Fuji S5 pro owners

I miss my S3 and S5. The XT1 just can't manage those colours. I don't miss Nikon lenses though!
 
A friend who is a Nikon and S5pro shooter has invested in the new Fuji lenses for his XT1 & X pro 1 and can't speak highly enough of them!
Am I tempted :) ?
I'm sitting on the Fence at this moment in time, but lugging heavy gear with my disabilities about and the quality of the Fuji images make it look very very attractive TBH. :)
Only time will tell !
 
Still loving my S5, would love to upgrade to something newer but I know I'll miss these colours if I do! Wish Fuji would make an S7 Pro in a D750 body or something :)

Btw, anyone ever used a 32GB+ CF card in an S5? I use 2 16GB Sandisk Extremes (one 60MB/s and one 120MB/s) which work OK. Don't make it any faster unfortunately though!
 
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Yes it was a sad day when Fuji stopped making Dslrs within Nikon bodies :(
My first venture into a Dslr was with the Fuji Finepix S1pro followed by S2p,S3p & finally the S5pro.
Not exactly sure why the Fuji/Nikon ceased I can only speculate that Fuji sensor technology would have been a threat to Nikon sales had they supplied Fuji with D300 or even FX D700 bodies?
Who knows but with Fuji now having there own X mount and the trend for smaller cameras I can't see another one from Fuji in the future!
But there has been speculation of a Fuji/Nikon buy out with Fuji possibly supplying sensors for Nikon :)
Now there's food for thought :):):)
 
Phiggys said:
Found this on a old HD this evening shot back in 2013 on my Fuji S5pro body with Nikon AFD135mm f2.0 Defocus Control lensAutumn at WesternBirt. 2013. by Philip Higgins, on Flickr
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Interesting, there's quite a lot of colour bleed from the red. A bit like CineStill 800T. Was that typical? Supposed to be particularly good for skin tones, IIRC (not that I've ever had one).
 
ChrisR said:
Interesting, there's quite a lot of colour bleed from the red. A bit like CineStill 800T. Was that typical? Supposed to be particularly good for skin tones, IIRC (not that I've ever had one).
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No, not typical - its an effect of the lens.

The S3/S5 is about the best portrait tone you will ever see, skin always looked natural no matter how vibrant you made the colours or how hard you pushed the contrast.
 
ChrisR said:
Interesting, there's quite a lot of colour bleed from the red. A bit like CineStill 800T. Was that typical? Supposed to be particularly good for skin tones, IIRC (not that I've ever had one).
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Hi I think a lot of the bleed was to do with the Nikon Defocus control lens that I used at extreme setting rather than the camera sensor.
Also the 135mm had a narrower field of view on the DX sensor.
I’m sure the image isn’t to everyone’s taste but I was just exploring what was achievable with the lens at that time.
Although I still use the lens I don’t tend to use the DC control so much these days.

Thanks for looking and taking time to make a comment :)
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
No, not typical - its an effect of the lens.

The S3/S5 is about the best portrait tone you will ever see, skin always looked natural no matter how vibrant you made the colours or how hard you pushed the contrast.
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I agree I shoot X series these days but I still think there is something special about the Spro series I have all 4 models 2x copies of each (GAS) I’m afraid buy what the Hell :p I just might dig the S3 or S5 out it’s been a while since I used them.
Thanks for looking I might put that bleeding lens on it again lol
 
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When I had my Fuji S602 I dreamed of owning an S2 pro, but just couldn't afford it at the time. I ended up buying a Canon 300D instead
 
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