Moving to smaller camera from DSLR Nikon D5100

lemonade · 15 Aug 2017 at 14:50

I currently have a Nikon D5100 with the 18-105mm lens, its great and the lens gives me a good range, however I find these days the camera is too big to travel around with, on recent holiday I barely took any pictures as the camera is just too big and bulky.

So I would like to downsize to something smaller, but I want to have the same image quality and many key features e.g. dynamic range as the DSLR and also the lens range of 18-105 but in a smaller package.

Can anyone recommend anything in the £500 range please?

I will be looking at selling off the D5100 and also have a rarely used Lumix LX7 which I will sell.

Cheers

lemonade · 16 Aug 2017 at 12:17

The G7 looks a bit big, I like the sound of the Rx100, which one should I got for mk 1 or mk 3? Is there any decent alternative? Panasonic lx10?

I have an LX7, it has a great lens, but sensor is small and a bit lacking.

Will take a look now at the g85 and XT10.

lemonade · 16 Aug 2017 at 14:58

Really liked the look of the XT10 but i've discounted it along with all other M43 and interchangeable lens cameras. Too expensive, looking at 1k for the setup I want and I am only a casual amateur photographer so spending so much makes no sense.

I'm now looking at compact digital and have narrowed it down to the following:

Panasonic TZ100
Panasonic LX15
Sony RX100M3

Not sure which one to go for, the TZ100 is first choice at the moment as it has the zoom range I want, the other two only zoom to 70mm which isn't versatile enough.

lemonade · 16 Aug 2017 at 16:06

Gonna go with the TZ100.

lemonade · 17 Aug 2017 at 16:35

Yep I did figure I won't get a like for like replacement in a smaller package and some compromise will need to be made. I also realised I don't really use the full potential of a DSLR, so makes sense to downsize to something simpler. I ordered the TZ100 and it arrived today, it seems to fit the bill and try out later today to see what its like.

Cheers for the help.