I was at a photoshoot taking pictures with my D 300s and I got to talking with a woman who had a D 800. She let me hold the camera with a new 105mm micro f/2.8 lens on it and it felt like it was about half of the weight of my D 300s with an AIS 105mm micro f/2.8 on it. I know that my lens was much heavier than hers, but not that much as it was much larger.
Is the D 800 really made of MgAl like the D700, D300, D300s cameras? I don't see how it could be so light.
I went from a D300 to a D800 but did not own them concurrently. On paper, the D800 is (only) ~3 oz heavier than the D300. I don't know if there's something about the design/grip, a significanly lighter battery (EN-EL3e vs. EN-EL15), or what, but the D800 feels lighter than the D300 in my hands. Maybe I'm getting stronger (I have been eating more ).
I went from a D300 to a D800 but did not own them concurrently. On paper, the D800 is (only) ~3 oz heavier than the D300. I don't know if there's something about the design/grip, a significanly lighter battery (EN-EL3e vs. EN-EL15), or what, but the D800 feels lighter than the D300 in my hands. Maybe I'm getting stronger (I have been eating more ).
Mike
+1 I, too, think the D800 feels lighter. Maybe it is the ergonomics or possibly my lens just balance better , but it does feel lighter.
I think you think the D800 feels lighter compared to the D300 because our visual senses assume that larger things will weight more than something smaller - thus when you pick up something larger that weighs the same a something smaller you think it feels lighter even though they weigh the same. The D300 might be a bit more dense than the D800, though it weighs slightly less.
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I think this is it, folks.