well, i guess most N90s/F90X users have noticed that nikon has not done anything to improve their rubber coating on these cameras backs. no matter what back you have, standard, MF-25, or MF-26, you will sooner or later have its very thin rubber coating, (looks like latex) peeled. it's the same thing used for the F50/N50 grip and the F70/N70 back. i hope nikon comes up with a more durable coating. I don't really mind if they just made it with textured plastic or with the same coating as the F5 or the 80-200 2.8D. so to david and the rest of you guys with a peeling back problem, don't think of it as a problem. my only advice is to let it peel, clean it up, and keep on shooting. ...better concentrate on your pictures than on taking good care of your peeling back. carlo _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com