Nikon f90x vs f3
This is much more than the battery capacity of my F6, especially with a power-hungry VR lens attached to the F6.
#Nikon f90x vs f3 manual
The F90X owner manual indicates a battery capacity of 50 rolls of 36-exposure film at 20 degrees C. I have personally only used alkaline and lithium batteries and both types last for a very long time, although of course not as long as the button batteries in older manual focus cameras, such as the F3 or FM2N. Overall, the camera/battery combination, even with alkaline batteries, is perfect both for stability and also portability. In addition, although the user manual only indicates four AA-type alkaline, manganese or NiCd batteries, both Nikon and my personal experience confirms that the F90X also works fine with relatively lightweight AA lithium batteries. It is an incremental increase in size and weight over the F801/s.
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The size and weight of the F90X is a very reasonable 755g, especially by the standard of the F4 or F5. (This works a bit like exposure lock on electronic Contax bodies.) While you cannot adjust the aperture of G-type lenses directly on the F90X, a very simple solution is to shoot in Program mode, but use Flexible Program by turning the control wheel to step through equivalent aperture/shutter speed combinations while keeping the EV fixed. The F90X (unlike the previous F801/F801s) auto-focuses with later G-type lenses (with no aperture ring and Silent Wave focusing motor). Also, the set aperture of non-AF lenses does not appear in the viewfinder since there is no optical ADR like on most earlier Nikon bodies. The F90X works with non-autofocus Ai lenses, but with such lenses, you can only use center-weighted and spot metering (no matrix metering) and you can only use the Aperture Priority and Manual exposure modes (no Program or Shutter Speed Priority modes). The F90X is optimized for use with AF-D lenses, either Nikkor lenses or from third-party manufacturers such as Sigma and Tamron. The 3D matrix metering of the F90X enabled more accurate exposure metering, especially for flash photography with dedicated Nikon electronic flashes, by incorporating subject focus distance information from AF-D lenes into the exposure calculation. But when I upgraded the F801 to the F90X, I really appreciated the more responsive autofocus, the addition of spot metering (I never moved to an F801s), and most of all 3D Matrix (multi-pattern) metering.
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The F800 already felt very advanced, moving from an F3HP, when the F801 was released in 1988. My own path through Nikon during that period was F3HP/FM2N, F800/FM2N, F90X/FM2N. However, I sometimes pull out the F90X when I need a second autofocus film body for different film. In my case, the F90X has been semi-retired in preference for my F6. (See my upcoming separate review of the Nikon F100 for more information.) If you don't need support for VR and are looking for a low-cost high-tech AF body in the used market, the F90X could be just what you want. In spite of its technical advances over the F90X, the F100 has an even more severe problem than the F90X with decomposition of the rubbery surface of its camera backs. The F90X also supports the built-in Silent Wave motors of modern Nikon lenses. While the F100 is in some ways a better filmĀ camera to use today in 2013 than the F90X, the F90X already included 3D Matrix Metering, which is the biggest exposure metering advance in the industry until the later color matrix metering of the F5 and F6 (and subsequent digital SLRs). The F100 also adds multiple focus and spot metering points, together with support for modern vibration reduction/image stabilization (VR) lenses and slightly more flexible custom settings. The F90X's interface was changed and enhanced with the subsequent F100, which introduced dual control wheels.
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The F90X is the epitome of Nikon's single focus point autofocus film SLRs. (Note: an even earlier Nikon autofocus design, the F501 (N2020), had early first generation autofocus capability and a completely different interface and viewfinder display.) The F90/F90x continued virtually the same interface and body design as the F801/F801s but upgraded the level of technology, especially in its final incarnation, the F90X. The second generation, the F801/F801s (N8008/N8008s), introduced reliable autofocus, together with built-in autowind and rewind, spot metering, a new single control wheel interface, and other features, to the semi-pro line. market) was the second and final version of what I call the third generation of semi-pro 35mm autofocus SLRs from Nikon.