The Fujifilm X-Half Frame will be announced on May 22nd at 1:00 AM, and we will live blog the announcement, but if you can’t wait and really want a true half-frame camera today, then you might want to pick up the KODAK EKTAR H35 from Amazon along with some Fujifilm film on Amazon. For around $50, you can have a real half-frame experience, which is what young photographers claim they want today.
I really like the aesthetic of the Fujifilm X-Half Frame, but I am not sure that the gimmicky types of shooting it provides will be for me. If I do order one, it will be an impulse buy at this point because I expect RAW support in my cameras, and I feel like the Fujifilm X-Half Frame being JPEG only is a deal breaker for me. I haven’t owned a JPEG-only camera since the 1990’s and I don’t include early iPhones because I never use/used the camera on the iPhone as a camera, and I still wish they would see an iPhone without a camera because I hate paying for things I do not use.
It will be interesting to see if Fujifilm is reading the market correctly with this camera. I think an affordable 1-inch sensor camera is a no-brainer, and I love the Sony RX100 myself. However, the RX100 lets you have a full DSLR-like experience if you want one, while the Fujifilm X-Half Frame seems to be a point-and-shoot experience with buttons and levers to use along the way that could get in the way of getting the shot.
As for the Fujifilm X-Half Fame, below are the final specs:
- $849
- 13 film simulations
- 12 filters
- NP-W126S battery
- Weight: 243g
- 10.8mm lens – (6 elements in 5 groups, includes 3 aspherical elements)
- 10cm minimum focus distance
- Size: 105mm x 64.3mm x 30mm
- 1″ inch 20 MP sensor, effective 17 MP for 3:4 aspect ratio
- built-in LED light
- Diptych Modes
- “Wind” Lever
- Optical viewer finder
- New X Half App
- Instax printers support
- JPEG only
- Cold shoe
- Shipping June
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