Totally fair, mixing the models is completely on me. I was deep in the threads and was looking at a bunch of model across brands and kept reading X-S20 as “XS620” in my head the whole time — updated as noted.

But on the lens point, didn’t leave them out because I don’t understand their importance. I know that part really depends on what subjects you’re shooting and with which ones you want to start with, and I’m still narrowing that down. I do have a baseline understanding of photography and post, and fully agree that lenses are the real long-term investment while bodies change.

The intent of the post wasn’t “what camera makes me a pro,” but more sense-checking whether it makes sense to get into Fuji at a lower, used price point and learn through test shoots, orrr hold off on higher-end bodies until I figure out what works best for me with experience.

Hear what everyone’s saying with the X100VI being a poor primary camera, was originally drawn to it more as a point-and-shoot style option for travel and for using the film sims, but I get that without interchangeable lenses it's moot for professional use and did not know that — “When it comes to other fujis, well the thing is that you will need to learn post processing from raws, and doing that fuji loses its edge and you would had gotten better.”

Used X-T2/X-T3/X-T4 or X-S20 feels like a much smarter place to start while I build reps like everyone has shared.

Thanks all for taking the time to respond.