Fujifilm's X Half, a New OnePlus Tablet, and Fender's GarageBand Rival—Your Gear News of the Week

This week, Fujifilm announced a new digital half-frame compact camera called the X Half. Like half-frame film cameras, the X Half shoots vertical frames, but records to an 18-megapixel sensor instead. The lens is a 32mm (35mm equivalent) f/2.8 aperture, which is close to the lenses of the X100 series cameras. The X Half looks like a combination of Fujifilm's popular X100VI and an old Rollie 35 film camera. It's small and stylish, which is part of the appeal here. The X Half is also designed to be fun rather than a "serious" camera (whatever that means). Serious camera fans, be warned: The X Half is JPG-only; there are no RAW files. Out of the box, there are 10 film simulations—just like Fujifilm's "serious" cameras—along with 18 filters to simulate things like light leaks or expired film. Since the files are JPGs, whatever filters you apply can't be unapplied in post. Courtesy of Fujifilm In another nod to film cameras, there is a Film Roll mode which allows you to lock in a film si ... Read full article.