s3 or S2

is it worth the extra money to get the S3 over the s2?

YES
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S3 Pro, N90, FM2, brushes and pencils

MagooLens said:

is it worth the extra money to get the S3 over the s2?

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If you have neither then get the s3.
David

uh ok but is the S3 better than the nikon d1x?

MagooLens said:

uh ok but is the S3 better than the nikon d1x?

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Sorry, this is a lame question. What is "better"? They have very different weaknesses and strenghts.

Make a research first about what you want to have in a camera.

Bernie

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S2 is good, S3 is better in flesh tones. If portraits is your thing, the S3 is the better choice.

It sounds as if you are trying to decide on a camera purchase.
As Bernie observes, here is no one "best" camera. We all need
different strengths in our cameras.

As a good example, try answering yourself : "what is the best car ?"

If you would care to say what your needs are in a camera, there are
some very expert people hanging out here ( not me who could point
you in the right direction.

Back to your original question ( thank goodness, a non-S5 comment

Re the S2 and S3, it really boils down to money. The S2 is a wonderful
camera and was an absolute revolution for Fuji when it came out in 2002,
BUT, it is dated. If you found a good used one, it would still be "used"
and liable to potential problems.

I love my S2, but the S3 has enough "tweaks" and upgrades to its
performance that it is indeed a "better" camera, if you are comparing
just the two of them.

If you wait for a few weeks or a couple of months and really want to save
cash outlay, there will be many S2 users who will upgrade to the S5.
They will be selling their S2s at bargain prices.

Knowing what I know now in comparing the S2 and S3, I would say
that the S3 is worth the extra money. S3 prices right now are between
$1000 and $1300 in the USA.

Keith
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Not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken . . .

MagooLens said:

uh ok but is the S3 better than the nikon d1x?

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I own the S2, opted to not upgrade to the S3 when it came out. The S3 is a better camera than the S2, less glitches, more settings for increased dynamic range or you can run it in a kind of default setting and basically produce what the S2 will. The S3 I think is a little more solid platform and you can still buy it new.

The D1x is a good camera, very rugged pro body build well beyond the build quality of the Fujis you are interested in, fast and sure focus. The files of the D1x are very different from the Fuji files though , either Fuji you mention. The D1x files are more noisy at high iso in particular but the colors are a kind of Kodak film sort of accurate, where the Fuji is like Fuji film. It's often been said before the days iof digital that Kodak made accurate color films and Fuji colorful films with upped saturation being the hallmark of many of the offerings. In later times Fuji films also became less grainy and more high speed options came along as well, also low on grain. It's the same for their DSLRs compared to Nikons. When you buy into a Fuji DSLR it's for this kind of file, the Nikon body eats it alive but many here can't live with the Nikon file just as many here who shot Fuji films in the past would never shoot Kodak.

Added to this, the jpegs aren't to be compared at all, the Fuji jpegs are all over the Nikons. Nikon RAW is very rich though, very rich accurate color with the kind of noise that you can easilly simulate as film grain.
David

here's one i took today with my s2. only pp was levels and sharpening.

thought it might be a good example, tough exposure with all the snow. no flash used. nikkor 85 f1.4 d lens.
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