Not sure what to do so thought I would get some opinions from the forum.....
I have a Nikon D7500 which I use only with a 35mm 1.8 prime (i.e. 50mm equiv). The camera is fab in terms of handling, autofocus speed and low light. But big and bulky. Wondering if I can get something smaller without too much trade-off. Hesitant on mirrorless re: handling and autofocus. But tech might have moved on now to address those. Ideally would be borderline "pocketable" e.g. large jacket pocket or forgettable round your neck.
Use is general "walking about" and photos of people - doesn't go up climbs. I prefer a fast prime to a slower zoom. Roughly normal focal length works for me but I'm not set on 50mm equiv., e.g. 35mm-50mm would be OK. I don't really do landscape photography, or at least not anything that would need anything wider.
I tried out a Fuji XF10 fixed focal length APS-C compact and didn't get on with handling or autofocus performance, which were both pretty poor. Is the Ricoh GR signficantly better? What about some of the new mirrorless? Is the better Fuji mirrorless stuff as good as everyone says? XT-30?
Budget - if a straight replacement I would say around £600 - £900 as I think I could get about £600 for the current setup on ebay and could put in a bit extra. Happy to get something back off ebay.
My backup idea is to get an old manual focus Nikon film SLR and a 50mm pancake and shoot manual focus and B&W and lean in to all the differences! Something appealing about that. Probably wouldn't replace the DSLR with that. Presumably that setup could get quite bashed about.
thanks