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>Indeed! I borrowed an N90s from my friendly neighborhood camera shop to
>evaluate it for a possible purchase, and was surprised by a noticeable
>creak from the, uh, ergonomic handle thingie, any time I supported the
>camera with one hand. It's a remarkably substantial (read: heavy) >camera for its size in these days of featherweight consumer cameras, >but I could never imagine getting a sound like that out of ANY >generation of F-body.
>P.S.: It didn't significantly lower my impression of an otherwise super >camera.
The N90, like other recent Nikons, has a metal under-structure,
with a (o.k., "yucky") plastic skin, which does not feel as firm
as the metal-clad bodies of yore. However! I recently bought a metal replacement bottom for an FE-2 and it arrived bent. It took little effort to remove the curves and shallow dents with my fingers (!).
Try that with a plastic camera bottom (which would not have been
bent in the first place)!
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