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

Started Oct 22, 2017 | Discussions thread
A_SCY
OP A_SCY Senior Member • Posts: 1,037
Re: Don't give up yet!

JacquesC wrote:

Andreascy wrote:

i am skeptical now. i dont now if its worth to buy better lens for this camera.

It appears that (apart from motion blur) the lens you're using on the S5 is not a great copy.

However, shooting at 200mm at 1/160 will probably cause softness due to motion blur - I will shoot at 1/400 or faster at 200mm to prevent that happening.

Before giving up on the camera - test the camera with a different lens or lenses and see what happens.

I remember that I was initially also disappointed with my S5Pro when I got it (coming from a Canon DSLR), but once I got to know the camera better my images improved to the point where I was quite happy with it. The same thing happened when I got my D700, at first I thought that it performed poorly compared to the S5, but after a while things got a lot better and the D700 turned out to be one of the best cameras I ever had.

So, don't give up just yet - try different lenses and get more familiar with the camera and shooting with a DSLR. Remember that the smaller sensor of m43 is somewhat more 'forgiving' when it comes to sharpness. It is far easier for me to get pin sharp images with my EM10 than with any of my bigger-sensored cameras!

The S5Pro has some quirks and may lack in some areas compared to newer DSLRs, but lack of sharpness has never been an issue.

em... thank you very much.

Do you have any tips for this camera?

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