S5 pro or D200

[PauloWanClift]

I'm torn here, finding it hard to get a S5 pro new, everywhere seems out of stock apart from one place that has got 2. There £625 including a 1gb card, I know I'll need bigger on the card front though so that's a false economy.

Or, I can get a 2nd hand but less than 500 actuations D200 for £475.

I'm currently a year long D40 owner with a sigma 17-50mm, nikon 50mm 1.8 and Sigma 170-500 APO DG.

[Flash In The Pan]

They may look the same but they're completely different beasts, keep searching for an S5 Pro - Calumet had some a few weeks back, but they were well over £500, even at that they may all be gone now.....

[FruitFlakes]

Also, look around for a secondhand S5 Pro too... I got mine for £425, 8gb's worth of CF cards, spare battery and a cable release... It only had 600-700 actuations on it too. :)

[PauloWanClift]

Also, look around for a secondhand S5 Pro too... I got mine for £425, 8gb's worth of CF cards, spare battery and a cable release... It only had 600-700 actuations on it too. :)

They seem like a lot of camera for the price, no wonder there so hard to get hold off.

[Flash In The Pan]

They seem like a lot of camera for the price, no wonder there so hard to get hold off.

At one point, not that long ago, refurb ones direct from Fuji were under £350 and new ones just over £400 - which was less than a well used D200 was selling for :cuckoo:

[specialman]

With no one seemingly having them in stock, are we to guess there's an S5 Pro Mk2 or an S7 on the way? Would be nice in a D3 body like the S1 and S2 with a built-in grip

[Flash In The Pan]

With no one seemingly having them in stock, are we to guess there's an S5 Pro Mk2 or an S7 on the way? Would be nice in a D3 body like the S1 and S2 with a built-in grip

I've heard rumours that Fuji are finished with this section of the market..

Edit: I've just noticed that they have discontinued supplies of the S5 battery as well

[PsiFox]

With no one seemingly having them in stock, are we to guess there's an S5 Pro Mk2 or an S7 on the way? Would be nice in a D3 body like the S1 and S2 with a built-in grip
My understanding is Fuji won't produce an S6 or whatever unless convinced of the market potential. Apparently in the current climate they are not

[specialman]

Really!! That's quite a shock. Suppose they aren't 'competing' with the big boys with just one DSLR. Plus, they have a shedload of compacts that must have a fairly sizable market share.

[Flash In The Pan]

To the OP, take a look at the older S3 as well, same sensor, but in an older Nikon-film body - around £2-250 for a decent one

[wack61]

Really!! That's quite a shock. Suppose they aren't 'competing' with the big boys with just one DSLR.

They had to buy the bodies for the S5 and all the other fujis S series for that matter from Nikon so there's probably no profit in it now.

I took a broken S1 pro apart once, I was surprised to find it was a converted film body as it had the spaces inside where the film canister would go