Saying Goodbye

Cheers

I have heard good reports about the D800 with colour and skin tone rendering, although many of the samples I have seen are still not quite up to the Fuji standard - but this is only my opinion of course.

But even with the 16MP X-Trans giving higher resolution than a typical 16MP Bayer type sensor, the fact is the D800 will give you a fair bit more. The D800 looks a beautiful camera and if you can afford it and the expensive premium lenses (assuming you also want to compliment it with more best glass) then that's a natural and nice step up for you from your S5 Pro I would have thought.

(NOTE: For those that may not know, the X-Pro1 and X-E1 have exactly the same X-Trans sensor so resolution findings for X-Pro1 applies to X-E1)

".... the X-Pro1 continues to show line structure beyond its Nyquist limit"

and ...

"There are several points to be made here. Firstly, the X-Pro1 shows visibly higher resolution in this chart test than a conventional 16MP Bayer-type camera such as the Nikon D7000, or even the Sony NEX-5N (which has a particularly weak AA filter). In fact, in terms of resolution it's very close indeed to the 24MP Sony NEX-7 or the Sigma SD1 ..."

On the topic of resolution dpreview said (ref X-Pro1 Review - Resolution)

You have an X100 (I think) so you are already pretty familiar with the difference in shooting style needed for the X-E1 so I guess your choice comes down to resolution. Your Nikkor 24mm I assume could be used on the X-E1 with an adapter so you are not going to lose that.

I have worked with my S3 Pro for seven years. Over recent years I have purchased both a Canon 5DII and Nikon D7000 in an attempt to "upgrade" from my S3 Pro but both of these fell short and were sold. I too am faced with this decision, although with me it was between the X-E1 and the D600.

It is hard to work out with you whether you are genuine or not, considering the negativity of a great many of your posts. But anyway, I'll assume on the good side.