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I have a D3300 which is brilliant for less obtrusive photography, that coupled with a small fixed lens would produce image which would amaze you. It's also much better in low light than your D80 so that opens up more opportunities.
The trouble is that with the modern small SLR's you need a lens with a built in focus motor, AFS. There are quite a few good lenses but not knowing exactly what you are wanting to photograph it's hard to advise. If you use Lightroom or something similar it will probably tell you what focal lengths you are using most. That may be a good guide.
The Sigma 10-20 is a very good lens but not ideal for portraits or close up pix of people... You get very exaggerated perspective, like long noses etc.
I would have recommended trying the 45mm pancake lens but being manual that's not ideal in this case.
The D5300 or later models are little different from the D3300, except for the back screen folding out, which can be handy for candid photography because you can 'shoot from the waist' by using the screen at waist level to compose your image.
I always feel the slow, long ratio lenses are too much of a compromise and look unsightly. But that's probably just me!
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Robert.