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

NextShowForSure wrote:

Threaded wrote:

The XT100 is out of step with all of this due to the steeper cost cutting approach Fuji took and the fact that it doesn't really share anything with anything other than the even lowlier XA models. It's a cul de sac. I guess it's "priced to sell" as they say, but has it?

Your terminology points to a hierarchical view of kit -"even lowlier",

And? There is a clear hierarchy in the line up. I'm not judging any of this on any basis other than features and performance and general suitability for a given job. The XA series is "lowlier" because it's the lesser form of the XT100, in essence the same camera but less a significant feature, in the form of a viewfinder. Is it wrong to say that? Am I hurting someone's feelings? How?

This whole tier of cameras sits below the rest of the range not just on price but also performance and build quality.  The IQ may be the same, you may even argue it’s better (that’s a subjective assessment and you’re welcome to it) but objectively there’s more chance of the XT100 not focussing in time, more chance of its burst speed or duration not being sufficient, more chance of it failing in wet/cold/dusty conditions than one of the higher end cameras, these are just facts and they make it the lesser camera.

the importance of your processor having a name,

That's your absurd spin on it. All I was pointing out was that the processor in the XT100 was not simply, as you implied, from a previous generation but actually a "new" processor that isn't identified at all and can't be compared directly with any previous generation. Fuji have named all their previous generations of X series chips, so if it was one of them we'd know about it.

sub-par processor.

Everything points to the processor in the XT100 being slower and less capable than other Fujis and other comparable cameras. That makes it sub par. Many reviewers agree with that summation. Again, apologies if this language offends you.

Of course the cheaper camera is going to show cost cutting and can never share facilities with the more expensive stuff.

Low end users always tend to be driven off forums; look for an HX posting on the cybershot forum and it would not surprise if there are a lot more of these around than RX cameras and they are definitely not completely gone as the forum chat would imply. Look at the average price of compacts on CIPA even allowing that these are pricing at shipping. The fact that there is less posting by X-T100 or X-A users on a forum such as this covering such a wide range of kit is absolutely no indication of sales or popularity at all.

I just asked the question, and not because of any perception of unpopularity here (which I would expect, this is a gear head forum and the XT100 is a self proclaimed entry level model), but more about the critical response and the price cuts since launch. I could forgive everything about the camera if it was flying off the shelves to its intended market, but I've not seen any particular sign of that.

Here's one point of reference, Amazon's best seller list - https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Mirrorless-Cameras/zgbs/electronics/3109924011/ref=zg_bs_pg_2?_encoding=UTF8&pg=2

Several Fuji models on the list, including the XT20. Several of the more affordable models from Sony, Panasonic etc. XT100 doesn't feature, at all. Is it a big seller for Fuji? Does everyone buy it somewhere else? Maybe? Who knows.