This camera was a last ditch attempt by Nikon to try and win back some of their lost custom. This was a guinea pig tool to road test new tech for the replacement of the banjaxed F4.ĭont buy one of these, they are terrible rubbish.
It will stay with you for a long time.īob the Builder, professional Photographer Date: Mon, Aug 4, '03 at 01:30 CEST This is really a camera with professional features and capabilities. Needs some more things to be complete such as MF 26 for auto bracketing and multiple exposure and remote cable for exposure longer than 30 sec. Nasution, normal Amateur Date: Fri, Nov 21, '03 at 17:11 CET I can get this used now for between 150 to 200 UK pounds - it's very close to the f100 in terms of features and technology and I'd buy one before they all disappear. Of course the extra features on the back would have been useful but who cares. This camera (f90x) is amazing though, I love using it and I am never far away from any of the massive array of easy to use features it has. Then again if the f80 did have that AF speed and the advancement in film transfer I am sure it would be closing in on similarities with F100 more so, but that doesn't stop Canon putting a faster focus on their 30/33v range - although these cameras diminish in terms of features compared to the f80 and f75. How Nikon produced the F80 and F75 with slower focussing than the F90X and even the F70 is odd. The difference in focussing is shockingly bizarre. I have to wonder what Nikon thought when producing the F80 or even the F75 because the focussing is slower and the ergonomics aren't as user friendly as the F90X. No built in flash (but everyone has their own)įew extras missing (but not everyone will use them - you need the mf26 back for the extras) I didn’t! With electronically controlled cameras this issue would only have shown up if I had included putting a dummy roll of film through the camera.Reginaldo Paulinho, advanced Amateur Date: Wed, Nov 17, '04 at 18:50 CETĮase of use, different AE hold and AF hold buttons in easy grasp So what should I write down in the ‘lessons learnt from buying cameras’ book? I thought I had a reasonably robust procedure for testing cameras. In the meantime I was able to get another F90X which does work at a very reasonble price and look forward to trying it out in the near future. However I have had success in taking a cameras top plate off and cleaning the circuit boards located there, so I may well try that. I’m not sure my “change a fuse” level of electronic understanding will help me discover what the problem is with this camera.
I was able to locate a service manual for the F90X at the excellent. The only suggestion I found on the web was to make sure to rewind the film when opening the film door, which I did before taking the video. It’s only when the film is placed on the film advance spool it stops working properly? It’s rather strange that when the film cassette is inserted into the camera it works.
The DX coding on the film appears to be read by the camera. Sadly I never got that far, as you will see if you click on image below.Īs you will see the film is advanced randomly out of its cassette without a photo being taken. Not having used Fujicolor Super HG 200 before I was keen to see what it was like. So when it did come to using it, I did my usual tests to check its working condition and it passed. I’ve had this camera for a while but like all good cameras it has had to wait in line.