Dshake00 Loc: Louisville KY

was into manual camera about 25 yrs ago and got pretty good. So now i need a new camera becsuse of being sble to travel and take some good shots .
I looking for advice on a new camera that is good but dont want to grt one that is too advanced for me. My old csmera was a used Nikon i bought at a camera shop. i liked it then , but now I need something new. Price is not an object, buy font want to go overboard. I’m dure some blk Fri sales will be coming up. Any suggestions??

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

If you like the Nikon environment, a z7II/Z6II are very good and much easier to carry than the Z9.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Welcome to the forum.
Have fun investigating and deciding on your camera.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Welcome to UHH Denise.

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

Sounds like you are looking for a "travel" camera which I would expect a "bridge" camera would fill the bill also known as "point & shoot" lots of research only you will be able to make the most suitable choice. I use the SONY RX10iv but it is a bit heavy, there are many suitable smaller cameras. Lots of research to do. Good luck/good hunting!

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

In the end only you can decide what the right equipment is for your needs. But I will make a suggestion that will let you test the mirrorless waters inexpensively. Check out the Nikon Z50 with 16-50 kit lens; it uses the same mount as Nikon full frame Z cameras, is very easy to use, and delivers exceptional image quality. B&H lists the kit version new for around $1100 and used it's even less.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

If there are still any actual camera stores - the kind with a physical "brick-and-mortar" presence - in Louisville - visit them and see what they have so that you can actually hold various cameras and see how they work and how they feel for you. If no camera stores, Best Buy may be an option, but my experience is that half of their display cameras don't function.

photoman43

If your city has a Best Buy store, go there to see and hold different cameras to see what you like and what works for you. An entry level Nikon Z body with a kit lens might word.

Go here to see various camera buying guides: By use; by price, etc.

https://www.dpreview.com/buying-guides

You might want to start with Compact Zooms

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/buying-guide-best-cameras-for-travel

Photec

Hi Dshake00,
Since you have prior experience with shooting cameras in the past, I suggest that you seek out Camera/Photography Clubs in your area to seek firsthand advice. Most club members have extensive knowledge of both film and digital equipment, but you need to know that whatever model they use may, or may NOT, be right for you, and almost all are sure that their model is the best that is available. The most important thing to you is "how does the camera feel in your hands up to your eye" and do the controls and menus make since? Good luck.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

One of the smallest and cheapest travel systems around is Olympus/OMDS. There are the E-M1 mkIII and E-M5 mkIII (being discontinued next year) and the new OM-1 and OM-5. The menu system consist of a scroll menu and the Super Control Panel (SCP is super easy). And with the new OM-1 and OM-5, if something is not allowed, it tells you why and/or what needs to be changed. Olympus/OMDS lenses that would be good and varying in size and cost are 14-150 f4/5.6 (28 to 300 in 35mm angle of view), 12-40 f2.8 mkII Pro (24 to 80 in 35mm angle of view), 12-45 f4 Pro (24 to 90 in 35mm angle of view), and 12-100 f4 Pro IS (24 to 200 in 35mm angle of view and my favorite lens). And then there are other Olympus and Panasonic lenses available (more than 110). It should be a great system yet reasonably lightweight system and weatherproof. My system has traveled easily for the last 10 years to everywhere.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Welcome to the Forum, Denise, enjoy.

BebuLamar

If you are pretty good with manual camera then nothing can be too advanced for you except perhaps the smart phone

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

You need to narrow down the choices. Any camera can be simple if you set it to "A", automatic, and let the camera do the thinking.

First decision is size. The larger the camera the better low light sensitivity and lower noise level can be had as long as there isn't an unusually high pixel count. Also, greater detail can be had with models with higher pixel count. They are heavier and more expensive than the smaller types. The greater range of practical affordable lenses comes in the smaller sizes. I choose the APS-C level mirrorless for most of my shooting. It recently replaced my very capable APS-C DSLR. The pocketables are for convenience, the easiest to carry with a good zoom range. The bridge camera is in between with a large zoom range but small sensor and is smaller, and lighter than the full size ones.

I categorize as 1) pocketable, 2) full (or almost full) size (like a DSLR or MILC), or 3) in between like a bridge camera. 1 & 3 are point & shoot types.

My #1 types are the 2 Lumix (DMC-ZS100 with 1" sensor, and DCZS80 with greater zoom range but 1/2.3" sensor).

My #3 type is the SX50 HS (current model SX70 HS).

The #2 size is the typical DSLR or Mirrorless (MILC) by any of the usual suspects, Canon, Nikon, and Sony. There are also those in the micro four thirds group.

There are many alternates once you choose which size.