Fujifilm X Half: The Secondary Screen Explained (and It’s Quite Cool)
When the Fujifilm shared the first image of the backside of the Fujifilm X Half, we could notice a small vertical secondary screen on the left of the camera with “PROVIA” written on it.
Well, today we can tell you a bit more about it.
I don’t know if Fujifilm was “inspired” by this Canon camera, which first introduced the concept of a “Multi-function touch bar” on a mirrorless camera, but I guess we can say Fujifilm took that concept and enhanced it.
Here is why.
That little screen is an LCD touch screen. You can use to swipe and select your film simulation, but also to select/change menu settings. I don’t know if you can do even more with it, like zooming into an image or other things.
And it’s different to the little screen we find on the Fujifilm X-Pro3, which also shows the film simulation, but it is not a touch screen and you can’t use it to swipe through film simulations or settings.
I look forward to see that little touch screen in action in just a few days.
Fujifilm X Half Rumors
- Name: X Half
- teaser listed at B&H Photo
- Leaked Images – best view – hands on – in charcoal
- Announcement May 22 at 1 AM New York time
- price in USD – before tariffs happened
- how the small secondary screen works
- thumb winder
- 1 inch 20MP sensor
- 10.8mm f/2.8 lens
- new analogue mode
- Dimensions: 105.8mm x 64.3mm
as a reference, Fujifilm X-M5 is 111.9 x 66.6 - Vertical LCD – see here
- the concept on how it will operate
- optical viewfinder
- exposure compensation dial
- made in China