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Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios
At double the budget, it's an outlier, but it's a VERY VERY VERY NICE outlier  |
Given that the OP stated high iso performance and RAW as desired features, and a willingness to pay for quality (plus being a mid-tier dSLR owner which presupposes a certain level of desired quality and loose change), I figured upping the budget was a long shot worth trying.
If the initial budget had been in the $500 range, the G11 and µ4/3 cameras would have been my pointers... I like spending
other peoples' money.
Closer to the budget, but still busting it handily would be the
Fujifilm F200EXR ($300). The pixel-binning tech lets you choose between resolution and noise performance, and there's in-camera two-shot HDR, which is just cool. No RAW, though. But usable iso 800.