X100V or 23mm F1.4 WR

I am active in another hobby - model railroading. Now unbeknownst to you (probably), the amount of money spent on a "layout" finished, including all the peripherals can easily exceed $100,000. This isn't spent all at once, but could easily be $3,000 a year over thirty years, you get the picture.

Historically when a guy built a reasonable sized layout, it was designed for "operations.." Loosely translated, you'd have 5 - 10 guys come over to act as engineers, dispatchers, filling in employee positions on your railroad. Then following time tables or what have you, the trains would run. These "operations" occurred roughly once a month - sometimes more, sometimes less.

No one really challenged this type of layout design and usage until roughly 15 years ago. It was concluded that for some a smaller layout that the owner themselves could run might get more play value out of the financial investment. The idea of a layout design that the owner could run by himself (very few women in the hobby), even if only for ten to fifteen minutes but done several times a week was more valuable (play value) than something larger, run significantly less often requiring a number of operators.

So if we apply this concept to your camera/lens dilemma you just have to ask yourself, what will get used more - play value - the camera, or the lens. And then you have your answer.

As a reward for reading this longer thread, below is a link to Rod Stewart's layout (yes, that Rod Stewart):

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rod-stewart-model-trains