Priorities in order:

  1. 80-90% SOOC (can’t give much time to editing). I am ready to give time to learning and practicing manual controls though.
  2. ergonomic, light.
  3. travel photos, capturing scenes like I see them with my eyes.
  4. low light photos.
  5. long-lasting gear. Okay with getting prime and telephoto lens later if needed.
  6. videography is not a priority as of now, may explore later.

Thanks!

Update: Decided to go with Fujifilm X-S10 + XF 18-55mm F2.8-4.0 as I liked the fuji SOOC jpegs more. Sigma lens would have been sweet but I’m okay with the tradeoff.
Thank you everyone for being so helpful.

Update 2: Finally went with Fujifilm X-T30 II + XF 18-55mm F2.8-4.0 instead for looks, this was a close one as I had to give up Ibis and that grip.

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    10 months ago
    1. Smartphone. They do all the image processing, including HDR with multiple pictures etc.
    2. Smartphone.
    3. a) Smartphone
    4. b) impossible
    5. Any camera that has a high score in DXOmark “sport”.
    6. Essentially anything if you treat it well. Otherwise smartphone (water/dust/sand tight).
    7. DSLRs from 10 years ago can do 1080p. So unless you go really old: no problem.
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      10 months ago

      smartphone would work but I don’t want to invest in high end smartphones just for this, and I really wanna explore digital camera photgraphy

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        10 months ago

        Buy a used high end phone. 300 € is more than enough, should get you a <2 year old flagship.

        But if you want to explore the “real deal” obviously buy used.