Fujifilm has already released an unusual camera this year in the GFX100 RF medium format compact, but it is the latest model that can be the most offbeat so far. $ 850 X half There is an 18-megapixel digital compact camera, but it uses half the 1-inch sensor to shoot a 3: 4 vertical photo. To run a home to Retro Vibe, it has a rear screen dedicated to displaying 13 film simulation mode of the camera and can only shoot JPEG and not raw images.
The name comes from the popular “Half-frame” cameras in the 60s, such as famous Olympus pen fUse the 35 mm film frame seen in half (18 mm x 24 mm size). The backside-electrominated sensor on the X half of the fujifilm, well, is half sized (8.8 mm x 13.3 mm) or a quarter area in both dimensions. It is also the smallest sensor on any recent Fujifilm digital camera, as the X-series APS-C format and GFX model uses medium format. In fact, the X Half has a 3: 4 vertical ratio of Fuji’s Instax Mini Instant cameras – so you can make prints using an instasks mini. Printer Through the new dedicated ex -half smartphone app.
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The X half naturally uses Fujifilm’s film simulation and grain effect mode. New people have a “light leak” for a flying quality that occurs when the film comes to light inadvertently, “expired film” and “Holiness”, an effect due to the light bouncing from the film emulsion layers. In fact, to bring you into that analog film mood, you can switch to the new film camera mode that limits your view to the optical viewfinder, you draw a frame advanced lever for each new shot and only allow you to see photos after being “developed” through X Half App. Even it produces the “contact sheet” layout for 36, 54 or 72 images.
Another feature is 2 -in -1 images that let you still add images or movies to a composition to two for additional artistic possibilities (again using the film Advance Lever). This also means that the X can perform a photo shoot with a video, with a vertical or square size (up to 2,160 x 2,160) which looks ideal for social media – especially applied with film simulation. In addition, excluding indifferent vibes is the “date stamp” function that makes you print you on the lower right dates of the images just like the old-school codak-style film camera.
On top of the main rear 2.40 inch LCD 3: 4 monitor, the X half contains an optical rather than an electronic viewfinder, adding another analog touch (and with the parallel deformation errors). The camera itself is quite small to slide into a pocket and weighs only 210 grams (7.4 ounces). Other features include an underlying flash, large-scale 880 frame battery life and SD UHS-I card slots.
The X half seems to be distinguished by social media users or any fun party or vacation camera. However, it is expensive that you can get just one instax (or regular film camera and lots of films) for very little. Fujifilm has certainly captured photography Zeitgeist with models like X100 VI, however, so, I would not be surprised to become a hit. X is half Now on pre -order for $ 850 (Black, Charcoal Silver and Silver with shipping set starting on June 12).
This article originally appeared on Engadget
