The Fuji S5 Pro, my most filmic camera

Serge 07 wrote:

fPrime wrote:

Serge 07 wrote:

Hi, fPrime:

The S5 does a fantastic job in highlight recovery and their smooth roll off but the depth and richness of the colors is also there in spades. It is the combination of these two attributes of the Super CCD that makes the camera special, IMO. Special mention also goes to the excellent AWB which makes life a heck of a lot easier.

Great photos and thread!

Have a good one,

Serge

Hi Serge,

Thanks for chiming in... and with some beautiful example photos to boot!

Yes, I agree that in bright sunlight (like the first example in your post) the S5 Pro holds onto deep, rich colors incredibly well thanks to its SuperCCD sensor. This is where many modern cameras can clip colors even if purposefully set to expose for highlights. The reason for this is that certain color channels (like red in particular) often reach a saturation clipping point well before there's an overall highlight clip.

I meant to ask you earlier, but what are you using these days to do your S5 Pro RAW conversions with?

fPrime

Hi, fPrime:

I mainly allow the S5 to do its thing and use the JPEG files with a bit of tweaking in Lightroom. The settings are default with color +1, noise reduction low and DR set to auto, firmware 1.09.

Since I have Hyper Utility, may start experimenting with the raw files which should be fun.

Hi Serge,

Thanks for sharing your processing details. So basically you are enhancing the JPEG’s straight from the camera. People don’t believe me when I tell them the SOOC output from the S5 Pro is so good that it’s hard to beat in RAW but that’s the truth!

For what it’s worth I’m also on firmware 1.09, standard profile, sharpening STD, NR org. I do vary my color and DR settings dependent on what I’m shooting, though.

You’ll find Hyper Utility to be full of quirks compared to LR, but it is the only way to match the SOOC output. It does allow you to change the exposure, WB, and DR settings at will so nothing is lost from tweaking.

fPrime