In article <5a05k1$mmk@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net>, cwpa@cwpa@postoffice.worldnet.att.net says...

>I think you forget that the N90 etc can also be manually focused.

But not as well - the VF screen of the N90 is not as sharp in the center
as the F3 screen, is much less sharp at the edges when short FL lenses
are used, and it introduces focus errors with screen edge-focus when
using long lenses. (And the N90 has some linear distortion in the finder,
and does not cover the whole film area...)
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