X Half reimagines the half-frame film format digitally — a vertically oriented 1-inch sensor producing 18MP 3:4 images, shot the same way most people already hold a phone. A fixed 10.8mm f/2.8 lens (32mm equivalent) and a Frame Advance Lever that must be flicked after every shot recreate a film camera's physical ritual inside a fully digital body.

Film Camera Mode locks in one Film Simulation and a fixed "roll" length — 36, 54, or 72 shots — hiding settings until the roll is finished, deliberately removing the option to check or reshoot. A 2-in-1 mode combines two vertical frames into a single diptych, echoing the actual half-frame film trick of pairing two half-exposures into one image.