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The issue for me has always been the combined weight of DSLR lenses when added to the body weight. There are two DSLR ways to lessening that weight....get a lower spec body or a lower spec lens.....or both! (Ok that's three 😆)
For the body, the 675g Z7 body is clearly lighter than the 1005g D850..... but the 675g Z6 is not that much lighter than for example the 750g D750.
The lens contribution is in some ways simpler but also, at the same time, more complicated.
Because the Z lens range currently covers only 14-70, focal lengths, beyond this the lenses are going to be the same = weight for both systems. ( except the extra weight for the Z-F connector). But within the 14-70 DSLR range there are a plethora of different quality and hence weight lenses, that you could use to compare with the Z offerings, just to make life more difficult. So for the moment, the real weight saving stops at the body and 70mm.
I accept that the respective performances of both camera body and lens quality, muddy the comparison water. But if weight is a greater driving force than absolute performance, and frankly for amateur use there are a lot of excellent alternatives to fit most bills, then there are ways to lessen the DSLR load without going to mirrorless.
My main motivation for mirrorless would be the wysiwyg exp. comp.
Last edited on Wed Sep 4th, 2019 07:00 by Eric
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