Which older Fujifilm X-mount cameras are still "acceptable" today?

Nevermess wrote:

Tamed Monkey wrote:

FTOG wrote:

Tamed Monkey wrote:

For amateur use? Wifi a must? Full auto? Style?

Sounds like a phone camera would be best.

Why? If they want to explore photography, full auto mode is a great way of flattening the learning curve initially. Interchangeable lenses and the handling can be enough to wrap your head around before you dive into the exposure triangle etc.

As for style and wifi, enthusiasts are just as happy about a nice looking camera and ease of sharing as a beginner might.

Because one can learn so much with just a phone. Composition, lighting, framing, colour... Some of the most strongly fundamental elements of photography can be addressed with just a phone.

Fuji's wifi is -in some cases, especially older cameras- is notoriously bad. Full auto? You can't get much more auto than a modern cell phone.

But I'm probably in the minority here. For years, most people that approach me about photography while I'm shooting seem to want to be seen more as a photographer, than actually being one.

Depends on what you call fundamental for the photography. For me and for many of us the photography fundamental is the relation between Shutter Speed - F stop - ISO (at least this is the first lesson in the photographic class). Actually the phone with its tiny sensor and mediocre lens actually is very bad way to demonstrate this relation.

Sure.

What I meant was, even before the mechanics of a camera. How the light falls on a subject; why one chooses to frame a shot a certain way; quality of light, etc.