[jhc]

I used to shoot professionally back in the film and manual focus days. I have been a digital enthusiast since the first affordable dslr ($3000) Canon D30. I still have a D800 and lenses from 14-24 to 70-200. If you don't care about size or weight or bulk then I would still recommend a full frame Nikon (df, d750, d8xx) dslr or even Canon can take adapted Nikon mount lenses. These days I have been traveling with Sony A7/r and the three Zeiss FE zooms 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200 all of which takes up less room and bulk than one Nikon body and two zooms. The image quality is just as good (Sony makes most camera sensors) and if you get used to the quirks they are easy to use. Some aspects are actually better such as focus peaking for manual focus lenses and live view is much better than the D800. Right now used Nikon and Canon FF dslrs are cheap because they are being dumped in favor of mirrorless and the Sony's are cheap because they just released or announced new replacement models.