Old Skin Tone Formula vs Today's Skin Tone Formula

bobogdan78 wrote:

I think you're right. Unfortunately those times are gone, you'll never see something like this in the future, I've been waiting for years for Fuji to come up with something nice but I lost hope. Why? It's simple - because today's photo industry is just business, they don't care about `soul`, older cameras were made with `soul`(actually something like a handmade product) and they went bankrupt (Kodak and nearly Fuji). Fuji were not making money with their `S` cameras because people weren't interested in their qualities, the same as today. So Fuji went back in ranks with the other manufacturers. I bought my S5 pro from a professional photographer and I couldn't help asking him why he was getting rid of such a camera. He said times have changed, these cameras are slow and he needs more speed operating and shooting, clients are not willing to spend too much time in front of the camera, he can miss precious moments waiting for S5 buffer to recharge. Everything was clear for me then, such cameras will never be made. I posted some comparisons some time ago, https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65506903 as you can see in the first example Fuji X-T1 is far from `S` cameras, it looks flat and digital to me. The biggest disappointment is the medium format P25, I thought a CCD MF sensor would be a dream but apparently not, at least judging by this comparison. I have also tried Kodak DCS Pro and it's not as good as Fuji S5 for skin tones, Fuji just has something of its own and it'll always be my favourite camera.

In your scenario - have you considered buying multiple copies of the S5 and accessories (batteries/chargers) ? so you have a heap of donor bodies if one of them eventually bites the dust.