In article <4k70ai$ipi@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, oddityk@aol.com says...

>Am interested in getting a basic manual focus Nikon body. I intend
>to get really into this hobby and am trained in architecture which >means I'll be taking a lot of building scapes and details. I
>recently shot some stuff in LA with a rented f4 (i think) and
>used a 35-105 (?) zoom and PC lens. Everything came out well. What >should I get? F4, F3, 90s what? [...]

When it comes to architecture (and Nikon), the choice is easy: F3.
The viewfinder is without linear distortion (common to virtually
all other Single Lens Reflex bodies), covers virtually 100% of the
film area, and is good enough to check focus anywhere on the screen
(most VF's look soft at the edges with short lenses). Also important:
the F3 will meter correctly PC lenses when shifted, other cameras won't.
The F3 is a pro-line camera, and shares with most of the rest of the
Nikon body line a very low defect rate (though the meter may be on,
or 1/3 toward overexposure [50% chance], requiring "+1/3" compensation
setting - check exposures on K64 slide film to see which is correct).
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