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Fuji S5 Pro in 2018... Madness?

Started Jul 12, 2018 | Discussions thread
fPrime
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Re: Fuji S5 Pro in 2018... Madness?
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The Davinator wrote:

fPrime wrote:

The Davinator wrote:

No. The tested specs are fact. The S5 was long ago surpassed in DR. Your eyes are simply covered with rose coloured glasses.

Dav, life is not about DR, it is about authenticity.

fPrime

His comment was about DR. I addressed that. The S5 is surpassed by modern sensors....fact...end of discussion.

Fair enough, technically the "total" DR of the S5 Pro may have well have been exceeded by Sony's latest EXMOR sensors. But for Sony it's only on the shadow end.

No-one yet has exceeded the Fuji S5 Pro's ability to recover highlights and thus give photographers the highlight roll-off they once had with film. This imparts a photographic quality that frankly transcends the metrics.

No, due to it's strong AA filter, the S5 will never have the raw acuity of the D2X, but it will certainly share some of the color magic of the CCD-era CFA's that both you and I can still appreciate.

fPrime

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