Moving up: I thought it was time to move up from a bridge camera to a digital DSLR. I picked the Nikon D3200. Then I picked one up with the 18-55 mm lens, or I should say, tried to...

AZ Dog Loc: Peoria, AZ

I thought it was time to move up from a bridge camera to a digital DSLR. I picked the Nikon D3200. Then I picked one up with the 18-55 mm lens, or I should say, tried to pick it up. I was amazed at how heavy it was. All you hoggers out there with DSLR cameras, how do you carry all that weight?

AZ Dog

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

AZ Dog wrote:

I thought it was time to move up from a bridge camera to a digital DSLR. I picked the Nikon D3200. Then I picked one up with the 18-55 mm lens, or I should say, tried to pick it up. I was amazed at how heavy it was. All you hoggers out there with DSLR cameras, how do you carry all that weight?

AZ Dog

You just man-up (woman-up). Many of my friends and I carry a 500mm f/4 lens on a pro camera body. Weight? 13lbs 6ozs. Heavy? YES. Impossible? NO. I suggest a good shoulder strap to help carry the load.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

Maybe get the Fuji XS-1 bridge camera, has a larger image sensor than most other bridge cameras.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

AZ Dog wrote:

I thought it was time to move up from a bridge camera to a digital DSLR. I picked the Nikon D3200. Then I picked one up with the 18-55 mm lens, or I should say, tried to pick it up. I was amazed at how heavy it was. All you hoggers out there with DSLR cameras, how do you carry all that weight?

AZ Dog

The weight and the hassle of changing lenses is why I fully intend to stay with a "Super Zoom Bridge" camera. Currently using the Canon SX40 & SX50, but NOT limiting myself to a particular brand for future consideration as the new models come out.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Easy...sell the DSLR for a buy a mirroless camera...join the darkside...we have gummy bears.

Seriously though, mirrorless cameras perform just as well as DSLR's and are half the weight and size, including the lenses.

Rbrylawski Loc: Tampa, FL

I have the D7100 and my partner the D3200. Every time I pick up his 3200 I'm amazed at how "light" it is. It's all relative. The D3200 is Nikon's smallest and lightest APS-C DSLR. There are so many cameras that weigh so MUCH more.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

Rbrylawski wrote:

I have the D7100 and my partner the D3200. Every time I pick up his 3200 I'm amazed at how "light" it is. It's all relative. The D3200 is Nikon's smallest and lightest APS-C DSLR. There are so many cameras that weigh so MUCH more.

Well the point is he was using a light bridge camera so a DSLR will be heavier, it's not about relativity.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

jeep_daddy wrote:

You just man-up (woman-up). Many of my friends and I carry a 500mm f/4 lens on a pro camera body. Weight? 13lbs 6ozs. Heavy? YES. Impossible? NO. I suggest a good shoulder strap to help carry the load.

or...

Rbrylawski Loc: Tampa, FL

Racmanaz wrote:

Well the point is he was using a light bridge camera so a DSLR will be heavier, it's not about relativity.

OK.....Some bridge cameras are not that far from the weight of the D3200. But thanks for calling me out.

For example. The D3200 with 18-55mm kit lens weighs 26.9 oz

The Canon SX50 weighs 19.5 oz

So you're saying a 7 ounce difference would be truly significant?

The OP however didn't say which bridge camera he had. So the difference could be more. I wasn't being negative to the OP. And my point about it being relative is valid when I was referring to how much lighter the D3200 is to my D7100. And the D3200 is one of the lightest DSLRs available today.

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Oh, that is easy. I am strong and round shouldered from raising dumbbells.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

Rbrylawski wrote:

OK.....Some bridge cameras are not that far from t... (show quote)

OH I was not calling you out or trying to argue sorry. If you are carrying a camera for any extented period of time, the weight of the camera will wear you out faster the more it weighs. Even if the weigh is a 1/2 lb more than the one you are used to carrying.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

AZ Dog wrote:

I thought it was time to move up from a bridge camera to a digital DSLR. I picked the Nikon D3200. Then I picked one up with the 18-55 mm lens, or I should say, tried to pick it up. I was amazed at how heavy it was. All you hoggers out there with DSLR cameras, how do you carry all that weight?

AZ Dog

I really do not mean to be offensive, but, seriously, are you joking? The D3200 weighs in at slightly less than EIGHTEEN OUNCES - hardly more than a pound. I guess people do not grow up as strong as they once did.

I recall back in the late 1940s when I was a news photographer in Philadelphia, my 4x5 Speed Graphic with its big Mendelsohn flashgun, a bag full of assorted film holders, flash bulbs, batteries, etc., weighed in at about 37 pounds.

You will love the D3200 once you get muscles enough to carry it.

Rbrylawski Loc: Tampa, FL

Racmanaz wrote:

OH I was not calling you out or trying to argue sorry. If you are carrying a camera for any extented period of time, the weight of the camera will wear you out faster the more it weighs. Even if the weigh is a 1/2 lb more than the one you are used to carrying.

Thanks for your reply.

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

AZ Dog wrote:

I thought it was time to move up from a bridge camera to a digital DSLR. I picked the Nikon D3200. Then I picked one up with the 18-55 mm lens, or I should say, tried to pick it up. I was amazed at how heavy it was. All you hoggers out there with DSLR cameras, how do you carry all that weight?

AZ Dog

Sounds like you should have invested in some weights or a gym membership.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

PhotoMan1929 wrote:

I guess people do not grow up as strong as they once did.

No, we're just smarter now...and yes, I'm a 6'-0", 215 lbs, former Marine that uses mirrorless gear. Excess camera weight is useless in my book...unless you're trying to loose weight (which I could stand to loose a few).