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Fujifilm seems to be nearing an announcement for what is being called a “half-frame” fixed lens digital camera. How the half-frame will work is still a bit of a mystery.
Half-frame makes sense with 35mm film cameras or something like the Pentax 17. It allows you to double the number of images on a roll of film. How is this going to be implemented for digital?
The leaked image appears to show a fixed lens camera, with the lens having an aperture of f/2.4. We can't see the focal length, but it would make sense that it will be somewhere between a 24mm to 35mm field of view.
The camera is rumored to have a 1″ sensor, which doesn't sound too appealing for a camera like this. It also has an odd vertical rear LCD screen. Does this mean the camera's sensor will be positioned vertically?
We do know all the camera companies will be releasing a lot of new fixed lens cameras as we've seen recently with Canon releasing the PowerShot V1.
Panasonic and Nikon released new fixed lens cameras recently, though it doesn't seem either company put too many resources into their development.
Fujifilm Half-Frame Camera Rumored Specifications
- Half-Frame Camera
- Vertical LCD
- f/2.4 aperture
- 1″ sensor
- Compact Size: 105.8mm x 64.3mm
Diptych Photography
There is a hypothesis that this fujifilm camera will allow people to shoot diptych photography, which isn't something I know anything about.
Diptych in photography is a technique and format that uses two photographs to tell a story. These photos are closely associated and share some form of commonality.
Canon AsiaI could see how this sort of feature to make the type of photography easier would be welcomed by a lot of creative people.
Summary
I think this is going to be a very interesting year for new fixed lens cameras and it appears Fujifilm is going to try and step outside of the box. There's nothing wrong with that, even if there isn't much interest on this side of the keyboard. I don't represent everyone.
Canon is rumored to be releasing a new PowerShot V3 camera later this year, and we may actually see a new “G” camera geared more to photographers than videographers.
Source: asobinet
I don't see the appeal of a digital \"half-frame camera,\" whatever that would mean. Seems fussy and twee, and I can't imagine there's a market for that.
If you want a new camera to shoot half-frame on, grab some film and a Pentax 17 and be done with it.
(I'm talking about the leaked image, the one with the red masking, not the two AI-generated mock-ups)