A m4/3 owner ready to buy the fuji s5 pro for playing around?

JacquesC wrote:

Andreascy wrote:

hello guys:) currently i own an olympus omd E-m10 with some nice lenses like 12-40 F2.8, 25mm F1.7 , 45mm F1.8 and 75mm F1.8. Olympus was my first dslr type camera and although with smaller sensor i am very happy in terms of quality especially with the nice lens. One guy here in my place he selling his old Fuji S5 pro with a 80-200 F3.5 nikon lens. The price is for both 250 euro and including the grip with the batteries. I make some research and if found that is 10 years old camera. i never had a fuji or nikon or canon or any other " big " dslr. I read that for portraits this camera is great. The price of this camera is very good too as i am thinking to buy it so i can play around with it. My question is it worth to buy such a camera also i can use it in portrait photography too. I am worry about somethings i read like the camera is slow that the camera have 6mp sensor etc. what you think about this?

The S5Pro was quite a camera in it's day, based on a Nikon D200 body (and compatible with Nikon lenses) but with a Fuji sensor. It was renowned for it's colour (as is the case with Fuji cameras today) and excellent dynamic range. It was a very popular camera for wedding photographers because of it's good dynamic range.

Yes, it was somewhat slower in operation than it's competitors, but otherwise it was a great camera to have and use. I have friends that are still using S5Pros to this day, and sometimes I regret getting rid of mine.

If the camera you're looking at is in very good condition, then it will be a fun camera to have.

It produces 12mp images since it's sensor is a 6+6mp sensor, mening that it has 6mp small sensors, combined with 6mp larger sensors that combines to give you a 12mp image. It used a very unique sensor which was designed for high dynamic range.

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hello jackue. Thank you very much for the kind answer. the camera is in like new condition and will come with nikon 80-200 f3.5 lens. i suppose this lens is not the best but i can sell it ( as is goes cheap ) and buy a sigma 17-50 or 17-70  as i read those lenses are very good and not expensive. i suppose is very good price and if i dont like it i can always sell it. so you think that is a good buy ?