alvinyap

<p>Hi all!<br> It's been years since I posted here, and I'm hoping the more experienced photogs could give me some equipment advice. I have been very happily shooting with my D300 during this time, so much that it's physically quite worn out - the mount is giving me issues, as is the battery compartment. Most of the rubber on lenses and camera is either worn smooth or have just plain fell off. Heck, my 16-85 lens barrel is held together by sticky tape. So, I'm thinking this might be a good time to move to a new camera, or even a new system. I'm down to one dx zoom and a few fx primes, so I'm open to switching brands.</p> <p>Things I'm looking for in my next camera - Able to have the same/similar Af-On focusing. A dpad of sorts for selecting/resetting the focus point fast is important. Good flash system - I use the sb600 in nearly every daylight shot for fill, its awesome.<br> <br />Would be nice to have something that weighs less than the D300 - budget max about 2k usd for body + 24-135mm (equiv) lens. I'd like to keep the sensor size at APS-C (or larger but will defo consider m4/3 if the AF is up to par with the d300), don't really care for megapixels, less than 12 would be great. Video: not important. Weather resistance ala D300: would be nice.</p> <p>Thanks!</p>