Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 27, 2005



The Canon T90, introduced in 1986, was the top of the line in Canon's T series of 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was the last professional-level manual-focus camera from Canon and thus the last to use the Canon FD lens mount. Although it was overtaken by the autofocus revolution and Canon's new, incompatible EOS after only a year in production, the T90 pioneered many concepts seen in high-end Canon cameras up to the present day, particularly the user interface, industrial design, and the high level of automation. The T90 gained the semi-official nickname The Tank from Japanese photojournalists because of its ruggedness. Many still rate it highly even nearly 20 years after its introduction.

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