If I can add small design suggestion, please incorporate water level in the viewfinder as in Horizon's, not just on the body as old Wideluxes. If you do it, I'm buying the new camera.
Thats the reason why we founded the company in the city of Bad Kreuznach Germany. Known for more than 100 years for excellent optical industry expertise. And you‘ll be surprised about the thechnological progress in tooling especially when you work with companies in the aerospace field. They can make extremely good metal parts with extrem precision and small production runs.
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This just popped-up in my Youtube subs.
It looks like there might be a new and improved Widelux coming down the pipeline!
I was watching the Silvergrain Classics short video and they've partnered with famous Widelux aficionado Jeff Bridges and his wife to re-make the famous camera.
They even have some prototype parts on the desk.
Check it out.
if Lomography can do it
I must admit that having a grip on the bottom would be an improvement. But the Widelux Grip does work, so unless you have blown wrists, it's not much of an issue.And ensure that there are ways to hand-hold the camera without fingers in the frame (the Noblex 150 achieved this).
They came damned close with the Horizon Kompakt - if it had offered variable apertures (something like 4/5.6/8/11 would have been good), it would have been a really close to ideal camera of this type - I think that a 135 format that's set up for 1/125 (or 1/60) shutter speed & a fixed focus lens that gives 4/5.6/8/11 (on the cognisance that the original Widelux was designed in an era of slow Kodachrome) would be really useful - and if really pushing the boat out, a 120 that does 1/60 & 5.6/8/11/16/22, again with fixed focus. And ensure that there are ways to hand-hold the camera without fingers in the frame (the Noblex 150 achieved this).
I bought a post that mount to the bottom of the WideLux in the tripod mount. That keeps my fingers out of the photographs.
I bought a post that mount to the bottom of the WideLux in the tripod mount. That keeps my fingers out of the photographs.
I would just use a collapsed table top tripod to keep my fingers out of the way.
They came damned close with the Horizon Kompakt - if it had offered variable apertures (something like 4/5.6/8/11 would have been good), it would have been a really close to ideal camera of this type - I think that a 135 format that's set up for 1/125 (or 1/60) shutter speed & a fixed focus lens that gives 4/5.6/8/11 (on the cognisance that the original Widelux was designed in an era of slow Kodachrome) would be really useful - and if really pushing the boat out, a 120 that does 1/60 & 5.6/8/11/16/22, again with fixed focus. And ensure that there are ways to hand-hold the camera without fingers in the frame (the Noblex 150 achieved this).
Those who praise simple(in reality crap) Horizon compact have zero experience in real rotopancameras. go to my rotatingpancams.net forum then you know why. talked about that endlessly. Horizon S3Pro with Horizon 202-lens and all problems solved.
have read a report by Marco Kröger(if not him who elses should be a camera-expert?) what went wrong with Noblex. good then i had it only for 6 months and already there mistakes happens during production. and with Widelux 1500. better forgetting to buy. only after having tested it deeply. 50mm cam with only 3 exposure times. with non-magnetic filters. yes someone made one. and my repairman has a concept for inscreen-leveller. 50mm lens is decentered. shoot twice one shot upside down from a high building and be critical. below 5m forget sharpness. only nobles able delivering. dont know maybe due to slim slit.
and the other problems with DOF-limits. endless entries in multiples forums by me since decades.
widepan has special nodalpoint correction lenses i had seen on ebay. the same as for horizon 35mm is true also for Widelux 1500. adding dymotape-shim to get better DOF. NB: I have made W1500 DOF-table. will upload asap.
Horizon S3Pro with Horizon 202-lens and all problems solved
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