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X SERIES FUJIFILM X half: TESTED Indie musician Natti Shiner used FUJIFILM X half to record a week in the life of a Fickle Friends band member Natti Shiner is a songwriter and the frontperson for indie band Fickle Friends. A photography enthusiast, Shiner put the FUJIFILM X half to use documenting the build-up to the band’s comeback show in Camden, back in spring. “It’s really nice to be able to share around this camera – so you’re actually in some photos as well. I’m always getting pictures of everyone else with my FUJIFILM X100 as I’m the one with the camera on me. People will offer to get ones with me in, but they don’t really know how to use it properly – and I don’t want anyone to accidentally mess with my settings! With the X half, it’s much more collaborative and playful because it’s easy to use – just point and go. That’s great for experimentation as well. With the band, we were then uploading pictures to the app and printing them from an instax™ printer. “This camera is ideal for people who like creating photos and care about content, but aren’t necessarily that camera-literate. I know a lot of people who use point-and- shoot film cameras but don’t consider themselves photographers. My boyfriend was a great example – he loves making pictures, but isn’t a photographer. When I had this camera for the week, he was like, ‘You’ve got to keep it’. He loved it. “The sensor is really good for something so small. The photos I made while out and about were great. There was one of myself and Joe in a beer garden, and we had to get it printed out – I love that picture. “I just carried it around in my jacket pocket. It’s so light and durable that I could just pop it in my handbag too, and not worry about it – you really can just whip it in your pocket and take it around everywhere.
20 FUJIFILM Focus Magazine
Summer 2025
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