Fujifilm xt10 should i buy? With problems

[Att]

Hi everyone,

I have the opportunity to buy a used Fujifilm X-T10 for around €100, possibly even way less than €100, but the body has a defect that I’d like to evaluate before making a decision.

Here’s the issue:
Whenever you try to manually adjust the shutter speed or aperture, the camera freezes for about 30+ seconds. In around 90% of cases, the photo won’t be taken at all.
However, the camera works perfectly fine in fully automatic mode.

The lenses have already been tested on another body – they work flawlessly, so it seems the issue is definitely with the body.

I haven’t been able to test the camera myself yet, but from what I understand, the problem mainly affects manual adjustments (e.g. via the front or top dials).

My questions:

• Has anyone experienced this issue before?

• Could it just be a faulty control dial or a bad contact, or am I potentially looking at a more serious electronics issue?

• Is it worth buying and repairing the camera, or is the risk too high? 

Edit: Is it a high chance for a mainboard defect? Because if it isn’t the mainboard I eventually would try to fix bad contacts or a broken flex cable for example. 

Thanks a lot in advance!

at

Edited July 16 by Att

[Greybeard]

Is this an interesting project or are you looking for a cheap camera?

Sounds risky to me but if the condition is otherwise perfect you might be able to sell it on for spares.

[Att]

Im a Uni Student so im looking for a cheap camera primarily hahaha 

I’m interested in if I could potentially fix it but idk maybe too risky. But the price is tempting tbh but couldn’t find any fixes or other people with the same problem 

also: what exactly might be wrong with it and how fixable could it be 

Edited July 16 by Att