On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 16:33:05 GMT, danksta@ns.sympatico.ca (Terry Danks) wrote:
>On 22 Oct 1998 00:41:16 GMT, heyyyjude@aol.com (HeyyyJude) wrote:

>>In the long running NIKON vs CANON battle, I made the move to Nikon for two
>>reasons 1) everyone who has an F3 LOVES it

>NO, NO, NO!! I have had a F3 since the blamed things came out. I have
>NEVER "loved it". In fact I sort of hate the thing! It feels flimsy
>and insubstantial. The little meter turn-on thingy is just
>ridiculously hard to operate unless one has long fingernails. It
>kills batteries like mad and acts totally wonky at cold temperatures,
>meaning 5C or colder. I recently used it on a shoot. I knew the
>batteries were, well, not "fresh". The silly thing seemed to operate
>OK. The sounds were right in that the mirror was flipping but the
>shutter was not operating. No. I do NOT "love" my F3. My favourite
>for static subjects remains my F2. For "moving" subjects I have
>quickly learned to love my F90X (N90s). The F4 and F5 are just
>too massive for my liking (and a bit ugly to boot . . . the
>proportions seems all wrong to me). I had two F2's but traded
>one in on an F3. I have always regretted doing that.

Hmmmmm.......! ;-)
Mysteries......;-)
1) The Nikon F3 need never be turned off, thus saving
fingernails.
2) The F3 seems to go forever on its batteries (though
maybe not in the horrendously cold climes o' th' North...;-)
(One can use the external "cold battery pack", or power
the camera from the MD-4...)
3) Flimsy????!! The F3 makes a brick feel relatively flimsy! ;-)
(Have you felt what the new cameras [like the N90...;-] are like?
The F3 is MIGHTY "unflimsy" by comparison...)
4) The F2 finders are too much like the "peep-holes" of other
cameras - the F3 finder is a joy to use, and is much sharper
than most newer cameras.
5) Etc., etc., etc.....! ;-)