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Thoughts on The Fuji S3 Pro
Anybody like what they see? Why or why not?
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05...3proreview.asp -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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Gregory Blank wrote:
Anybody like what they see? Why or why not? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05...3proreview.asp If it came in a Minolta A lens mount... -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:56:01 GMT, Gregory Blank
wrote: Anybody like what they see? Why or why not? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05...3proreview.asp I bought one about a month ago. I had been using the D1x before that. Pros: despite what some reviewers have said I found the colours excellent. The raw files are excellent also, but huge. At the highest setting, I get 19 shots on a 512 card. I had to buy a Burn Away CF to CD burner for long jobs and trips. I shot an image from a tripod with the same ISO, same lens, shutter speed and aperture and the file from the Fuji was mcuh sharper and with better detail and colour than the D1x. (The D2x is a very different story, I'm sure) Does the dynamic range make it worth it? It does for me, since most of my stuff is in studio with contrasty lighting. It looks very much like good negative film when processed. Very accurate auto white balance and matrix metering. From what I have seen it has the best high ISO image quality as well. Nimh AA batteries are powerful and easy to buy at any Walmart. Cons: very slow write times, especially for the 25.5 Meg raw files. Not a camera I would choose for sports shooting. Very small viewfinder-looks like the regular F80 viewfinder was just blacked out to get the viewfinder of the S3. I don't know what the price of the D2x is compared to the S3, I was pretty much maxed out on the S3. My lens system was what made me decide to stick with the Nikon mount. I know Canon has the top camera right now, but would like to see a good comparison between it and the D2x for image quality. The S3 smokes the D1x, at half the price, but like I said I haven't seen the D2x files yet. |
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Dont be daft, Minolta? Who the hell takes them seriously anymore!
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... Gregory Blank wrote: Anybody like what they see? Why or why not? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05...3proreview.asp If it came in a Minolta A lens mount... -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. |
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 8:56:01 -0800, Gregory Blank wrote
(in message ): Anybody like what they see? Why or why not? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05...3proreview.asp While I love my S2, I can't see that the S3 is really an improvement. Had the aggressive noise reduction been a selectable option, the camera would find a wider audience. I'm just not willing to sacrifice detail for the sake of a little less noise. Putting the noise-reduction in their post-processing software would have made more sense. The enhanced dynamic range is interesting, but it's not a replacement for proper exposure, though that's really what it seems to be targeted at. I'd prefer a system that compressed the entire dynamic range to something that simply prevents overexposed highlights from being blown out. But, that's just me. Give me a curve that more closely resembles film, rather than just a soft shoulder. I think Nikon and Canon give better performance for less money; Fuji missed the mark on this one. Despite my investment in Nikkor glass, unless they do something really stellar in the next couple years, my next DSLR will probably be Canon. If I were buying a system today, I'd probably go with the 20D. The extra $1k would be better spent on glass than a few more interpolated Mpx. |
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In article 1111691614.33744a27a44ef079badd109af2bd9d86@teran ews,
G. L. Pease wrote: While I love my S2, I can't see that the S3 is really an improvement. Had the aggressive noise reduction been a selectable option, the camera would find a wider audience. I'm just not willing to sacrifice detail for the sake of a little less noise. Putting the noise-reduction in their post-processing software would have made more sense. The enhanced dynamic range is interesting, but it's not a replacement for proper exposure, though that's really what it seems to be targeted at. I'd prefer a system that compressed the entire dynamic range to something that simply prevents overexposed highlights from being blown out. But, that's just me. Give me a curve that more closely resembles film, rather than just a soft shoulder. I think Nikon and Canon give better performance for less money; Fuji missed the mark on this one. Despite my investment in Nikkor glass, unless they do something really stellar in the next couple years, my next DSLR will probably be Canon. If I were buying a system today, I'd probably go with the 20D. The extra $1k would be better spent on glass than a few more interpolated Mpx. Thanks for the detailed elaboration,...its appreciated :-) -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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