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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 845934" data-attributes="member: 48483">It makes sense. Really you would be looking at a D850 as the upgrade and still be using optical viewfinder. D500 if you want the crop in-camera instead of in-post. There will not be any newer options. Your biggest limitation is the 24MP sensor of the D780, which limits the amount of crop you may want to do. But you pay a price in weight and size if you want better.Falling back to the original stated goals of lighter and smaller: Pay attention to OM Systems Micro Four-Thirds. They are playing catch-up with autofocus performance in new bodies like the OM-3. Your lens of choice would be 300mm and it carries with 2/3 the weight and bulk as your DSLR. With that you have 600mm full-frame equivalent in the crop in a 20MP sensor. Just throwing that out there as people forget about that option since mirrorless full-frame started getting all the attention. Micro Four-Thirds was mirrorless before there was mirrorless. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 845934, member: 48483"] It makes sense. Really you would be looking at a D850 as the upgrade and still be using optical viewfinder. D500 if you want the crop in-camera instead of in-post. There will not be any newer options. Your biggest limitation is the 24MP sensor of the D780, which limits the amount of crop you may want to do. But you pay a price in weight and size if you want better. Falling back to the original stated goals of lighter and smaller: Pay attention to OM Systems Micro Four-Thirds. They are playing catch-up with autofocus performance in new bodies like the OM-3. Your lens of choice would be 300mm and it carries with 2/3 the weight and bulk as your DSLR. With that you have 600mm full-frame equivalent in the crop in a 20MP sensor. Just throwing that out there as people forget about that option since mirrorless full-frame started getting all the attention. Micro Four-Thirds was mirrorless before there was mirrorless. ;) [/QUOTE]

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