CHG_CANON wrote:
You probably should check the weights:
D500 - 29.6 oz. / 839g
Z7II - 24.5 oz. / 694g
Nikon 200-500 - 81.25 oz. / 2,300g (with collar)
Nikon Z 100-400mm - 50.1 oz. / 1435 g
You're talking about changing to a $3000 mirrorless camera to achieve a 5-ounce difference. Doesn't seem like that buys very much difference at all, when the lens is the overwhelming amount of the combined total weight, when keeping the 200-500. Changing lenses for the $2700 zoom gets a 35-ounce combined change, just over two pound of combined weight, about $162 per ounce or about a 22% reduction in combined total weight.
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BillA wrote:
Good Morning Huggers:
I am a bird photographer and shoot with a Nikon D500 and Nikkor 200-500 zoom. I love this camera/lens and I have carried it for about 4 years now. However, it is getting too heavy for an all day (or almost all day) trip. I have decided to replace the body with a Nikon Z 7 and a zoom as yet to be determined. My current thinking is that I will need to go down to nothing longer than a 400mm. I know this will be a little short for what I get with the 200-500; however I think this will be OK, if my following assumption is correct.
Assumption:
My D500 is a C-crop sensor, so my 200-500 gives me an "effective" range of 750mm; the D500 provides 20mp of resolution. The Z7 is a full frame and has a resolution of 47mp. This is where I think I can compensate. Since the Z7 has more than double the resolution than that of my D500, does this not mean I can crop the Z7 image to get something very close to the size/quality of my current rig if I choose the right zoom for the Z7. I am currently thinking the Nikkor Z lens 100-400mm. This should give me a "effective" look of 800mm. Since I crop to a resolution that has 20+ MP - should this not be the same quality as I am now getting for my D500?
Do you agree with my assumption? I cannot find anyone nearby that has a FF camera with 40 or more MP to test this on or I would try to empirically determine this.
Thanks for any assistance and all the best!
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Yes, do the math. You won't save that much weight. If the camera is too heavy to hand hold for your birding, then try a monopod. It's not hard to actually carry the weight, it's hard to hand hold that much weight as you are holding the camera up to your eye. Think about it.