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Is this good for a beginner? Fujifilm X-T100 & 15-45mm lens (thelemmy.club)
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Hi, I'm looking to buy a general-purpose camera, preferably a Fuji due to its good SOOC colors. I've never had a DSLR or mirrorless before - only bridge cameras, point-and-shoots and crappy phones. Is this a good option for a beginner?

The kit contains a Fujifilm X-T100 camera and a FUJINON XC 15-45mm F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens, both used, for 400€. It's hard to find second-hand Fujis here in Romania so I don't have a lot of options for this brand.

I'm buying the camera for indoor pics of my cats, selfies, travel and events. Proper color straight out of the camera is very important to me. Fun filters are nice to have. I miss the superzoom from bridge cameras but I know that's hard to get on DSLRs & mirrorless.

Do you have any advice for me, please?

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[–] 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 child)

That's a good price for that combo. It's a discontinued camera body, but has decent specs.

I have a Fujifilm X-M5, with that same lens (FUJINON XC 15-45mm F3.5-5.6). The lens is not very nice. The quality of image is very good (the OIS is very nice to have), but requiring the motor to zoom in/out is very unpleasant. I have gotten a couple other lenses now, and no longer use that one. It's is a decent starter lens though, and you have the option to add new lens as you go, so I'd say it's a decent find.

My first (cheap) lens was TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 Lens. It's a really cheap prime lens, but have gotten a lot of really good images out of it (e.g. this that I posted earlier today https://lemmy.world/post/54196885)

edit: looks like it's an 8 year old camera. If it's only been used 3 times in 8 years, that could be suspicious.

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