Looking for a lightweight dslr like the Nikon d3200?

I love the feel of the Nikon d3200 and how it doesn't feel heavy when I'm holding it in the air. But shops are limited in what you can try and test in this area so I need a little advice on a lightweight DSLR similar weight but good quality in a low price bracket. Unfortunately I'm unable to afford the high spec ones. I like the features of the canon cameras! But I like the speed nikon take the photo so all my fast moving pictures aren't blurry. I think there's a weather proof canon no? Is that as heavy as a normal DSLR or is it lightweight like the D3200. I have arthritis in my wrists which is the reason I need lightweight. And I'm growing out of my Nikon 1. Time to upgrade. Thanks

Added (1). Hi! I would like to add that I do know what a viewfinder is! But I also know that you have the choice of using either the viewfinder or the screen. I also know that canon do a touch screen that you are able to move around so when I'm trying to take photos of the racing motor bikes as they're coming down a hill from over a wall I'm able to do so. People use cameras for many different types of photography Edwin so maybe you need to learn that some people won't be just using it by looking though the viewfinder. Unless you wanna try that on a motorbike race…

Among DSLR's, the Canon EOS SL1 / 100D is currently the champ for lightness
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_Rebel_SL1_100D/
Whether that would be the most compatible with your arthritis, I don't know. It would be best to handle the cameras to discover how the shape, size, and button placements work for you.

The "weather" resistant camera made by Canon is the 7D. Nikon's less expensive D7000 or D7100 also have weather and dust seals.

When you look on the Nikon and Canon websites, you will see that both those camera types cost in excess of $1, 000 and in the case of the Canon 7D, closer to $2, 000 when you include a lens.

All you can do is visit a proper camera shop and hold both a Nikon D3200 and Canon T4i/650D in your hands and see which on will work best for you.

I have the T3i and the camera it's self is light, but when you add a large lens, it becomes heavy.

This one sentence part disturbs me: "… Doesn't feel heavy when I'm holding it in the air." To me that sounds as though you're used to holding your Nikon 1 like a point & shoot - i.e., at arms length and expect to do the same with a DSLR. That is NOT how you hold a DSLR. The D3200 has an optical viewfinder - that rectangular opening with glass in it on the back of the camera. Its there for you to look through so you can compose your picture and check focus and exposure.

Check these sites:

http://www.nobadfoto.com/how-to-hold-a-camera.html

Learning to hold a DSLR correctly will put less strain on your arthritic wrists and be more comfortable and give you much better results.

Of course you could also invest in a monopod or, even better, a tripod but you'll still want to use the viewfinder.

Watch this video tutorial: http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d3200/index.html Who better than Nikon to help you learn about the Nikon D3200?

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Anyone who knows anything about sports/action photography knows that you use the viewfinder to follow the action. How you expect to be taking pictures of fast moving motorbikes while fooling around with a touch screen is beyond me.

Let's put it this way. The models they allow customers to handle are all lightweight. Why? Those are the cheapest.

Here is an example of a picture made using the optical viewfinder of a heavy camera.

Good luck in trying to catch something using LiveView with TouchScreen. Haha!