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New S5 Pro user

Started Dec 9, 2011 | Discussions thread
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michnet Junior Member • Posts: 42
New S5 Pro user

Hi all, I mentioned in a different thread that I had won a S5 Pro on eBay earlier this week. It arrived nice and promptly this morning. I had only paid $351AUD (approx. $360USD) and the listing wasn't very descriptive so I wasn't expecting much.

To my surprise I unboxed it and everything is in top condition, the body looks great, no signs of any abuse. Only fault I can find with the hardware is a tiny scratch on the LCD screen and the bottom rubber around the tripod mount is a little wrinkly along with a few small marks on the bottom on the body which appears to be from a tripod plate. I popped a battery in and gave it a quick test run and all appears to be functioning well.

It came with 2 batteries, not sure of their state but will suss them out over the weekend with plenty of use. It also came with a Sandisk 2GB CF card which was nice as I don't have an CF cards and was thinking I'd have to drive 20Km to the nearest tech store to buy one.

It's nice to have a win once in a while and I look forward to seeing what it's capable of. I'm sure it will make the perfect replacement to my equally old Nikon D40. My D7000 might feel a little neglected over the coming weeks

Is there any way of checking the shutter count from the LCD? I will suss out the metadata on a raw file when I get a chance tonight but thought I might be able to check it now.

I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

Cheers
Carl

Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro Nikon D40 Nikon D7000
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