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Originally Posted by Hazza777
.... Any thoughts or input on my narrow minded bias for thrift and the Z50 are welcome.
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Hi Harry,
Even though I believe in the image benefits of full frame, modern APSc sensors have certainly closed the image quality/noise gap. I have the Nikon Z50 along with a few full frame Nikon DSLRs and if travelling or wanting to go light the Z50 is incredible. Its 4K and 1080p Video are excellent even in low light as its ability to recover detail in underexposed areas.
If you're wanting to go APSc then buy the z50. It has good ergonomics, logical easy/menus, bright LCD and twin control wheels (as compared with one control wheel typical of many other brands as well as the Nikon APSc D3xxx, D5xxx models) and with lens it will be about 200 grams lighter than your D5100 with lens, which you mentioned was important for hiking.
EDIT: There is only one downside to the z50 and that there is no add on intervalometer available so all exposures >30s are either BULB/timed or you need to use a PC for control. I haven't tried mine tethered to PC yet. The Z6-II on the other hand is incredible and offers some incredible possibilities with up to 900 second exposures.
Best
JA