Canon SL1 Replacement?

First, I shoot for myself and family, but I like quality pics. I will shoot 50 pics and throw out 48 of them (I'm sure many here do the same). I have did some shooting for broadcast TV, but here lately that involves my DJI drone, not pics. I shoot a lot of pics per month.

I have a Canon SL1 with Canon EFS IS STM 18-135 lens that I use most of the time, a 18-55 kit lens (someplace... not sure where), Canon EFS IS STM 55-250, Sigma DC OS Gold 18-250 and a Yongnuo 50mm f1.8 lens (for low light... but I think I should get the Canon equiv of this.... AF is SLOOOOW).

It's still in perfect condition and looks new and so do all my lenses (I take care of my stuff), but I'm ready to upgrade to something more modern.

I use this camera for pictures only. No video. I have a nice Panasonic FZ2500 for video.

So ideas? Do I simply move to the SL3? When I look at the SL3 on the studio test scene, the African American male looks sort of yellowish, vs any other Canon. He looks the correct color with the T7i and RF. I'm concerned with the color. Anyone have one and does it have a color issue?

I'm looking for newer features... better AF, newer processor, few more AF points. I like sharp pictures, that means a lot to me. I shoot 16x9 only. I take all my photos and make music videos with them... usually the length of a song. My Wife and kids enjoy watching them vs just looking at the pics. Used to be all 1080P, but these days I've started moving to 4k, but any camera 16MP or higher should be fine.

I hate to loose all my lenses. I do like the look of the pictures taken by the FujiFilm T30 and the Canon RF, but here again, I will either have to suffer through using a metabones or start replacing lenses. I love shooting low light pics. I'l sit out in my backyard at 2am with a remote shooting long exposure shots. My thought of a FF is because of how well they work in low light (or that's my understanding).

I can't find much about the Canon EOS T8i. I couldn't even find a price at Amazon, only at Canon.com. Any idea what additional features I would be getting vs the SL3? or the T7i?

So here is what I've been thinking about. Purchase time... any day. Options I've looked at: Canon SL3, Canon T7i, Canon T8i, Canon RF, Sony A7 II, FujiFilm T30 and finally the Panasonic G85 (the pics look great and really sharp).

I have to admit, as I get older I find myself using the scene modes, specially the night hand held mode. This is what has held me off of the Panny G85... zero scene modes. My SL1 Scene modes have saved me many pictures, specially the mode that takes 4 pics and combines them... although if I had the Canon 50mm 1.8 I probably wouldn't need these modes.

Ok, a lot of info. I'm looking for thought's, ideas, complaints, why and what you think. After looking so much and reading reviews here, I'm getting over saturated and now not sure what to do. Any comments and pics from any of these camera's would be great.

Thank you very much for taking time to reply.

I forgot to mention. I use all the modes on my SL1. Everything from Auto (very seldom... usually Program) to Manual... plus the other modes. To me, it's all part of the SLR experience. I use my SL1 because it's fun or I would just use my iPhone 11... it does a pretty good job.

Thanks

JPAlbert wrote:

Why not the 90d?
It will use all your current lenses, and has the best tech yet that Canon has put into the APS-c platform...

I was going to say the same. Check out what the 90D does at my flikr page, but here's a taste from today.. Capturing a quail is complicated because first you need to "capture" it and then your lens/sensor has to make sense of all the detail.. I finally captured one today where the head is not blurry (where the single eyebrow is).. and etc.

Thanks for the picture. Love the quality of the 90D, but it’s just so big. I would rather have a T8i since it’s a bit smaller but I can’t find them anyplace. Even Canon.com they are back ordered.

So, why not get a T7i?  I don't know how much difference there is between them.

Per the test scenes here at dpreview, big difference in picture quality. The T8i is supposed to be the 90D killer because it is basically the same camera but smaller and lighter... or thats what Ive read.

d sullinger wrote:

Per the test scenes here at dpreview, big difference in picture quality. The T8i is supposed to be the 90D killer because it is basically the same camera but smaller and lighter... or thats what Ive read.

Can you point me to what you read that the t8i is a 90D killer? The 90D is running what many consider to be one of Canon's best sensors.  I really liked my t7i.... very good .. in fact, excellent image quality.. But the 90D is "excellenter"