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I think others have covered most points better than I could, but as a little added personal experience, I think that there are some fantastic and fairly cheap lenses for Fuji. The first lens I bought for my X-T5 was the 35mm f1.4, and that’s still my most used lens. It was under £400, and while it’s an older lens and has some flaws (it’s slow and noisy primarily, and the AF can be slightly unpredictable) it takes magic pictures. The f2 standard primes are supposed to be very good as well, and small and light too, so if you do go the Fuji route, you may well find that the first lenses you buy will stay with you for longer than you expect. I’ve now got the 35mm, a 16mm f1.4, and a 90mm f2, and honestly I haven’t felt any real GAS in ages unless I think too hard about wildlife. Don’t feel that you’ll have to keep upgrading stuff just because you’re not spending top dollar. Cheap older primes can take fantastic pictures.