We had a lot of options when we started on day one and we considered various possibilities at the planning stage, to be honest, but there were many voices saying that they wanted to use the performance of the flagship Z9 in a smaller and lighter body for stills and video. Some Z9 customers requested the same features but in a more compact-size camera, like a D850, and so we decided to aim for that.
However, this is not a camera that sacrifices specification in the pursuit of compactness and lightness, but is built to offer the best balance while firmly inheriting the features for which the Z9 has been highly evaluated.