The camera chassis is reinforced polycarbonate fitted in a titanium shell; the lens barrel, focusing helicoid, and film guide rails are made of aluminum.

"[1] The viewfinder incorporates an aspheric lens to minimize distortion and the illuminated framelines are displayed via a projected LCD.

[1] Illumination for the framelines is provided by a translucent window above the flash on the camera's top deck, or by bulb when there is insufficient light.

[3] In a comparison published in Popular Photography with the Konica Hexar and Contax T2, Dan Richards wrote "the nod for optical quality has to go to the Nikon 35Ti.

[1] The primary control change with the 28Ti was moving to a slider switch to select flash mode,[2] instead of the pushbuttons of the 35Ti, which were noted as being "more characteristic of low-end point-and-shoots".