Fuji S5 Vs D700 ( people have both cameras welcome to share comments)

Andreascy wrote:

fPrime wrote:

Adoubeur wrote:

Another one thought in my mind is if i dont keep the nikon i can sell it and sell the tamron 17-50 and its place i will buy the nikkon 17-55 f2.8 they say is better optically and fuji needs good lens. but with tamron i am very very happy.

I would keep the Tamron if I were you. The Nikkor is too big and heavy.

Personally I would ditch the Tamron for the Nikkor. The Nikkor 17-55F2.8G is a bit heavy, but it has a special mojo when paired with the S5 Pro.

Due to it's strong AA filter the S5 craves sharp lenses and the 17-55 is very sharp in the center right from f/2.8. Color and 3D Pop with this zoom are excellent IMHO. It's by far the most flexible general purpose DX lens to have.

fPrime

thank you:) my tamron also looks good . and i am thinking if its worth to pay double the money to get the 17-55 if the tamron looks great. the follwing image i just add 1 stop exposure and some sharpening. also is loosing some contrast when upload to dpreview.

Not sure if that would be worth it for you to switch either. I got my 17-55 used in mint condition for $600 which made it a very good deal. But, that being said, I also would never buy it new given the wide availability of the lens on the second hand market from Nikon shooters who went on to FX.

I've not personally shot the Tamron 17-50 but I did look at the first two pages of Flickr images from the lens. Based on what I saw there my only concern might be that it tends to render images like a zoom... that is, without much spatial dimensionality or 3D Pop. I would agree with you that it's certainly sharp enough, though.

by the way something else. is not better if i decide to keep the nikon d700 to buy a nikon for fx that will work to the fuji too? i think is better idea

Yes, that's generally true. FX lenses can work equally well on DX cameras. Most of my lenses are also FX. But I always liked the way the Nikkor 17-55G rendered on DX and really love it on the S5 Pro. It's just one of those lenses that happens to be particularly well matched with that body.

Nice image highlighting the natural skin tones of the S5 Pro here. Of course, with only the dock and subject I can't comment much on the 3D Pop of the 17-50. It would really be fun to see both lenses shot head to head against each other!

fPrime