[SOLVED] Camera for holidays

[LordVile]

Looking for a camera to use on holidays instead of my phone camera and don’t want to buy a dud. Womdering if the Fujifilm XF10 is a good option, if there’s anything better for the same price or cheaper or if going to a non compact like a XA5/XA20(Fuji again) would be worth it. I don’t mind carrying a camera bag I have a backpack at all times anyway. Budget is £400 but looking for value I’m not interested in editing anything at all or delving into a bajillion settings though given time I wouldn’t mind learning about setting the camera for different situations. Good presets would be nice.

 

[maxamillionfeettall]

Compact will generally have a shorter service life and most of the time they wont have articulating screens, so unless you absolutely need a small camera, i'd skip the compact point and shoot genre and go straight to mirrorless. The x-a5 or x-a20/x-a10 will be fine, with the x-a5 being faster and more responsive then the x-a10/20, but the x-a10/20 will be fine in most cases as the lower resolution won't be noticeable unless cropping heavily.
The x-a series have no viewfinder, but the screen flips up 180 degrees allowing easy selfies.

There is, however the lack of a viewfinder in both cameras, which makes brightly lit situations incredibly annoying. Alas, you wont find a camera with a viewfinder within budget new other then a lumix gx-80 or so, but if you do not mind a refurbished unit, you can get something like a x-t100 . The x-t100 is a very good camera, albeit a bit larger then the rest, and has a fully articulating side flip-out lcd, which I find far more enjoyable then the others.

The gx80 doesn't have wifi capability( easy image transfer to phones, the fuji's do have it) or a selfie screen, but it is similar in size to the x-a series, has excellent video at 4k or 1080, and is very good for shaky hands.
Do note, the fuji's video at 4k is useless and the quality at 1080p leaves something to be desired.

I'd personally lean to the refurb or used x-t100 or gx80.

 

[LordVile]

Compact will generally have a shorter service life and most of the time they wont have articulating screens, so unless you absolutely need a small camera, i'd skip the compact point and shoot genre and go straight to mirrorless. The x-a5 or x-a20/x-a10 will be fine, with the x-a5 being faster and more responsive then the x-a10/20, but the x-a10/20 will be fine in most cases as the lower resolution won't be noticeable unless cropping heavily.
The x-a series have no viewfinder, but the screen flips up 180 degrees allowing easy selfies.

There is, however the lack of a viewfinder in both cameras, which makes brightly lit situations incredibly annoying. Alas, you wont find a camera with a viewfinder within budget new other then a lumix gx-80 or so, but if you do not mind a refurbished unit, you can get something like a x-t100 . The x-t100 is a very good camera, albeit a bit larger then the rest, and has a fully articulating side flip-out lcd, which I find far more enjoyable then the others.

The gx80 doesn't have wifi capability( easy image transfer to phones, the fuji's do have it) or a selfie screen, but it is similar in size to the x-a series, has excellent video at 4k or 1080, and is very good for shaky hands.
Do note, the fuji's video at 4k is useless and the quality at 1080p leaves something to be desired.

I'd personally lean to the refurb or used x-t100 or gx80.

I’m not really too fussed about video just stills. If I want video I’ll just use my phone.

 

[jcmatoskx]

I always think that, for a simple point and shoot, it's better to just stick with phones. While the lenses and sensors might be slightly worse on phones, they have software technology to make their photos look amazing and easy to take.
If you want to hold a more "real" camera, more capable and would like to start getting into the world of phorography I think that the best option is a proper ILC (you can change lenses) DSLR/Mirrorless
Also the best quality for cost will always be in second hand cameras. You can get Sony a6000 - a6500 second hand with lenses for amazing prices, the will still be great cameras in 10 years and accompany your skill level.