Nikon F90X (N90S) (1992–2001)
The Nikon F90X - sold as the N90S in the American market - is a 35mm autofocus SLR built around Nikon's F mount. It was released in 1992 and produced through 2001. Nikon aimed it at the advanced amateur and prosumer, and its feature set has been compared to what Nikon's current D100/200/300 digital SLRs offered years later. The early 1990s autofocus war split press rooms down the middle: Canon shooters got the EOS-1, Nikon shooters got this.
It's a capable, workmanlike body. The focal-plane shutter runs 30 seconds to 1/8000 with flash sync at 1/250. It takes any modern AF Nikkor you can find cheaply on the used market. Exposure control covers Programmed Auto with Flexible Program, Shutter-Priority, Aperture-Priority, and full Manual, plus Nikon's Vari-Program System. It runs on four AA batteries, which contributes to what one reviewer described as a "well made although a bit bulky" camera - the weight is partly the batteries. The F90X does almost everything an F100 does, the body people actually lust after, for a fraction of the price. Its successor, the F100, arrived in 1998.
The F90X sits in a long line of solid Nikon consumer bodies stretching back to the Nikkormats of the 1960s. filmretriever.blogspot.com called it "a well made although a bit bulky camera," and noted it takes every modern AF Nikkor available cheaply on the used market.
Surviving documentation is decent. A 147-page user manual circulates online, and a repair manual exists. Hard specifications beyond the shutter range are thin in the record, though. No original price, weight, or dimensions are documented in the sources gathered here. Used prices vary widely: one UK dealer listed a tested example at £99 with a six-month warranty, while an Etsy seller asked roughly €186. A Vancouver craigslist post offered one for $70 plus two rolls of T-Max.
Known specs
- 35mm autofocus SLR, Nikon F mount
- Focal-plane shutter: 30s to 1/8000, flash sync at 1/250
- Exposure modes: Programmed Auto (with Flexible Program), Shutter-Priority, Aperture-Priority, Manual, Vari-Program
- Power: 4× AA batteries
- Produced 1992–2001; sold as N90S in the US
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