What's your favorite light Nikon SLR and why?

<p>I consider the current D7X00 range to be lightweight, which is my favourite...</p>

<p>That is one of the advantages of having used a Pentax 6x7 for many years... Going from that to the F90 (N90) made me completely stop thinking about weight.</p>

<p>While I agree that the Nikon FM2n is an excellent camera and in some aspects better than the F3, it does not have interchangable viewfinders.</p>

<p>When I want to carry an SLR and still travel light I grab my Nikon FG with the 50mm f1.8. If I need more focal range I'll carry the diminutive 28-50mm f3.5 and 75-150mm f3.5 zooms. It doesn't get much smaller or lighter in the Nikon MF SLR world.<br /> <br /> If I want a lightweight SLR with AF I'd take my F80 with the 28-105mm zoom.<br /> <br /> In the digital SLR realm I have a D300 and a D50 and both are larger and heavier than the cameras mentioned above. I've handled a D3100 with an 18-55mm lens and that package seems smaller and lighter than anything mentioned above. I just don't care for the way it feels in my hand.</p>

<p>FG. The best small Nikon ergonomics and feature set by a longshot. By comparison the FM, FE, etc are unwieldy tanks. The only camera with worse ergonomics than the FM is the Nikkormat.</p>

<p>No longer shooting weddings, or doing portraits so its all about my pace, so I'm so content, and happiest with the FM3a with AIS lenses. There are times I wonder about moving on then I'll have a day as recently as Monday where the FM3a in the street, or along a coastal beach stroll, it all comes together. With eye in the viewfinder I can calculate overs, and unders with the needles as quickly, and simply as mind reading. With the proper diopter, focusing is a snap, pun intended.</p>

<p>Straw Man, I own an N80, an FE, and an FE2, and I'm entirely in agreement with your choices, and for the same reasons given.</p>