Fujifilm S5Pro color

[photofolder]

Anyone experienced with Canon, can advise which combination of Canon DSLR & lens comes closest to the color from the Fujifilm S5Pro (the S5Pro colors are supposedly amazing).

For a beginner who would only deals with JPeg, and would not do photoshop, is the S5Pro then, a better buy to the D400?

Focus is on portraits.

[vector1]

By the way, it's 400D you're talking about, not D400 :P

I've never used the S5Pro before, but regarding colors, the camera body isn't that important as it can actually be adjusted on computers if you want to, and the lighting of the portrait plays a big part.

Looking at a budget combi for portraits, you can go for the 400D + 50mm 1.4 + 85mm 1.8 with spare cash for a tripod, strobes and a nice backdrop. 50mm and 85mm will allow a slight tele to medium tele effect for your portraits, and the wide apertures will give smooth bokeh.

Regarding your stance towards beginners dealing only with jpeg, i suggest you try reading up on the benefits of RAW images, which allows more detail/better color to be extracted with a minimum amount of effort using programs to batch process your pics

[paisatge]

I've read that the closest thing from Canon when it comes to skin tone is the 5D.

I guess if you really want a camera that just does perfect skin tone in JPG, just go for the Fuji.

[madmacs]

while its true you can correct the colors later, isnt it better to get it more pleasing from the start? for example you shoot wedding...then couple happen to ask to view the pics...wont it be nice if you can just take the cf and load into the computer and show them straightaway?

[midicity]

Maybe the 1dMk3? it's 14 bits RAW instead of the usual 12bits RAW in other Canon cameras

[vector1]

That's kinda a big jump...from 1.4k - 7k camera?

[midicity]

Originally Posted by vector1 That's kinda a big jump...from 1.4k - 7k camera?

Hahah...you're right, but TS didn't state budget. it's a dream camera for me, together with the 5D

[yowch]

Originally Posted by photofolder Anyone experienced with Canon, can advise which combination of Canon DSLR & lens comes closest to the color from the Fujifilm S5Pro (the S5Pro colors are supposedly amazing). For a beginner who would only deals with JPeg, and would not do photoshop, is the S5Pro then, a better buy to the D400? Focus is on portraits.

The S5pro colours are not supposedly amazing, they are REALLY amazing. See for yourself at www.dpreview.com (but the review has several 'faults' still being debated).

I have just done a wedding using the S5pro, spot meter, ISO 800 (with some 1600 and 3200), Jpeg straight from cam. Gave the whole DVD of 400 shots to the client without post-processing. No bluffing. Saved me 3 nights of work. That's S5pro.

I have been photo editor for my church for a while now and I am used to balancing photos from various cam and brands and models and photographers to make into event compilations. I can tell you that post-processing is terrible if you have hundreds or thousands to work on.

Then again, being the S5pro user, you shouldn't exactly hear sweet-songs of Canon from me... nothing against Canon, but all for Fujicolors.

[photofolder]

Thanks everyone for sharing personal views. Canon lens are really good but the good Canon lens quoted by AP (Alan Photo) will overshoot the price of the S5Pro body

AP recommend Tamron lens for S5Pro, says it is sharp.
yowch, is Tamron lens as good as Canon's or Nikkor's?

The lens on Canon's video camera, HV20 & DC51 really good! Price equally good