Nikon f90x focusing screen
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Also, you cannot see the selected aperture in the viewfinder display with manual focus lenses, but only two horizontal LCD dashes where the aperture indication should be.
Unlike on the FA, if you use manual focus lenses (lenses without a CPU) on the F-801, you are only able to use centerweighted exposure metering, along with Aperture Priority and Manual exposure modes.
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To obtain full functionality of the F-801, you need to use auto-focus lenses. However, there was one big caveat to the carrying over of these old great features from the FA and adding new features. You can achieve the same effect by turning the control dial in Program mode. In the Contax world, you want turn a switch to lock the exposure at a set EV, then change the aperture in Av mode or change the shutter speed in Tv mode and keep the same EV for the shot. (This was a standard feature of Program mode on the FA.) One cool feature of Program mode is that it works like exposure lock on Contax SLRs. The F-801 also added a new program "P Dual" that automatically switches to higher shutter speeds with mid-telephoto lenses and above. The F-801 had the same multiple exposure modes including Manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority, and Program (High and Low), known as "PASM").
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The multi-segment exposure metering (called Automatic Multi-Pattern ("AMP") on the FA), was now called Matrix metering in the F-801 (and F4, etc.) The Matrix pattern of the F-801 looks the same as the AMP of the FA, although the software was no-doubt updated in this new iteration.
The F-801 adopted virtually the same metering and exposure modes as the FA. While Nikon experimented with a number of different LCD/control wheel interface styles, particularly on their consumer level SLRs, The F-801's interface design became a standard that was adopted for numerous Nikon bodies up until the development of rear panel LCD displays and menus. Many functions are controlled by pushing a button and simultaneously rotating a control dial while watching the LCD display in the viewfinder or on top of the camera. This was only the second generation of Nikon bodies to use LCD displays, after the relatively basic designs of the prior-generation FA and F3.
But to be fair to the F-801 developers, the new interface turned out to be highly efficient. For traditionalists, it was indeed a big change to move from dials and rings to buttons, LCDs, and control dials. In addition, traditional dials were for the first time replaced with LCD panels and control wheels. With this generational change, the former silver and black metal SLR exteriors were replaced with a new black composite material. The F-801 was the first of a new breed of Nikon SLRs that took the mulltiple metering and exposure modes of the FA, and added the new features of autofocus and built-in autowind. The F-801 had a position in the line just below the pro-level F4, which was released in the same year. The F-801/N8008, which was released five years after the FA in 1988, was the semi-pro model in a new line of auto-focus Nikon 35mm film SLR cameras.