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>From what I heared, the Nikon F3HP is probably the best manual Nikon >ever made. (...)
>1. What is the difference between the F3, F3-P and the F3HP ?
>2. When buying this body, does it come with the finder? Or you have >to buy it separately?
Nikon F3's all come with a finder, but the finders are (mostly) interchangeable. Models that come to mind (what little there is left!):
F3 (Standard prism)
F3HP ("High-Eyepoint" prism [slightly larger and heavier, larger
eyepiece, slightly lower magnification])
F3AF (Standard prism optics in a large package with electronics
for AF [body also has electrical contacts])
F3P (Titanium shell HP prism with an ISO hot-shoe on top [body has
extra dust and moisture seals, no cable release socket, no
self-timer])
F3T (HP prism, body exterior metal is mostly titanium, painted
silver or black)
The bodies are basically all the same internally (with some versions having slight additions for particular functions). Various viewing screens and finders are available for the F3:
Standard prism, HP prism, sports finder [huge eyepiece], folding
waist-level finder, 6X chimney finder.
The accessory right-angle finder can be fitted to the prism finders.
I really like F3's, and am even a little sorry I sold my flash
equipment for it (for most uses other than daylight fill-flash,
the slow synch. is O.K. [and this was the first camera I know of
that allowed TTL fill-ratios]).
Hope this helps.