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FujiFilm X half review: an almost perfect gimmick (ad-free)

🕑 Added 2025-06-10 18:27:04 +0000 UTC

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Becca Farsace

chuuto-hanpa for sure!

Becca Farsace

Zero need.

Emmet Kowler

"Why do we even HAVE that lever?"

Becca Farsace

I have been having this debate with myself all week... on one hand the X Half and its point and shoot nature is absolutely comparable to a GR, but on the other, the quality and sharpness of the GR is far superior. Plus the GR is not nearly as usuer friendly - as in my mom could pick up the X Half and probably understand how to use filters and such, but she would be lost with the GR. Completely different user bases imo. What do you think?

Ricky C

I’m guessing a Ricoh GR IIIx or IV would not be comparable as well?

Phil Knall

I'm so conflicted about this. It *looks* nice, I really like the app and the faux-contact sheets, but aside from the price a lot of things are just... meh. We have a word in Japanese called "chuuto-hanpa" which means "half-done" or just kind of in between, neither here nor there. and I feel that a lot with this. It's not quite pocketable. Not quite the Fuji image quality, but not quite the disposable vibe. Not quite premium but too expensive to be a fun toy. And I fully agree about the lever - give it that ratchet feel and make it line up with the processing time.

Phil Knall

I do think the vertical format is meant to invoke the half-frame film feeling rather than tik tok (well probably 60-40), since that has been quite popular over here in Japan these few years. But all of this would have made so much more sense if it was a film camera. As a digital one, at that price, it does not make sense.

Pronichkin

thanks for the video as always. However, I find this camera so freaking ironic. They crafted this fake analogous mode because they embrace legacy, but it shoots vertical photos because it's the most modern format that be. I personally don't appreciate either of these choices, but combined together it's just math not mathing to me. Also, I'm no photographer, but I bet you could buy both a used real film camera (for that analogue feeling) *and* a semi-decent dumb digital camera (for quick okayish photos) for the same price. also, fully agree with your rule of travelling. I am typically a bit more liberal, I allow myself to take the same street twice—in different directions, but on different days.