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The TikTok craze for the X100V is so confusing...

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
enigmatico Contributing Member • Posts: 548
Its not confusing at all...
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Nunataks wrote:

So I saw a post on Reddit's camera marketplace today where someone was selling their Sony A7RIII for an X100V, which is just absurd. I noticed that a few posts below it, there was an X100F for sale for $750...had been up for hours with nobody asking about it or buying it.

Do the people who see this on TikTok not research that there are several other X100 series cameras? Or Fuji has other cameras with the exact same sensor with an interchangeable mount?

It honestly baffles me...

You're misunderstanding the psychology of consumer behaviour. If someone with influence on TikTok says the X100V is THE camera to own, then followers of that influencer will want that model and no other. Its not just about which sensor it has and which other cameras are available with the same sensor - that rationale is for photograph enthusiasts.

My camera dealer tells me that on the used market, the silver version of the X100V is selling for more than the black. I presume therefore that the TikTok influencer(s) in question own the silver version.

Its not just about the quality of the output, its about owning the latest must-have products for a certain group of people.

The X100V is a particularly striking camera. So its no wonder that those TikTok followers in question like to be seen carrying it. Its the only camera I own (silver version) that people comment to me on the streets "That's a beautiful camera".

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