Older X-T10 or a newer X-T100? Help decide please

Sal Baker wrote:

Threaded wrote:

If it has to be between these two, I would go with the XT100 because the XT10 has some issues, as an older camera its AF will be slower, and it suffers from a common problem with X-Trans II cameras of having over aggressive JPEG noise reduction on skintones at ISOs over 1600, and you did say JPEGs were important to you. The play button fault is also well known.

That said, personally I don't like the XT100 either - I'd save and look elsewhere in the current range. XT20s will be getting more affordable now. The XT100 although "newer" was built down to a price and has a sub-par processor inside, and while there are those (here) that like to vehemently disagree whenever this is mentioned, the overwhelming view of reviewers is that it doesn't perform well. They might all be wrong of course, but they probably aren't.

I doubt anyone is vehement, but it's been mentioned that the initial reviews were before the FW update. My only point of comparison is with my X-E2. With current FW and performance mode the X-T100 is a decisive upgrade in every way, and the IQ from the Bayer CFA is at the top of Fuji's offerings. If someone finds the X-E2 (with updated FW) to be unusable for photography then they would be better off with Fuji's more pricey models.

Sal

I had an X-E2 (both before and after the later FW) and it was a good camera in its day, but like any mirrorless camera at that time it was compromised and involved trade-offs particularly on the AF side of things. These cameras have evolved at a rapid pace since (and continue to improve) and while that doesn't make cameras like the X-E2 or XT100 unusable, it does make them less attractive and less capable than other options. For the relatively small step up in price to a more current model (especially if you buy used), you're getting a lot more camera IMHO.

At the end of the day all these cameras are computers, and dependent on computing power to do what they do, and like the early days of computing things are improving quickly.  What was a great home computer in the early eighties was laughable a few years later and a museum piece a few years after that - so it is with mirrorless at the moment.