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Fuji S5 Pro with the Nikkor 24mm F2.8D

Started Jan 23, 2017 | Discussions thread
fishy wishy
fishy wishy Veteran Member • Posts: 9,358
Re: Fuji S5 Pro with the Nikkor 24mm F2.8D
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fPrime wrote:

Hope you enjoy the old school Fuji colors.

fPrime

Yes I do, but old school? When you discover them late they can be new school!

I went back to Fuji S pros after later Nikon cameras. An old CMOS camera nowadays tends to fall between the stools. It doesn't have the dynamic range or high iso of the newer cameras, and it may not have much of that old approach to color either. So I explored older CCD cameras like this. I tested m4/3 cameras quite recently, without being impressed. When I went back to browsing thumbnails from cameras like the S pros I was almost jumping up and down in my seat. The difference in color and tone curve is obvious, even from thumbnails.

But I have tested several s5 and I have seen a problem in all of them with grainy, almost mottled overcast skies when pulling the highlights. It's so tempting to pull those highlights and apply sharpening but one must be vigilant.

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