Hello, I currently have a Canon Digital Rebel XT with a Canon 28 - 105mm 0.48m/1.6ft AF lense, a Canon 75 - 300mm 1.5m/4.9ft AF lense and a Canon EFS 18 - 55mm 0.28/0.9ft lense which we mostly
use in the Auto mode. And yes, I know we don't utilize the full potential of the equipment we now have. While we were on vacation recently my wife offered to return the favor of taking a picture for a couple and was shocked by the difference in just looking through the viewfinder of that couple's camera. It was so much better than ours it was like night and day. So now, I'm on a quest to find a better, clearer camera system. I realize DSLR's have come a long way since the XT. We mainly take wildlife, landscapes and the pictures of us with a landscape background. We don't need a $5,000.00 camera. We are retired and on a fixed income so we don't want/need top of the line everything, just a big improvement!!! Thanks in advance for any helpful guidance. Tom
You want to go to a camera store and lay hands on product. You might consider current models from Nikon, Canon (you can reuse your lenses) and Sony. You might consider a mirrorless system from Panasonic, Olympus or Fuji. (Micro 4/3 systems all have interchangeable lenses across manufacturers.)
But you really need to hold the cameres, investigate them, play with them. You'll know when you've found the right one: the one you don't want to put down.
Even shooting JPG, you may find that current products do a better job / have more useful features.