Sorry I did not mean to say that noise was my primary consideration. I just said I wanted something that had better performance than my Canon - which all three of these do I'm sure. I just cancelled my order though, as I'm not confident in my choice. I appreciate the criticism. Let me be a bit more thorough in what I will be using a new camera for.
I play in a band, and will be doing some vlogging work, some rehearsal recordings, play-through videos, and gear demos. There will also be the occasional experiments in music videos eventually too!
This was done on my bandmates Sony A7S. It shows the sort of low-light environment we rehearse in:
This I did with my Canon 650D + Yashica combo:
This I did with the Canon too:
And this:
So basically... I'm very music centric. I had external recorders for my audio, and I don't mind syncing audio afterwards. So recording directly into the camera isn't *THAT* important to me. But having an on-board microphone would be useful for that sync job I suppose.
My price research (body only):
A used Sony A6500 - 122,963yen. In GBP this is around £880. So within budget.
A used Fujifilm X-T2 - 135,000yen. In GBP this is around £966. Within budget again.
A brand new Panasonic G85 is £629 from Amazon.co.uk - again, body only. £799 including the kit lens. I cannot find a better price than that here in Japan right now.
Japan prices above are all tax-free. I leave Japan on March 9th, so I've got a week or so to decide if I'm going to pick something up here.
Would definitely appreciate some guidance, coz I've not looked at cameras for 5 years or so and I'm totally out of touch *as well as* being a total n00b anyway!
Regarding buying a camera in Japan - the Panasonic allows you to choose English. The Sony does not, although there is a hack out there to reveal the option. The Fujifilm allows the choice of language too.