Wait for S2 pro or buy S1 now

Arnold Berlin · Oct 23, 2001

I was about to purchase a Fujifilm fineline S1 Pro to do macro photography of 300 or 400 small ceramic pieces 1.5 to 20 inches high (most about 6" high) when I heard an S2 version would be on the market very shortly.

I have a strobe setup and couldn't get good results with my nikon 990. I have an AF Micro Nikkor 105mm. My Nikon N70 got excellent results but I want the convenience of direct digital photography rather than scanning the finished photographs.

Has anyone heard anything about the fujifilm S2? I want to know whether to wait for the S2 or buy an S1 now. I want to start taking photos by mid November. Any suggestions about waiting or any suggestions about a different camera. I was attracted to the S1 because I have several nikon lenses and I liked the price.

Thanks.
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Arnold Berlin
--Arnold Berlin

Rob47413 · Oct 24, 2001

Arnold Berlin said:
I was about to purchase a Fujifilm fineline S1 Pro to do macro
photography of 300 or 400 small ceramic pieces 1.5 to 20 inches
high (most about 6" high) when I heard an S2 version would be on
the market very shortly.

I have a strobe setup and couldn't get good results with my nikon
990. I have an AF Micro Nikkor 105mm. My Nikon N70 got excellent
results but I want the convenience of direct digital photography
rather than scanning the finished photographs.

Has anyone heard anything about the fujifilm S2? I want to know
whether to wait for the S2 or buy an S1 now. I want to start taking
photos by mid November. Any suggestions about waiting or any
suggestions about a different camera. I was attracted to the S1
because I have several nikon lenses and I liked the price.

Thanks.
--
Arnold Berlin

I heard a successor to the Fuji S1 may be announced in February. I was told this on The Gary Fong seminar tour. He has no information on the new camera just that the future is bright for a new model.

You may want to buy the S1, use it then sell it when the new model comes out. It won't be worth as much but you used it for work. Try reselling a computer you bought 3 months ago..same story. If you can get your work done in the meantime, that's what counts.

Gary Fong doesn't like the Nikon D1h. He says white balance iis accurate only as long as you use flash.

Arnold Berlin said:
Arnold Berlin

Radu Grozescu · Oct 24, 2001

Arnold Berlin said:
photography of 300 or 400 small ceramic pieces 1.5 to 20 inches
high (most about 6" high) when I heard an S2 version would be on
the market very shortly.

I know this isn't quite polite since we are in the fuji forum but did you have a look at the Olympus E-10 ? It really shines with portraits and products and the price has gone really down lately due to the announcement of the E-20

Radu Grozescu
http://www.RaduGrozescu.com

coolpeeks · Oct 25, 2001

Rob said:
I heard a successor to the Fuji S1 may be announced in February. I
was told this on The Gary Fong seminar tour. He has no information
on the new camera just that the future is bright for a new model.

I asked the same question last monday at a shop in Tokyo (at Shinjuku). The answer was that there would be a Nikon F-mount lens carrier in "D30 price range" in early 2002. By Nikon.
I'll wait and see.
Regards

Frank57344 · Oct 25, 2001

We heard a lot of rumors about another DSLR by Nikon or Fujifilm. Who told you that? Did he say anything more? How many pixels? Is the focal length magnification x1.3 or x1.5?

Salvador Abreu said:
Rob said:

I heard a successor to the Fuji S1 may be announced in February. I
was told this on The Gary Fong seminar tour. He has no information
on the new camera just that the future is bright for a new model.

Click to expand...

I asked the same question last monday at a shop in Tokyo (at
Shinjuku). The answer was that there would be a Nikon F-mount lens
carrier in "D30 price range" in early 2002. By Nikon.
I'll wait and see.
Regards

ResIpsaLoquitur · Oct 25, 2001

It's not really in the same league as the S1.

Member said:
I know this isn't quite polite since we are in the fuji forum but
did you have a look at the Olympus E-10 ? It really shines with
portraits and products and the price has gone really down lately
due to the announcement of the E-20

Radu Grozescu
http://www.RaduGrozescu.com

coolpeeks · Oct 25, 2001

Frank57344 said:
We heard a lot of rumors about another DSLR by Nikon or Fujifilm.

So have I...

Frank57344 said:
Who told you that?

The owner of this shop:

(Japanese is not my strong ;-)

Frank57344 said:
Did he say anything more? How many pixels? Is
the focal length magnification x1.3 or x1.5?

Sorry, I don't have any more details. He was somewhat evasive about the S2, and said nice things about the S1.

Frank57344 · Oct 25, 2001

Thank you for your info.
I think whoever comes up with a DSLR with 5MP+,Focal length magnification factor

Salvador Abreu said:
Member said:

We heard a lot of rumors about another DSLR by Nikon or Fujifilm.

