Looking to get into Fuji for street.

FallenLeaf Photography wrote:

Greetings my fine Fuji shooting friends. I'm looking to get into Fuji shooting primarily for street work, as well as a fun addition to a range of other shoots. This is a side that is a fun side off my main pursuits so I can't dish out much cash so I'm hoping to pick up the least expensive Fuji which is around the range of pocketable (even if larger pockets), and so obviously can be an older model, but still has support for those unique Fuji profiles like classic chrome etc. I've seen a list of the Fuji bodies which support those but I'd love the input from the community about your favorites in these since I'm not too familiar with the Fuji line. Naturally snappy autofocus is a must, and I'm open to fixed lens (preferably with a good F2 option, but I'd be open to anything up to 2.8).

The list for convenience, to my knowledge at the moment:

• X70
• X100T
• X-A2
• X-A3
• X-A10
• X-E2
• X-E2S
• X-Pro2
• X-T1
• X-T2
• X-T10
• Porbably more since the thread I read.

Thank you for any ideas and input!

For under $300 I would get a used XE2 with the 16-50mm kit zoom. The lens is lightweight and miles faster focusing than older lenses like the 18mm f2 and probably the 27mm f2.8. The zoom has markings for 23mm and 35mm making it easy to set and forget at classic focal lengths. Having 16mm is fun too, plus 50mm is often useful.

It is an extremely easy camera to use, thanks to the simple controls. Just have a Classic Chrome "recipe" set on custom profile one and Monochrom with red filter recipe on 2. I shot B&W so it was just one button press to switch to classic chrome.

If you get along with it well, you can then keep an eye out for a used 23mm f2 which works well on the camera. If you prefer older lenses definitly try before buying as they can be painfully slow on older bodies and strangely noisy.