S5pro question..

[mactreouser]

Hey buddy,

Need your comment bro...
Really worth to grab a S5pro at this moment??
Why S5pro so unique??mind to give me some specific idea??
Is S5pro discontinue liao??

Thanks...I really need your helps and opinion coz...thinking of buy it soon!!!

[photobum]

Originally Posted by mactreouser Hey buddy, Need your comment bro... Really worth to grab a S5pro at this moment?? Why S5pro so unique??mind to give me some specific idea?? Is S5pro discontinue liao?? Thanks...I really need your helps and opinion coz...thinking of buy it soon!!!

The Fujifilm Finepix S5 Pro is still available for sale. Currently, the price of a brand-new set ranges from $2,200 to $2,400 depending on where and whom do you buy it from. Is the price going to drop below $2K? I doubt so. Not this year at least.

To help answer your second question, I will have to ask you a few questions of mine:

1. Are you particular about the colors of skin tone in your images?
2. Do find yourself routinely tweaking 90% your images in Adobe Photoshop or other image editing software after every shoot, and you find it a waste of time and HATE IT literally?
3. Do you shoot still portraitures very often?
4. Shooting sports event or action-oriented images is not your cup of tea, and you don't mind your camera being a bit slow.
5. You have shot film in the past and have been craving for the 'film-like' look on your images for a very long time and have not yet found a suitable DSLR to satisfy your craving.
6. Have been a Nikon user, or have used a D200 in the past, and don't mind that the S5 Pro reacts differently.
7. Do you shoot JPEG images very often?
8. You photograph outdoors under high contrast situation very often.
9. You don't mind your DSLR has only 6MP, don't have CCD cleaning function and built-in vibration reduction.

If your answers to the above questions have more 'yes' than 'no', the S5 Pro is suitable for you.

[mrhobbit]

i answered yes to all!

but got question number 10

10.you got enough money!?!?

i answered NO!
i believe its unique because of its colour rendition, the fuji S series have beautiful colour rendition.

wait, in fact MOST fuji cameras have nice colour.....even the old s5000(my brother's) has very nice colours....

[Viewpoint]

Just to highlight that the S5 even today continues to have the widest dynamic range of any DSLR out there. This comes about becos of its unique sensor (S and R) pixels. Wide DR translates into smoother transition between highlight and shadows, less blown out areas. This is very important to some.

And to be fair, I don't think the S5 can be lumped together with other 6MP cameras. Again, becos of its unique sensor orientation, most tests put its resolution as equivalent to 8-9 MP. I mean, there is clearly no comparison between S5 images and those produced by say the D70.

The AWB of the S5 is also way better than most DSLRs (much more accurate than the D200). However, it seems the latest D3/300 has caught up, so the difference is getting smaller.

[photobum]

Originally Posted by mrhobbit 10.you got enough money!?!? i answered NO!

Bro, his second question lah.... Not about money.

Anyway, the price of a S5 Pro is no higher than a Nikon D300. It is still quite affordable for a professional DSLR.

[photobum]

Originally Posted by Viewpoint Just to highlight that the S5 even today continues to have the widest dynamic range of any DSLR out there.

I agree.

Tested the Nikon D300 against the S5 Pro. Color-wise, Fuji still win hands-down.

AWB-wise, I find the D300 a bit 'orange-reddish', whereas the S5 Pro is more 'magenta' (which looks better on skin tones).

Personally, I use an Expodisc for WB.

[mactreouser]

So,Compare with D300...besides the Speed...what do you think??is it worth to own the S5pro??

2ndly,Is the S5pro capture,reading,saving the CF Card fast enough??

[felixcat8888]

Originally Posted by mactreouser So,Compare with D300...besides the Speed...what do you think??is it worth to own the S5pro?? 2ndly,Is the S5pro capture,reading,saving the CF Card fast enough??

Tot u just got your S6500FD, now going for S5Pro?

[mactreouser]

Originally Posted by felixcat8888 Tot u just got your S6500FD, now going for S5Pro?

Haa...ya happy with 6500fd...but S5pro purposely for company use!!!Don't you think that's a good idea??

[photobum]

Originally Posted by mactreouser Haa...ya happy with 6500fd...but S5pro purposely for company use!!!Don't you think that's a good idea??

Why not? It is a great camera for company events.

[photobum]

Originally Posted by mactreouser So,Compare with D300...besides the Speed...what do you think??is it worth to own the S5pro?? 2ndly,Is the S5pro capture,reading,saving the CF Card fast enough??

The S5 Pro is slower than the D300 in everything (even the battery charger from Fuji is slower). However, just like the story of the hare and the tortoise, slower don't mean worse.

[felixcat8888]

Originally Posted by mactreouser Haa...ya happy with 6500fd...but S5pro purposely for company use!!!Don't you think that's a good idea??

Wow, like that also can . . .

[photobum]

Originally Posted by felixcat8888 Wow, like that also can . . .

Human beings are never satisfied. A good example is shown here!

[mactreouser]

wa lau..you both don't laugh on me la..i'm sincere you know?!haa...really Fuji produce the good colour image mah...just gonna know how slow is it??

I did use the Canon 10D...card reading after shoots...really slow...need to wait it to save completely then only can continue the shooting!!!so..sien loh...but i think S5 will not be the same as 10D,right?!

[RichardSeah]

Originally Posted by mrhobbit i answered yes to all! but got question number 10 10.you got enough money!?!? i answered NO!

No need to cry. Sometimes no money is a blessing!

Since early this year, I had been wanting to buy a digital camera, but no money. At that time, I was considering the Sony alpha 100 and then the Pentax K10D. But no money!

In fact, I won a $1200 Sony voucher in January, but no money to top up for the alpha 100.

Then in July, Steven of Camera Hospital showed me the S5 Pro. When I asked the price, my first reaction was NO MONEY. I told him, for that money (cost of S5 Pro Body) I could get Pentax K10D plus two lenses and still have few hundred dollars change.

His reply was that S5 Pro is different class. Until then, I did not even know that the S5 Pro existed, as I had been shooting film all along and not really in touch with digital developments.

But the more I read up and researched, the more I realised that S5 Pro is truly special. And if I bought anything else, I would always be wondering "What if.... I had bought the S5 Pro?"

My heart was set. Finally in November, I got the money. I bought and today I very happy S5 Pro owner.

Imagine, if earlier I had money, I would have ended up with a Sony alpha 100 or Pentax K10D! Instead, I got myself a camera of "a different class".
Read more on my web.

[photobum]

Originally Posted by mactreouser wa lau..you both don't laugh on me la..i'm sincere you know?!haa...really Fuji produce the good colour image mah...just gonna know how slow is it?? I did use the Canon 10D...card reading after shoots...really slow...need to wait it to save completely then only can continue the shooting!!!so..sien loh...but i think S5 will not be the same as 10D,right?!

As I have told you before only you can answer your own question.

If you really want to know, as I have said, why don't you test it out for yourself? I am not you and you are not me. I cannot tell you whether the S5 Pro is fast enough for you.

Why is it so difficult to make a trip to Cathay Photo or Alan Photo?