Fuji S5 Pro or Nikon D300 ?

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Hi all,

I've decided to get one of the above when i can find one at a sensible price.

Thought I'd decided on the D300 but as I'm going to be using it primarily for portraits, thought the S5 might prove the better ( and slightly cheaper) option for now.

If I get an S5 I'll probably keep my D70s for general use. If I opt for a D300 it'll probably go the distance.

Anyone use or used BOTH ? Which do/did you prefer for portrait work ?? :thinking:

This may be an obvious choice for some of you out there but hey, ya gotta ask :naughty:


Cheers
 
IMO, the D300 would be ideal for portrait work in and out of a studio.:cool:
 
I've got absolutely no doubt it will be Terry, just want a comparison on both by anyone who's used both. :thumbs:
 
The S5 is real nice for portraits. REAL nice.

But I sold mine and bought D300's... if you do ONLY do portraits, then S5. For a more general purpose camera, or cannot live with the 'faults' of the S5, then the D300 is a very good camera, and a bargain atm.
 
itsdavedotnet said:
The S5 is real nice for portraits. REAL nice.

But I sold mine and bought D300's... if you do ONLY do portraits, then S5. For a more general purpose camera, or cannot live with the 'faults' of the S5, then the D300 is a very good camera, and a bargain atm.
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Hmmm, that's interesting. I was looking at the merits of owning an S5 over my D90, as people are all I shoot. I was put off by the frame rate and couldn't find anything to convince me enough that it was worthwhile.
 
Yep that's my thinking. That's why I'd more than likely keep my D70s if I went for the S5 :|
 
Apparently the menu system on the S5 is a bit pants too:thumbsdown:

Any truth in this ?
 
You can't compare S5 with the Nikon D300 directly. The S5 is based on the D200 a totally different set up altogether.
 
Paddysnapper said:
You can't compare S5 with the Nikon D300 directly. The S5 is based on the D200 a totally different set up altogether.
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The only similarity between the D200 and S5 Pro is the body. Menus/software /sensor etc completely different.

I run both a S5 and D300. both are great as long as you work to their strengths.
 
I have owned both

AA filter on S5 is really thick, needs v expensive glass otherwise images will be poor (if you search on S5 you will see a couple of threads on decent glass, Puddleduck has tried loads and has produced a decent list). The D300 is a much better all rounder, however, You will not beat the fuji skin tones and general colour it is still one of the best. BTW the fuji raw files are massive and you have to process them with Fuji software to get the best out of them.

If you do weddings get the S5 otherwise get a good 2nd hand D300.
 
Don't forget the amazing DR on the S5 as well - you can pull back nearly four stops overexposed and get a decent image from it. It's high ISO performance is much better than it's D200 brother, although probably not on a par with a D300 - RAW files = 25mb, but converting to DNG doesn't lose you the highlight recovery capabilities and shrinks the size considerably.... for people work, it's fantastic, but if you like any landscape work, avoid....
 
PeteMo said:
Apparently the menu system on the S5 is a bit pants too:thumbsdown:

Any truth in this ?
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Yepp. But then it has all those nice buttons and your hardly have to use the menus. Picture review is a bit silly, with the zoom/loupe not magnifying a whole lot. The frame rate doesn't bother me too much. However, pulling a 2 stop overexposed image back to perfectly normal is always a little miracle.
 
You can notice the low pixel count. The S5 is not a true 12MP camera.
 
You can notice the low pixel count. The S5 is not a true 12MP camera.
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I produced some excellent A2 prints with no evidence of pixelisation, limiting factor was the edges of the print showing softness of the sigma 10-20, which only showed if you looked really hard close up.

How big are you printing?
 
I am not as I dont have the camera anymore. I think you will see a big difference with your D90. The AF system on a D300 is also light years ahead of the S5
 
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Flash In The Pan said:
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why?

I would have thought it was ideal for that....
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Na, doesn't resolve enough detail, mate - I've done a side by side with an Olympus E-600 and there was no competition if you want detail, and no amount of software manipulation got it anywhere close... I'm not saying you can't print large though, because you can; it's the same old thing of viewing distance v print size that matters...
 
DekHog said:
Don't forget the amazing DR on the S5 as well - you can pull back nearly four stops overexposed and get a decent image from it. It's high ISO performance is much better than it's D200 brother, although probably not on a par with a D300 - RAW files = 25mb, but converting to DNG doesn't lose you the highlight recovery capabilities and shrinks the size considerably.... for people work, it's fantastic, but if you like any landscape work, avoid....
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This pretty much sums it up, good post :clap:
 
The AA filter on the S5 is to avoid moiré interference patterns, which can be a problem when photographing fabrics and architecture.
 
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