The F5 has a 3 year warranty- I would get it fixed straight away by Nikon if I saw the peeling thing. Nikon turned around my 2 F5 faults (which shouldn't have been there in my opinion) in 4 days each time (delaminating focus screen and sticky matrix meter giving very wrong results). Tell 'em you need it for your work, they prioritise F5 repairs above others. Stewart.