Widelux Revival Project: Jeff and Susan Bridges & Silvergrain Classics Making a New 35mm Film Camera

The legendary (and very rare!) Widelux swing-lens 35mm panoramic camera is getting a new life through the joined efforts of an Oscar-winning actor, Jeff Bridges, actress and photographer Susan Geston Bridges, and the Silvergrain Classics editorial team - Charys Schuler and Marwan El Mozayen.

Going into camera manufacturing is not something Charys and Marwan ever planned to do - but here they are, talking about how the Widelux story started, how it's going and what's to come next!

And, of course, I was very curious about what exactly makes this camera SO special compared to, say, a Hasselblad Xpan. I learned it all, and now I want one!
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00:35 - Intro
01:27 - How did the cooperation of Silvergrain Classics with Jeff and Susan Bridges start?
03:23 - Location matters: Wetzlar and camera manufacturing
04:45 - How long did it take to get to the first Widelux prototype?
05:55 - Jeff Bridges the film photographer - he is “one of us”
06:52 - The Widelux construction challenges
07:56 - How is Widelux different from the Hasselblad Xpan?
10:21 - Making the rotating mechanism VS regular shutter
13:07 - How the original Panon Widelux was produced
14:08 - How to handle the Widelux
15:01 - The use of Widelux in Cinema
16:24 - Using Widelux’s three shutter speeds and creating special effects
18:03 - The photography of Susan Geston Bridges
19:20 - Horizon camera - an alternative swing-lens camera
22:01 - Panon first cameras
23:21 - Landscape photography on Widelux & Marwan’s Adventures in the Wadi Rum Desert
25:19 - Publishing a Magazine AND making a camera: how is both possible?
28:09 - The philosophy behind Silvergrain Classics: making a book-a-zine

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