I picked up a cheap Fuji S5 pro

I just picked up a Fuji S5 pro from facebook really cheap. I forgot how amazing and terrible this camera is. I had one for a few months 7 years ago, didnt like it enough to hang on to it. I ended up selling that camera for a $300 profit

1.) I love the ergonomics

2.) i love the sensor at iso 100

3.) holy crap, you can push 2.5 stops of exposure and not ruin skin tones!

Compared against my X-H1, the two features i miss the most are IBIS and tilting rear LCD. I dont especially trust the autofocus to catch eyes, so i like to manual focus and zoom in live view which the S5 actually supports. However the angles i am using is very difficult to see what i am doing. My X-H1 i typically shoot iso 400, 1/30th, F2 with natural indoor light with good results. This S5 pro at iso 100, needs 1/15th at F1.8 for proper exposure. I got some good results tonight using a monopod but again, very difficult to compose.

You get access to all the wonderful Nikon screwdriver lenses that are almost free today. I think all of mine are now sold.  As the S5 Pro was based on the Nikon D200 which I loved, I can understand your joy.

Morris

I started with a 35mm F1.8G but id like something faster that i can shoot wide open. The F1.8G seems pretty sharp wide open, but it has the worst purple / green fringing i have seen on a lens. thinking about switching to a sigma 35mm F1.4 art and then i can use an adapter to share with my fuji Xh1 too.  Just not sure i want to spend $600 on a lens for a $100 camera.  Plus its big, heavy, full frame and both my camera bodies are aspc.

I want to do "moody" indoor natural light portraits at iso 100. I really want to try the mitakon F0.95 35mm but sadly they dont make it for F mount.

Buttons252 wrote:

I started with a 35mm F1.8G but id like something faster that i can shoot wide open. The F1.8G seems pretty sharp wide open, but it has the worst purple / green fringing i have seen on a lens. thinking about switching to a sigma 35mm F1.4 art and then i can use an adapter to share with my fuji Xh1 too. Just not sure i want to spend $600 on a lens for a $100 camera. Plus its big, heavy, full frame and both my camera bodies are aspc.

I want to do "moody" indoor natural light portraits at iso 100. I really want to try the mitakon F0.95 35mm but sadly they dont make it for F mount.

I had one of the earlier Nikon 50mm f1.4, I think the 50mm f1.4D.  I don't recall any purple fringing.  You can probably find an old Sigma 30mm f1.4 for FD mount.  Nice lens though I did not find it to blur the backgrounds that much.

Morris