Lightweight combination for bird/nature photography

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Ronald Orenstein said:
For some years I have been using a Nikon D500 with a Sigma 100-400 zoom and have been very happy with the results. However, at age 77 this combo is getting too heavy to carry (I travel a lot and spend part of each year in Malaysia where I am often shooting in forest interiors at high ISO levels). I would value advice on any lightweight combo that would give me similar performance at a lesser weight (my current combo weighs about 2 kg). I photograph mostly birds, flowers and insects (especially dragonflies). Is my best bet an OM1 system?
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What ISO are you hoping to shoot? That, in large part, would determine whether you're "locked" into full-frame? Denoising has become better, but as @Tom Reynolds mentioned above, exposure latitude might be as important (maybe more) as noise.
 
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