New Widelux possibly coming

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Charys Schuler will be giving an update Friday August 1st in Vancouver BC. Info On the Widelux Facebook page

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Silvergrain posted on IG a few days ago showing off some of the CAD design:

 

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The problem will be cost. To pay for the tooling going to need volume. Good thing is no shutter, no rangefinder, that helps. Really hope this works out!
 

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Disconnekt said:
Silvergrain posted on IG a few days ago showing off some of the CAD design:

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In high school I took drafting classes and worked summers as a draftsman while getting my degree. I have watched from the distance the progress of CAD and I enjoyed the video.
 

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blee1996 said:
I guess most metal parts will be CNC machined, so no tooling needed.

The main moving part is the clockwork to turn the lens smoothly, accurately and consistently.
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It's probably a good thing that they are restricting their Widelux revival to a 35mm version. The recoil on using the top speed (1/250) on the medium format version (Widelux1500) is similar to firing a .45 pistol, so you can imagine the wear and tear on the rotating lens barrel mechanism and why they are hard to keep working correctly.
 

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blee1996 said:
I guess most metal parts will be CNC machined, so no tooling needed.

The main moving part is the clockwork to turn the lens smoothly, accurately and consistently.
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Yeah, what am I thinking. Same way Leica makes camera bodies today. No die cast, minimal stamping. Crazy. We will see how this all turns out. I have an old Fujica G617, that's hard to beat, still, not really the same thing, the rotating lens is very cool. And of course now appears that 15% tariff on EU to US goods, you know to help support US panoramic camera manufacturers
 
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