Fuji S5 Pro in 2018... Madness?

Giovanni_1968 wrote:

chris goes live wrote:

Hi Giovanni, the obvious obsolescence of hyper utility is why I compared it to capture one first, because c1 is suppose to be fuji s latest and greatest raw processor. I had hoped that fuji would have put all their historic know how into capture one, so that we would get as good as if not better processing of s5 files as the legacy tool that were available when the s5 launched.

However on first inspection it appears that capture one cannot fully replace hyper utility. I don't think I have a copy of silky pix, certainly not a recent one. So I can't try that. But I will try lightroom to see how that compares, and possibly darktable and rawtherapee. Hyper utility is very clunky, so I would like to avoid it if I can, but not if going with any other processor costs effective image resolution and color.

Macs are quite restrictive when it comes to third party software. Its the reason why my poor imac has been in the attic for years. I love Mac design, hardware, user interface etc. Just it's not got the broadest compatibility, which ultimately is the purpose of a pc to run software. I have contemplated building a hybrid windows Mac hackingtosh pc so I could enjoy the best of both worlds.

HU has never been a software to rely on to work on Fuji S-CCD raw files, too slow, ugly interface and never having been updated I seem to recall it needed a PPC CPU to work and as such left off of the Mac user base since long time, I have no clue if it still works on PC/Windows where I guess one can use it in legacy mode but, still, only worth to check if there is an actual difference with more modern RAW converters even tho, so far, seems like HU was the only software to actually get the best out of the sensor's R and S pixels and to combine them into the supposed-to-be 12MP images.

I also thought many a times to build a mackintosh but too much hassle to make it all work flawlessly, at the end to the day if we like Mac is not for sheer power but for its stability (...) compared to Windows not to mention no need to upgrade drivers etc etc.

I still have an old PowerMac with a twin G4 cpu, might someday put it back to work to check HU which I have somewhere in original CD which I got with my first S5Pro.

Ciao

Check out s7raw. It takes full advantage of the S5 Pro's Super CCD (as does Silky Pix):

S7Raw (freeware) with download link...

https://www.flickr.com/groups/65216472@N00/discuss/72157612607658065/

Also worth a read discusses Fuji RAF Files and suggests Hyper Utility and S7Raw, etc:

https://gdargaud.net/Photo/RawProcessors.html

And this seems to add Lightroom/ACR to the mix:

https://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2006/10/04/finepix-s5600-raw-converters-for-fuji-raf-format/