(news for photography enthusiasts!) photography enthusiast and Academy Award-winning actor, Jeff Bridges, has brought an old fashioned camera company back from the dead. The factory burned down even... and film cameras? Obsolete.

 

The WideluxX aims to revive and modernize the classic Widelux panoramic film camera.

Bridges and his company have gone to great lengths to revive the Widelux panoramic film camera in a way that honors its heritage. While its creators say there will be “many small improvements” in the new version, one notable improvement, the knobs are better built than before, while preserving the original Panon Widelux F8’s DNA.

“20 years ago, the Widelux factory burned down, so we decided rathe than let our favorite camera die, we’d bring her back to life,” Jeff Bridges says in the newly published video

“I think we see ourselves as the missing link between the history of analog photography and the future of analog photography. It’s not only about the Widelux, which is an amazing camera and a wonderful tool for artists, but it’s about the future of analog photography. Giving a new generation of photographers the tools to work on. It’s about the art and the craft of camera manufacturing and analog photography.”

“I didn’t really start getting into photography until I got a hold of a Widelux camera,” Jeff Bridges says.

https://petapixel.com/2025/11/13/the-best-look-yet-at-jeff-bridges-wideluxx-camera-revival-project/

about a decade ago, I happened to go to the San Diego museum of photography, in Balboa Park, and they were having and exhibit of Jeff's photos, most of which were taken on movie sets. They were really cool to see, because I both love photography, and Hollywood productions/pop culture/movies