New Widelux possibly coming

[mshchem]

91 still available!

 

[Michael Mutmansky]

82 remaining...

 

[Michael Mutmansky]

I decided I'm not going to get one because I can't get my Kodachrome developed...

 

[gcoates]

I wish I could afford one of these. They look amazing.

 

[armadsen]

I had planned since the original announcement of the project to preorder when they became available. Unfortunately, I've had some major expenses come up in the last few months, and it wouldn't be prudent to spend that much money on yet another camera right now. Hopefully in a year or so when the second production run starts...

 

[Chuck1]

Let them work out any bugs too

 

[mshchem]

Let them work out any bugs too

This is the genius of releasing the camera over a year. Get feedback from the early users. Reduce the cost of correcting any defects before making a lot of cameras.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

This is the genius of releasing the camera over a year. Get feedback from the early users. Reduce the cost of correcting any defects before making a lot of cameras.

The price should come down as well.

 

[OrientPoint]

The price should come down as well.

We all know prices only go in one direction.

 

[armadsen]

The price should come down as well.

I think those days are over. Things just continually get more expensive now.

 

[GregY]

The price should come down as well.

Highly unlikely

 

[mshchem]

The price should come down as well.

Like Leicas Another Wetzlar product! I love that people are purchasing the camera. Probably half of them will get put away. Hopefully this is just the beginning, I hope so.

 

[Michael Mutmansky]

I bet the price will go up when they realize how little profit they made from the first batch...

Anyway, 39 remaining of the first batch of 350.

 

[blee1996]

In case the new one is a bit too rich, here are some alternatives

 

[choiliefan]

I've been looking at the antique Kodak Panorams on the big auction site.

 

[Arthurwg]

Yikes! They're selling like hotcakes.

A great book shot entirely with a Widelux is "Inside Algeria," by Michael von Graffenried (1998). He disguised his camera to resemble a pair of binoculars that he wore around is neck and shot from the chest, secretly capturing dramatic images of civil unrest.

I for one never got along with my Widelux, finding its particular distortions unacceptable although many like it just fine.
I much prefer the Xpan, which might be less expensive now than the new Widelux.

 

[mshchem]

There's 12 left. We should all go in together. Get one with the initials APUG

 

[Disconnekt]

There's 12 left. We should all go in together. Get one with the initials APUG

Get one to send to the mods so they all get to shoot a couple rolls throught. One gets it, shoots some rolls, sends it to the next mod. That mod shoots a couple rolls, they send it to the next mod, so fourth and so one

 

[mshchem]

All 350 cameras of the first batch have been sold! There's a waiting list for future production. Pretty exciting to see. I just couldn't get myself to pull the trigger. I need to sell not aquire.

 

[brbo]

I wonder if all people decided on the same initials for engraving, would that make it a non-customized product?

 

[Tomsmac]

I wonder if all people decided on the same initials for engraving, would that make it a non-customized product?

It would certainly make it almost impossible to sell when the user wants to or needs to.

 

[brbo]

It would certainly make it almost impossible to sell when the user wants to or needs to.

You wouldn't buy a WideluxX that had 'W9', 'WX', '--' or something like that engraved somewhere on the body?

Why?!

 

[mshchem]

I will wait for the Widelux•X regular production to be sold by a agency that will take trades. I've got way too much stuff!