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Thinking of getting a Fuji S5 Pro, and have some questions

Started Feb 10, 2021 | Questions thread
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Re: Thinking of getting a Fuji S5 Pro, and have some questions
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The s5Pro is a 6MP sensor with a strong AA filter. This makes it good at suppressing colour moire.

It has an unusual arrangement of the photosites. Not only does it have a set of highlight photosites to extend dynamic range, it also has a rotated pattern.  This rotation causes the jiggery-pokery that results in the 12MP file sizes. This rotation doesn't improve resolution at all, it just results in larger files. You can safely choose the Medium 6MP files, there is no loss in doing this.

What the rotation actually does is orientate the pixels to maximise resolution in the vertical and horizontal directions at the cost of reducing the diagonal resolution. In effect, it increases resolution slightly for your average photo (people say to about 8MP equivalent) but if you have important subject matter aligned on diagonals it will suffer a drop in resolution. It's not a bad compromise for many photos.

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