Fuji S5 Pro detailed specs

[gooseberry]

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0612/06120701fujis5pro.asp

[shutterbug]

Can't wait to get my hands on one

[Yi-P]

Looking very tempting, wonder how much it will be over the D200...

Will it have a vertical grip addon as well?

[sirhc55]

Looking very tempting, wonder how much it will be over the D200...

Will it have a vertical grip addon as well?

Being that it is basically a D200 body with Fuji name - the answer is yes.

[Killakoala]

It's a camera i will be keeping a close eye one.

[gooseberry]

Looking very tempting, wonder how much it will be over the D200...

Will it have a vertical grip addon as well?

Heard that initial RRP in the US will be US$1999 with kit lens and US$1899 body only.

No news about vertical grip, but most likely.

[Killakoala]

Heard that initial RRP in the US will be US$1999 with kit lens and US$1899 body only.

That's 100 difference for the kit lens????? Must be a crappy kit lens.

I think this camera will make a good landscape camera. The more i think about it, the more i like the idea of buying one. I look forward to reading the DP forum review of it.

[seeto.centric]

so maybe this is where all the D200 stock went...

-julz

[daniel_r]

I think this camera will make a good landscape camera. The more i think about it, the more i like the idea of buying one. I look forward to reading the DP forum review of it.

killa, the S5 Pro is appealing to me for the same reasons... A nice complementary body to the D2h indeed.

[radar]

Steve and Daniel,

I would be interested to hear your reasons for selecting this as a nice landscape camera.

thanks,

André

[Killakoala]

Andre,

1. 12 Megapixels. (Better than the 4.2 on my D2H)
2. Better saturation (like fuji FILM. Provia or Velvia, which i like to shoot with on my F5)
3. Better tonality. With the new sensor it offers better and more film-like tone characteristics.
4. Basically, a new generation CCD.

Nikon F-mount is also a good point, so i can use all my sexy wide angle lenses, both of them.


Edit: speeling mistakes

[radar]

thanks Steve for putting it in plain English. The previous Fuji Sx cameras seemed to be more geared for portrait type photography from what I had read but the S5 does look promising.

Cheers,

André

[Killakoala]

Fuji did a few things better than Nikon. They had better White Balance making JPEG colour more accurate. They had better and more realistic saturation. Their display of skin-tones were more accurate. That's why some wedding photographers like them.

As a 'documentary' photographer, i will appreciate the better saturation and more accurate white balance.

In a nutshell, WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get.)

So put that in a D200 shell, and you have a winning combination.

I am putting some money aside so when they are available, i can get one. It will nicely compliment my D2H and F5.

[sirhc55]

I’m with you Steve - I believe the S5 will complement my D2Hs - roll on 2007

[Killakoala]

So long as it doesn't use XD cards.