Do you want a S5 Pro replacement?

Batdude wrote:

Mark Carr wrote:

Batdude wrote:

Mark Carr wrote:

Hi,

Oddly enough, I never shot my S2 or S3 in jpeg mode, on RAW. I found the AWB absolutely terrible, it always had a greenish cast. As well, I never found the workflow particularly difficult or time consuming, so I could never find a reason to shoot jpeg.

Have you ever shot your XE-1 in RAW mode, and if so, how would you compare RAW files from that camera to those from the S5?

Hi Mark.

Yes I shoot raw with my XE1 and the raws from both cameras are outstanding. The highlight recovery power of the S5 is unbeatable, but then the newer sensor does things better when pulling shadows. The S5 produces more film looking images in both jpeg and raw. The XE1 in jpeg the images come out too digital fake smooth looking depending on the type of light around.

Again, the raws from the S5 are outstanding, but different. The raws from the XE1 are also outstanding, and different too.

To me the only problem with the S5 was it's low resolution and that super strong AA filter. Everything else about it was perfect. For wedding photography you could never blow up highlights and not be able to fix it easily and that silky look of the bride's dress is so beautifully smooth and detailed.

For the very first time I am going to be shooting a wedding next week with Xtrans gear, so we will see what the results are. I know I'm going to have to be extremely careful not to overexpose that dress otherwise I'm screwed. No matter how much you try to correct clipped highlights they just don't look nice at all. For the S5 that issue is a piece of cake and nothing to worry about.

Regarding the S3, I shot with it for only a few days because it was too darn slow when shooting raw, so I sold it, but from what others say the S3 had one of the best WB, so I can't say much there.

Thanks.

Hi,

Thanks so much for replying to my post.

I never had an opportunity to shoot with the S5, and would still love to buy one. For how I intend to use it I won't suffer any. I found the dynamic range of the S3 to be far superior to that of the S2, and the files were so damn malleable. And yes it was super slow, but most of my work didn't require anything faster so I was OK with it.

From what I've read on this forum, there isn't any tangible difference between RAW files taken with the XE-1 and XE-2 cameras, they have the same sensor it would seem. I do hope to pick up and "X" cam soon, and it will be interesting to see how it compares to the "S" cams.

Good luck with your wedding,

Oh, please take a note that from what i understand, fuji doesn't have any more parts for S5 repairs. Not sure if any camera repair place would be able to help you if the camera you buy goes or is bad. The particular camera i bought was back focusing with some zoom lenses like the nikon 18-55 and 16-85. When i put the 17-55 on it the problem was completely gone and AF was very accurate.

The S5 LOOOOOOOVES high end primes, or high quality zooms like a 70-200 which could be very expensive, although there are very inexpensive but very excellent older used tamron 70-200 lenses. The S5 is very very picky about lenses, you can't just put a cheap lens on it so you will have to play around with that.

Because some of these factors mentioned above I decided to sell it before it went bad on me and decided to keep investing in high quality primes for my XE1 and just recently purchased XT1. The AA filter in the S5 is so strong that I'm not sure it would have been a good idea for me to continue buying more expensive lenses for it. is a really nice fun camera to use though, and extremely easy to use.

i'm just letting you know ahead.

Hi, yeah I know. No parts or service from virtually anybody, so when it breaks you toss it. I only have one use for it really, for everything else I'd probably much prefer a newer "X" cam.

Many "S" users who went from the S3 to the S5 did say that they found the S3 a bit sharper, presumably because it lacked the AA filter.  Some even had the filter removed, and the results were hellaciously sharp. Thankfully I have quality lenses, so I was never disappointed with the output in that regard.

Thanks again for your comments.