As a person who previously refurbished and sold camera gear I suggest that you are on the right track with mirrorless. I have owned several Sony E-mount models, a Fuji, a couple of Olympus, and a Panasonic. Depending on what you are looking to use it for dictates recommendations. If you are looking for "reach" then the Olympus and Panasonic have 2X crop factors, giving an equivalent 100mm focal length from a film era 50mm lens. The micro 4/3 are weaker for wide angle for the same reason, and because of the smaller sensor they are not the best for granular control of depth of field (full-frame for that). If absolute best image quality is your priority then I would say the Fuji sensor has the slight edge, but that is like saying technically an Epson printer produces better prints than an HP....it's a fine line. Overall I have ended up mostly in the Sony camp. They offer both 1.5X crop factor and full-frame sensors, arguably the easiest to use menu, most intuitive ability to shoot adapted manual focus legacy glass in either Aperture Priority or Manual modes, and very important for us with older eyes....the best Focus Peaking operation and options. I have recently decided to switch my macro photography from a Nikon DSLR with a 55mm f2.8ai-s Micro-Nikkor, to using the same lens adapted to a Sony a6000. The line of sight infrared remote shutter releases are similar, and the ability to use Focus Peaking instead of the optical viewfinder of the Nikon has recently (I am 72) become an advantage. My next watch review will be done using this setup
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