{"id":232337,"date":"2025-10-22T16:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/232337\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:50:08","slug":"jeff-bridges-wideluxx-revival-has-reached-prototype-stage-and-its-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/232337\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bridges’ WideluxX Revival Has Reached Prototype Stage and It’s Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/p>\n

Just over a year ago, Oscar-winning actor and talented photographer<\/a> Jeff Bridges announced that he had co-founded a new camera company, SilverBridges, to bring back his beloved Widelux film camera as the WideluxX<\/a>. SilverBridges has now unveiled the first prototype: WideluxX Prototype 0001. <\/p>\n

\u201cHolding a one-of-a-kind camera prototype in your hand is always going to be exciting,\u201d writes<\/a> Charys Schuler of SilvergrainClassics. \u201cBut when some of the blood, sweat, and tears that went into it are your own, it feels nothing short of extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schuler, alongside SilvergrainClassics\u2019 editor-in-chief Marwan El Mozayen, Jeff Bridges, and Bridges\u2019 wife, acclaimed photographer Susan Bridges (n\u00e9e Geston), teamed to form SilverBridges, a portmanteau of SilvergrainClassics and the Bridges family. SilverBridges\u2019 sole mission, at least for now, is reviving the weird and wonderful Wildelux panoramic film camera. <\/p>\n

\"AnJeff and Susan Bridges in the WideluxX prototype video | \u00a9SilverBridges <\/p>\n

The prototype camera was unveiled last Friday at the International Association for Panoramic Photography convention in Minnesota via a video, which should be published online in full in the near future. In the video, Jeff and Susan Bridges introduce themselves and discuss the project and the prototype before handing it over to Schuler and El Mozayen. <\/p>\n

Jeff Bridges has used his personal Widelux camera on many of his film sets over the years, capturing remarkable behind-the-scenes photos<\/a> with significant artistic and cultural value. Unfortunately, the Widelux factory burned down 20 years ago, halting the release of new cameras and substantially disrupting possible repairs for existing models. <\/p>\n

\u201c20 years ago, the Widelux factory burned down, so we decided that rather than letting our favorite camera die, we\u2019d bring her back to life,\u201d Jeff and Susan Bridges say. \u201cWe\u2019re keeping it old school; it\u2019s a film camera handmade in Germany, built to last generations.\u201d <\/p>\n

Based on the prototype, which looks incredible, the team has developed a robust product that honors the spirit of the original Panon Widelux camera. <\/p>\n

\"ACharys Schuler and Marwan El Mozayen with WideluxX\u2122 prototype 0001 and Widelux F8 | \u00a9SilverBridges GmbH <\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be many small improvements, but its DNA is still the [Panon Widelux] F8,\u201d Charys Schuler and Marwan El Mozayen say. \u201cWe see ourselves as a bridge between the history and the future of analog photography. It\u2019s about the art and craft of camera manufacturing, and about giving a new generation of film photographers the tools to create with.\u201d <\/p>\n

Japan Camera Hunter chatted<\/a> about the project with Schuler and El Mozayen, and the two expressed that they are staying as close to the original camera as possible. They \u201creverse engineered\u201d the Widelux, as Japan Camera Hunter writes, and had to make new versions of all the old parts, since there are no existing parts piles to pull from. They are long gone. It is a significant challenge, but as the prototype shows, the team is well-positioned to pull off something really special. <\/p>\n

Photographers can keep up to date with the WideluxX project on the project\u2019s website<\/a>, where the new introduction video should be posted shortly. <\/p>\n

\u2028Image credits: WideluxX, SilverBridges <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just over a year ago, Oscar-winning actor and talented photographer Jeff Bridges announced that he had co-founded a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6861,76,354,355,49,48,356,75,1554,110298,110299,14799,110300,110301,110302,110303,110304,110305],"class_list":{"0":"post-232337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-analog","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-ca","13":"tag-canada","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-film","17":"tag-filmcamera","18":"tag-jeffbridges","19":"tag-panoramic","20":"tag-silverbridges","21":"tag-silvergrainclassics","22":"tag-susanbridges","23":"tag-susangeston","24":"tag-widelux","25":"tag-wideluxx"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}