In praise of the Nikon F90x

Sirius Glass · Dec 3, 2020

This thread should not be deleted because it has monumental and classic posts in it.

Tomwlkr · Sep 8, 2023

MattKing said:
There once was an APUG "deleted" thread .
Oh the fun we all (including the moderators) had with that!

Was a member of APUG years ago, left because if you asked or answered a simple question, you got 10 people telling you how stupid you were and giving answers that only a PHD could understand

Sirius Glass · Sep 8, 2023

Tomwlkr said:
Was a member of APUG years ago, left because if you asked or answered a simple question, you got 10 people telling you how stupid you were and giving answers that only a PHD could understand

No, a thread was started and then the OP decided to remove the post and wrote Deleted! Then others posted questions about what was deleted or that they wanted what was being sold or any other way to continue a string of unrelated posts. There were not insults that were thrown around. It you did not participate in it, do no make up stories.

MattKing · Sep 8, 2023

Tomwlkr said:
Was a member of APUG years ago, left because if you asked or answered a simple question, you got 10 people telling you how stupid you were and giving answers that only a PHD could understand

Some of us clearly had a much more positive experience. Sorry yours wasn't better.

Prest_400 · Sep 9, 2023

MattKing said:
Some of us clearly had a much more positive experience. Sorry yours wasn't better.

Hehe I recall that thread but didn't really participate. Another one was the "Kodachrome has been discontinued" which I don't know what happened to, as unfortunately it held very valuable discussions involving the technical aspects of the film with PE's insights and why it could not be made in a Barn.

Back to the topic I have gotten a couple of the standard F90 cameras. My F80 was nice and light but it doesn't have the ruggedness or standard battery of the F90, as well as nice amateur bodies with a kit lens are still available with a bit of patience.

Tomwlkr · Sep 9, 2023

Sirius Glass said:
No, a thread was started and then the OP decided to remove the post and wrote Deleted! Then others posted questions about what was deleted or that they wanted what was being sold or any other way to continue a string of unrelated posts. There were not insults that were thrown around. It you did not participate in it, do no make up stories.

I never make up stories, had a lot of good conversations but it seemed the a**holes were taking over

Helge · Sep 10, 2023

Tomwlkr said:
I never make up stories, had a lot of good conversations but it seemed the a**holes were taking over

Do you have any examples? I’m sure we are a few mildly curious.

Helge · Sep 10, 2023

Eugen Mezei said:
They are ergonomic (F4 do you hear me?), offer the full range of settings, fast, plenty avaible and cheap. So is the F801/N8008 and I would not toss the others of the series, down to the F401/N4004 either. In contrast the hyped F80 and F100 are flimsy and (especially the F100) expensive.

The F100 had price going for it.
But that was spoiled by speculation.
The only real technical advantage it has over the 80 and 90, is slightly better autofocus in dark situations.
That is cured with a flash with IR pilot light (you don’t need to flash, the IR works regardless).

Tomwlkr · Sep 10, 2023

Helge said:
Do you have any examples? I’m sure we are a few mildly curious.

It's been a lot of years but one I remember as the rudest, a new photographer asked what was the purpose of a 2x multiplier. Someone answered it doubles the foacal length of the lens. Response; Dont listen to that idiot, there's no such thing, folled by several paragraphs of physics laws and mathematical formulas. P.S. The new photographer said he was totally confused now.

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