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D700 has a big sensor but less MP. It doesn't matter, I got a Zfc(20MP) for my studio when the photographer complained about our D8xx(36MP) cameras being too heavy and not having articulated screens, and it's been fine so far.

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> I got a Zfc(20MP) for my studio when the photographer complained about our D8xx(36MP) cameras being too heavy and not having articulated screens

As someone who used to lug around the D700 everywhere I went years ago (I stopped when I got my Olympus mirrorless), this complaint from someone about D8xx in studio use blows my mind.

That shows an interesting thing, doesn't it? Pro, people using cameras as tools to be used every day to earn a living, care about other things than amateurs. And I agree, a D700, especially with a battery grip, is heavy. It can be used as a hammer so, in a pinch, between shooting.

I love messing around with my bicycle's parts and adjustments to be 1% more efficient or whatever, so I understand where guys who take photos of test charts and use 2x heavier lenses because they have a little bit better corners or less aberrations wide open are coming from :-)

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