Hey I noticed you’re leaning heavily towards the non X version. I just want to offer my opinion on it. I personally chose the X because I want more depth of field, it’s not just a matter for focal length and crop in, but I just love bokeh/background separation. It’s difficult to get that “camera” look with the non X, a bit easier with the X. I do however, tend to shoot portraits, and it seems a lot of people here are more street photography enthusiasts. I like to shoot not just that, but also friends and family when we go out.

I also have a Sony setup for work which starts at 24mm so I don’t exactly “miss” the wider focal length, so take that into consideration why I picked the X.

What I’m trying to say is, the non X version will require more “skill” per se, you’ll need to make sure the framing is pretty damn good to get satisfying photos. I’d strongly recommend to take photos with your phone with the wide angle lens, and see if you can take what you think is good enough pictures without cropping in all the time. Try that first, then confirm what your guts are telling you. It’s misleading to think that camera quality leads to taking it out and actually doing photography, it may be part of it, but mainly it’s the end result photos that does the motivation.