I have a little insight here, but may be too basic for you. I have two Nikons. A D7500 and a D3100. The D3100 was my first DSLR. It's relatively light and easy to carry. I chuck a Tamron 16-300 lens on it and it covers most needs. The pictures are good enough for editorial and Alamy. I don't really need anything else.

But it's getting old, and it's slowed a little. You have to press the button HARD or nothing happens. I thought it would probably die soon, so bought another one when the price was right.

The D7500 is an upgrade. It's heavier, but it has a better chip and produces better photographs. It tends to produce brighter shots, but sometimes the whites are over-exposed in sunshine. Is this because I'm not shooting raw and using lightroom? I don't know, but that's a downside. Also, it's heavy, and the Tamron zoomy lens lets it down, so I only use it with my better lenses. I get better results, but again - that's two lenses, and it's all heavy.

So when I'm out and about, I still take the old one! Which still works and produces adequate pics.

The new one, I can't figure out how to put it on aperture priority, and it's not as intuitive. It takes better shots, for sure, but it's heavy.

So, over to you. It depends what you want!