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Credit: Seth Rogen <\/p>\nYou might know funny man Seth Rogen from his hit comedy movies from the 2000s or from Apple TV\u2019s new series The Studio. But the Canadian actor recently revealed that he is also an enthusiastic photographer \u2014 specifically panoramic film photography. <\/p>\n
Appearing on GQ\u2019s 10 Essentials series on YouTube last week, Rogen explains that he \u201cgot really into panoramic cameras\u201d and he owns a Widelux and a Hasselblad XPan. The Widelux is \u201cpurely mechanical,\u201d and it therefore requires a separate light meter for the correct exposure settings. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to load the film,\u201d says Rogen as he gives a demonstration of the Widelux\u2019s unique design that scans the film using a swing-lens mechanism. \u201cThere\u2019s a little tiny slit that lets the light in.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rogen says he\u2019s taken some \u201creally cool pictures\u201d backstage at SNL. He\u2019s also taken other behind-the-scenes photos o his Widelux, such as him and Snoop Dogg in the studio recording \u2018Take Yo Panties Off\u2019 for the This is the End soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Credit: Seth Rogen <\/p>\n
His second panoramic film camera is a Hasselblad XPan, which he accurately points out is \u201cmuch harder to find\u201d than the Widelux. \u201cFuji manufactured the camera, and then some of them were rebranded as Hasselblads.\u201d The unit Rogen has is a Fujifilm TX-2. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s probably no greater cliche in all of the world than an actor thinking they\u2019re a photographer,\u201d jokes Rogen. \u201cYou\u2019re around good lighting, you\u2019re around cinematic things all day, you work with cameras, you get it in your head to get some cameras and to try to learn about cameras, as you should!\u201d <\/p>\n