Click to expand...

So have I...

Member said:

Who told you that?

Click to expand...

The owner of this shop:

(Japanese is not my strong ;-)

Member said:

Did he say anything more? How many pixels? Is
the focal length magnification x1.3 or x1.5?

Click to expand...

Sorry, I don't have any more details. He was somewhat evasive
about the S2, and said nice things about the S1.

Radu Grozescu · Oct 26, 2001

Quentin Bargate said:
It's not really in the same league as the S1.

1. Did you try it ? Especially for portraits and product shots.

2. As the S-1 is half the price of the D1x, the E-10 is now half the price of the S-1, including a good lens with more than decent macro capabilities.

Radu Grozescu
http://www.RaduGrozescu.com

Arnold Berlin · Oct 27, 2001

I appreciate the postings. Thanks. I broke down and bought the S1. Decided I didn't want to wait. So far as I am experimenting I love it. Simple to use. Didn't look at other cameras because I wanted to use my Nikon lens and spend under 3000.

eric_j_h · Oct 27, 2001

I spoke to a Calumet rep in the UK. He told me the new Fuji S2 will be out Jan/Feb next year and will be based on a Nikon F90/S90 (now discontinued). There were no other details unfortunately, expect that Nikon are obviously flogging off another of their older models to be developed by Fuji digital. The F90 is a very good body however, and much more of a professional tool than the F60/S60 that the current Pro S1 is based on. Lets wait and see what Fuji come up with.......

Ron H · Oct 27, 2001

Did the rep say anything about the sensor size and number of megapixels? I own a F90 and it is a very good camera and would be an excellent choice to base a digital camera around.

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Eric said:
I spoke to a Calumet rep in the UK. He told me the new Fuji S2 will
be out Jan/Feb next year and will be based on a Nikon F90/S90 (now
discontinued). There were no other details unfortunately, expect
that Nikon are obviously flogging off another of their older models
to be developed by Fuji digital. The F90 is a very good body
however, and much more of a professional tool than the F60/S60 that
the current Pro S1 is based on. Lets wait and see what Fuji come up
with.......

eric_j_h · Oct 28, 2001

Sorry Ron

No more info than that. Based on an F90 because that is all Nikon would licence to Fuji. They don't want any serious competition for their own Digi cameras. All the rep said was the sensor would be larger. Now whether that is more pixels or physically larger so no more 1.5 times the focal length, I don't know. At least we that the colours will be fabulous. I could speculate, but that is all it would be.....Jan/Feb next year should be interesting though.

Ron H said:
Did the rep say anything about the sensor size and number of
megapixels? I own a F90 and it is a very good camera and would be
an excellent choice to base a digital camera around.

Warren Westura · Oct 28, 2001

This could be interesting.....the first serious SLR made by Nikon and Kodak a couple of years ago used the N-90 body as a basis....there was no LCD screen though to preview the image and the flash was a real miserable affair, with our paper requiring us to use vivitar 283s to use because they worked better than SB 24s, 25s or 26s....
Nikon must have a bunch of old bodies they want to get rid of.....
Warren Westura

Eric said:
No more info than that. Based on an F90 because that is all Nikon
would licence to Fuji. They don't want any serious competition for
their own Digi cameras. All the rep said was the sensor would be
larger. Now whether that is more pixels or physically larger so no
more 1.5 times the focal length, I don't know. At least we that the
colours will be fabulous. I could speculate, but that is all it
would be.....Jan/Feb next year should be interesting though.

Ron H said:

Did the rep say anything about the sensor size and number of
megapixels? I own a F90 and it is a very good camera and would be
an excellent choice to base a digital camera around.

Click to expand...

Robert Scultz · Oct 28, 2001

well, that should at least provide for a stable platform.

question on price:
while the S1 still goes for $2800, (usa warranty) and introduction was
around $3.5k, thinking fuji will but at least another $1k on top,
what would put it in the $5k range again ....
where the Nikon D1x is already a proven workhorse.....
certainly with added resolution and a body with lens and flash support,

will make it a keeper, if fuji has learned to improve their customer support,... since it would still low on the rialiable chart, compared to a Nikon.

cheers, Robert Schultz

Eric said:
I spoke to a Calumet rep in the UK. He told me the new Fuji S2 will
be out Jan/Feb next year and will be based on a Nikon F90/S90 (now
discontinued). There were no other details unfortunately, expect
that Nikon are obviously flogging off another of their older models
to be developed by Fuji digital. The F90 is a very good body
however, and much more of a professional tool than the F60/S60 that
the current Pro S1 is based on. Lets wait and see what Fuji come up
with.......

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