It's hard to offer advise when you don't know what type of photography is the goal, but if I think I have an accurate idea of what you probably need to take photos of, I reckon a Sony RX100 of some variety would be ideal.
Even tho it's a fixed lens compact, it's large sensor(larger than the m4/3 sensor that Panasonic and Olympus uses). And it is a Sony sensor so it's about as good as you'll get.
Problem is they're so damned expensive for what they appear to be.
Makes no sense why Sony kept iterating/updating them (ie. I, II, III, IV and V models) whilst the old model was still being sold, and the oldest model could still be in stock in some places!!
So the newest model is approx mid thousand price range, and the oldest model could be in the $500-ish price range.
I've seen the III model for sale for under $1K(good value for money)
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Full frame would be nice but I just don't need it, (read, I can't afford what I'd like!!
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Does it have to be new? You could easily pickup a D600/610 and a lens for well under $1K from the usual suspect online market places.
Canon's 6D is also a decent second hand option to look into. Dunno much about Canon pricing and model range tho, I'm more of a Nikon user.
For my personal favourite value for money camera kit tho I is the Nikon D5500, about as good as you can get from anything else(if you can find one now).
Note that I specified value for money and not best camera product.
Not too long ago I got one with an 18-140 kit lens .. not that I needed any more camera gear! .. for under $600! Refurb deal off ebay.
They had the 18-55 lens deal too for about $50 less, but the one thing I don't need is additional clutter that serves no purpose at all.
I actually wanted a camera body alone (none available decent price) and for the cost I thought the 18-140 lens could come in handy at some point.
Got it for daughter if she ever wanted to use it!
You say your current cameras are film, what brand/models .. what lenses?
The point being, if they're <brand X>, and lenses are still useful, why change brand? Just go with a semi decent body to suit the lenses you currently have(if possible).
Arthur.
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
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