Help me decide! (Put me out of my misery)

[Akbar]

Hello!

New around here - thought I'd get some input. To give you some background, I'm a photographer who's getting requested to do more and more video projects. I'm at the point where I need a new system. I currently have a Nikon D600 and it works fantastic for still, just falls apart when grading video.

Here's my criteria:

• Needs to be somewhat compact (as I'm travelling with it quite a bit)
• Needs to be able to take stills well (as I'll be using it for that when travelling on shoots)
• Needs to be reasonably priced
• Can be graded decently well
• Would ideally like to be part of a team that updates their firmware on a semi-regular basis
• Would love for it to be better video quality than I currently have with the D600

Here's my thought process: Buy a cheaper camera body, spend the money on lenses and any other upgrades like cages, atomos, etc I need. Or buy a more expensive body, and use a metabones adapter with my Nikon lenses (already hearing that the autofocus doesn't work the greatest with this solution)

Options (thus far)

Low end:

• Sony a6000
• Lumix GM5

Mid end:

• Sony A7II
• Olympus E-M5 II

Higher end:

• Sony A7S (I'd have to sell my Nikon D600 for this option)

Random thoughts:

• Sony RX100 III
• Lumix LX100
• Samsung NX1/ Lumix GH4 (Although they're too bulky for my purpose)

 

So as you can see I'm scatter brained. I'm in no rush, but ideally would like something before a wedding shoot in May - so if Sony A7000 would be my cure I could wait

Any help is greatly welcomed, and thanks in advance.

[animan]

I would recommend to try to postpone decisions till you need to, theres NAB in April and hopefully before that the Nikon D7200, which there is a small chance will be a big step up for video!

D600 isnt soo terrible for whatever you need to shoot before May

[ntblowz]

I heard next Nikon 1 will get 4K video, you can wait on that too.

or get D750 and sell the D600?

[IronFilm]

Add the Nikon D5200 too for an option to consider at the low end, a nice matching/complementary camera to your D600 too.

[dafreaking]

+1 for the D750 if you are already invested in Nikon glass. It's superb for stills and a more than capable video camera. You should still be able to get a decent price for the D600 though you should have traded it in for a D610 when you could.

[Akbar]

Thanks all for your reply! I think I'm going to wait for NAB in April before making a decision. I think I want to avoid most Nikon dSLR bodies just because of the bulk - looking for something relatively light/compact.

Cheers!