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Another option would be any of the Sony A6xxx series with a 24mm lens or the 7c with a 35mm if you want full frame.
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I enjoy using my wife's x100v. It's not small. It's not foolproof - it's kind of complex in terms of menu (but I use blackmagic or arri day to day so am usually spoilt in that department). The fixed focal length could be limiting. But if you treat it right it does take a nice picture and some of the film stock emulations are surprisingly accurate if you're into old Velvia/Provia slidery. Also pretty easy to offload images wirelessly.
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The Fuji can be weather sealed, which is a point in its favour, and like most Fuji’s the controls are all very tactile, which is great.
It’s not that small though. It’s a lot easier to stick a Ricoh in your shirt/jacket pocket when you’re heading out the door and then snap away while you’re out and about if the mood takes you - or leave it in your pocket and nobody’s any wiser that you have a camera on you. With the x100 you’re probably going to have a strap, and then probably also a bag to put it in for times when you don’t want it on show, etc etc. At which point, why not have small ILC instead of a fixed-lens camera?
At least, that was my thought process - I have had several variants of the x100 over the years but I sold them all in the end. Now I have an Xpro with 4 lenses and a Ricoh for when I can’t be bothered lugging a bag around. The Ricoh gets the most use.
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I'm thinking of buying a camera after many years of not using one.
I briefly went down a bit of a rabbit hole looking at mirrorless cameras but having reminded myself that the main reason I stopped shooting 35mm was because I couldn't be bothered to carry around my old Contax, I think I should get a compact.
So, any reason not to get a Fujifilm x100v, apart from the high price?
The Ricoh GR is potentially a slightly less expensive and more compact option, but as I'm only going to buy one camera, the Fuji maybe edged it.