The Fuji S5 Pro, my most filmic camera

Indeed, images from the S5 have real texture. No camera has excited me more to print since I left black and white dark rooms. When I saw the first images out of the S5, my first thought was I have to get these in prints. Still running the Canon PixmaPro and it's here because of the S5

fPrime wrote:

Often I see the question raised "How can I get a filmic look?" My answer invariably is to buy a Fuji S5 Pro.

The reason is simple. Color negative film is known for being somewhat low resolution, a bit soft, having a wider dynamic range than traditional digital, and with the ability to roll off highlights gently instead of clipping to white.

That's pretty close to what you get from the S5 Pro by default. It's low resolution (6MP), a bit soft after being interpolated to 12MP, possesses an exceptionally wide dynamic range thanks to it's SuperCCD sensor, and (for the same reason) has a gentle highlight roll-off reminiscent of film.

Here's a quick example of this effect generated by Fuji's Hyper Utility HS-V3.

Fuji S5 Pro with the Nikkor 17-55mm/2,8G and on camera fill flash

The sunlight on my daughter's back would have clipped harshly with traditional digital cameras but the extra highlight pixels of the SuperCCD her shirt retains traces of detail in the brightest parts along with that gentle highlight roll-off as described above. I find this reminds me of film. Do you agree? Let me know!

fPrime