The new #fujifilm #half looks sort of fun. I checked its dimensions against the XF10, and they’re quite similar.
I re-read some release reviews of the XF10, then looked it up in Lightroom. I didn’t take too many pictures with it: I’ve never really done well with cameras that don’t have a viewfinder, and I got mine during the summer, when working with an LCD on bright beaches, etc. was a challenge.
But still: APS-C sensor in a genuinely pocketable camera, similar to a GRIII, and it had a snap focus setup I didn’t appreciate at the time but got better at when I did get a GRIII, which has a similar feature.
I think, at the time, I was perturbed that it didn’t have Acros, and I was still all in on the notion that X-Trans sensors were dipped in unicorn juices before getting seated in the camera. Still, I never got rid of it, so I dug it out yesterday and charged the battery. I think the trick with it might be to re-learn the snap focus feature and dial in a decent film simulation preset.
I also don’t see a half in my future too soon. I own one of the digital Instax hybrids. It’s far too bulky to just carry around, and the … hybridity? … of the thing feels grubby: They don’t let you use the camera to its fullest without forcing a film purchase on you. The half isn’t that bad about it, but the most thorough review I’ve found suggests they’ve committed to the bit a little too hard for the money. What I’d like would be an XF10 successor with an optional OVF or EVF and a little more wherewithal. Or maybe not. I eventually sold the GRIII because it wasn’t so pocketable that it made a ton more sense than an X100.
Anyhow … the XF10 is sitting there. Seems like fun to mess around with it.
Oh, the comments in the Petapixel review are tragicomic. The worst part of photography sites is truly all the photographers.