 8 camera 😊
i will be sooooo happy to replace my horizon if they can bring these to market at a reasonable price.
they interviewed “the dude” on the analog photography podcast about his photography , books and the widelux.. its a good interview if you are into film photography to listen to
Curious what their timeline is for production? Great interview.
I also wonder, but probably another two years at least... that's just my estimation
What’s the latest on the new Widelux, Lina?
I have three Horizons and use them every day so would love to buy a new widelux. If you like the medium format swing lens cameras the 20 or so shops in Seoul clustered together have so many of them.
I hope the Noblex 150 would be produced again!
It's interesting to get a newly created Widelux, but somehow i guess that the price will be killing. These days I use the same Horizon 202 as you have. It's made from plastic but heavy like hell due to the massive metal parts inside. It's already my second one because the previous one stopped working completely due to the bad design and connection of the metal and plastic parts. But despite of the origin and the age - the mechanical parts swirling the lens worked until the last day.
Yeah it's not gonna be a budget camera, that's for sure.
@@linabessonova Last night i developed the recently exposed roll of the Agent Shadow 400 with this Horizon 202 and found a lot of light leak lines on many frames. Something that has not happened before, here and there but not in these amounts. highly frustrating. Yes, I can take this as an Artistic touch, but I didn't plan these. Now I'm really willing to see the new Widelux :-)))
Great questions. Your conducting of this was very professional despite this man being very annoying and rude.
We are some in Denmark hoping to get a new one
Are there any updates for 2024?
PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY…!!
Seriously, hope to see the new camera soon…
I HELD a Widelux F7 in my hands at a camera show in Vancouver last year. It was in a questionable condition that I didn't buy it however.
A shame they chose the Widelux as a model. I shot an F7 for about a decade in the 80s and it was alright but in the desert Southwest, grit in the gear train constantly needed cleaning out. The shutter speeds were very limiting. Since then. I've used the Horizon S3 Pro, which works quite well and has a full range of shutter speeds so you can use something slower than ASA 400 film. If the light conditions permit, my preferred camera is a Noblex 135s, the best of all of them. THAT'S the camera that should be made again!
1/ 15 only a big problem and only three exposure times. big mess always exchanging ND-filters. we made by changing its weights 4 sec/ 1/8 exposure 12 sec. long. other two automatically were prolonged. non-still people blurred!
really boring pictures but i love ur show
Fingers on the images... Ok it's not for me!
na dann mal gugn wie sich die kamera machen wird 🙂 ja so ne panon panox ist schon etwas anders als die kleine widelux.
God will also use it.
Noblex very plastic hahaha. the cover like newer Horizon. yes inside Noblex was some plastic. not Horizon all metall inside!!! widelux copy-making a bad idea.