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A d7000 would, though. Second hand and stuff.
What lenses do you have and what upgrades do you want over your current set up? The nikon system is actually pretty consistent with regards to crop sensors, so you'll not notice huge leaps in image quality, rather you'll get a more power autofocus system and better controls. The d7xxx range is the first one that's good for full manual as it has a front dial and you can assign iso to the movie record button.
If you don't have many lenses or are not tied in, you could consider a fuji or a Sony a6000.
If you want full frame, you could pick up a d700 if you're lucky but they've gone up in price compared to before Christmas (when I nearly got a d3s in decent nick for £650, now more like £1000!). D600 can be cheaper too, gets a dirty sensor though.
I've considered the a6000 too, kind of a little more than I'd want to spend
Depends on what you need. The a6000 is good though, obviously not so much for action and whatnot but if you're looking for something compact that takes great shots, it's an option.
Used fuji xe-2 could work too. Available under 300 quid, then add either the xc kit zoom or something like the 35mm 1.4.
why did you sell up in the first place? if it was a money thing then fair enough(been there).. but if it was a couldn't be bothered taking a DSLR out with you then compact system might be the way to go.
Can CSCs take as good pictures as a DSLR? The appeal of a DSLR is that they're a "proper" camera. Like their pictures are more authentic or something.
Also I'm still pretty noobish at the technical stuff
The compact systems look appealing, but I do like my big chunky Pentax.
Which is amazing I find how something like the Fuji system can be so small.
According to my research a month or so ago when I was looking to upgrade, the Olympus stuff has pretty reasonable performance when it comes to autofocus, but the ISO noise performance isn't exactly the best in the business.
Are you looking at a camera just for pictures, or for video as well? You've not said why you want one, or what sort of stuff you're going to be shooting. So it's hard to give a recommendation.
I picked up a Sony a6500 recently, with two Nikon lenses and an adapter for a very reasonable price, but I suspect that would be outside of your budget. I think the a6000 is not quite a good.
We could've discussed all of this over some cheeky memes, but you bitched out and unfriended me on Facebook. You cur.
I think the sensor is the a6500 is very close to identical to the a6000 in performance but you get things like IBIS.
The olympus is good. To me, micro 4/3 makes for probably the best compact travel camera set up as the lenses are truly tiny (mostly - some of the pro ones are big, you can't beat physics sadly) and they're sharp. They also often have in body stabilisation which is nice.
Yes, there is more noise bit even in a medium format camera if you take a well exposed photo of the blue sky you'll see noise at base iso. I certainly felt the images from the Panasonic gx80 were acceptable, with proper exposure, to iso 3200 and its not that often you need to go above that.
The Olympus is a good camera though. Proper small, fast autofocus (in fact, the m4/3 due to the extra depth of field have probably the fastest autofocus on the planet) and good image quality.
However, I'm going to side with @RaymondLin. The second gen fujis are extremely good cameras with excellent lenses and compromise well with size versus performance. Being apsc size, lenses are bigger than m4/3 but they're very well built. If you want a zoom for general purpose stuff, the xf18-55 is about a stop faster than your average dslr kit lens, made of metal and solidly built. If they were not such good value, I'd lean towards m4/3.
David Hobby has primarily used an xe2, x100s and a leaf medium format camera for his work over the last couple of years - and over that time fuji have improved the firmware so it's more capable than ever. The lenses may not be cheap as chips as some slr lenses can be, but the kit zoom is truly pretty good and the primes are generally excellent.
I wish there was a place nearby I could try them but I live miles from anywhere useful. I'll look into the Fuji stuff now.
Low light performance is important to me as I like night photography.
A Zoom H6 and an SM57 would be a bog standard setup for Youtube videos.
Sony are the kings of low-light photography right now.
The only trouble with Fuji is the lens prices, more than double Nikon for a prime