Search for the camera Holy Grail

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Hi All

I am on the look for something to tailor my needs.
I am after a camera that reduces the bulk of a big camera body and lenses. And came across the Panasonic FZ1000 and Sony RX10. Wondered if either where any good or should I be looking at a small m4/3 option. The more I search the more confused I get as the way to go.
I don't have the biggest budget in the world say 600 max but with that limited budget I am still totally confused. A DSLR is out as the lenses I would need to cover the full zoom range would be vast and expensive. I am not trying to get pro quality pics but say very very good quality ones.

Any suggestions would be greatly received to help my confused head.

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Searching for the camera holy grail is futile, there is no such thing and compromises always have to be made. DSLR lenses that cover a large focal range do not have to be vast or expensive, and no more vast or expensive really than a m4/3 solution.

M4/3's have the potential to deliver better pics than the FZ1000 and RX10, but you need to be swapping lenses. If you want a large zoom range without changing lenses then your large-ish sensor bridge cameras could be your best bet.
 
I have done much the same... and settlred on the Fuji x30. It has an excellent view finder, articulated screen, moderate sized sensor, excellent zoom lens of good range, and the wonderful fuji colours in either the jpes or raw files. Since I have had it my Canon Dslr has stayed home.
The X30 has all the features and qualities Ideal as a general purpose camera.
 
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a perfect camera. While I agree with Terry in that the little X30 is a great little compact, it's pretty useless for wildlife (unless it's macro snails that float your boat!) and motorsport (unless you can get into the paddock, particularly at vintage meets!) Equally, the full Nikon DSLR system is pretty poor as a travelling companion now that holiday airlines have such low hand baggage weight allowances as does my back... Besides, what would be perfect for me would probably not suit you and vice versa. The closest to a one system fits all for ME at the moment is an X-T1 based Fuji system with a trio of zooms covering from 10-400mm with a 1.4x teleconverter to match the telezoom which racks it out to 540mm which is an EFL (35mm) of 840mm, albeit f/8 at full reach. However, I sometimes miss the 8mm fisheye (circular) and 12mm that the FF Nikon system gives me but I can only reach out to 300mm with that. Thank assorted imaginary friends that I can afford to run both (and the baby Fuji!)
 
As said, no camera is perfect but its a case of finding the best one for the majority of time.

Personally I would go down the Fuji route. Lovely design, great JPG (but RAW available) and great IQ. It all depends on the range you need. You could get a X100T for £600 used but that would be a fixed 35mm. Or, the XPro1 is a steal now, Think the body would be £200/250 so £350/400 left for lenses. Could get a couple of decent ones for that.
 
How about an Olympus EM10 + 14 - 42 EZ pancake kit zoom? you could later add a s/h 40-150mm and still have a very lightweight 2 lens set up whilst remains relatively small
 
Thanks everyone. I knew the Holy Grail was an impossible quest but anything remotely close is always worth a look. So I do appreciate your replies
 
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