Print This Page
Customers most agreed on the following attributes:
from Fort Myers, Fl. on 4/2/2008
Great camera I have used it every day since I got it. Takes great pictures and is easy to learn. Very well built.Shutter is a little loud but really not that bad. I own a Nikon D 300 also and have been using the Fuji on a daily basis.
from Lehigh Valley, PA on 2/21/2008
This is the first digital camera since I stopped using my Bronicas that I have complete confidence in. It performs exceptionally and the results are professional quality. I no longer worry about exposure problems with the dynamic range increase.
from Annapolis, MD on 1/21/2008
Best digital camera I have had. Far better than the S3 by a mile. Color is great for portraits & weddings. Only thing wrong is the loud shutter click. In a quiet church it sounds like a gun shot.
from Apple Valley, MN on 10/6/2007
Has good feel, can use all day long and not get tired. Peole who look at my pics love the snap of the colors, even set on the defalt mode. Intuitive control layout. Easy to learn how to use.
from Los Angeles, CA on 8/23/2007
As a life long Canon shooter, I was impressed by the Nikon D200 viewfinder and overall contruction and equally impressed by Fuji's reputation for color accuracy. For me this is the first time combination really worked so I picked up the S5 with a 16GB CF card. The bottom line for me has always been image quality and on that the S5 does not disappoint. It brings the ease of use and control of the digital media with color accuarcy of NPS film. Another wonderful combination is the RAW S5 image files and Adobe Lightroom. The results are magical, the control over the final image is far beyond anything found in the analog film world and much easier to obtain and reproduce. So if you can live with a camera with the thumb advanced film based SLRs operational speed and you desire professional negative film like attributes then you should consider the S5.
from Germany on 5/23/2007
I like clean high iso photos. Better than D200. [...]
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Idaho on 5/16/2007
Pros: It's good that a company can see past the megapixel buzzword hype. And it's even better to have the option of a NON-sony sensor to use with my Nikon glass. The images from my D2x may enlarge bigger/sharper, but the Fuji S5 consistantly outperforms it in terms of over-all image quality. What good is a 30x48 if the highs are blown out? I am seriously considering selling the D2x to buy another S5 (and another lens with the money left over!). But keep in mind, I only shoot weddings.
Cons: Not as fast as other cameras in the price range. It's a trade-off.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
very good camera
i like it
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
I have been blown away with this camera. And not my highlights. Awesome feel and construction. Perfect exposures with Fuji's DR ability giving the best digital results that I have ever seen. Fuji continues it's tradition of best JPG's money can buy.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Las Vegas on 4/26/2007
This is really the best Camera out there for under [$]. Built like a tank, solid, sealed, many options and flexible. I have used cameras that are several times more expensive than this, and they did no better and most can?t produce the image quality of this rig. Obviously, you have to do your part, and you will for sure need good glass. This is NOT a good camera if you need to shoot at a high frame rate as the buffer is too small for the image sizes it creates (24.4meg RAW which turns into 69.9meg tiff). Frankly, that is the only draw back right now other than the software that comes with it (it?s ok ) and some of the firmware is different than Nikon in the way you navigate the camera (medium learning curve).But the build quality with that sensor (NOT a D2X or DXS) make for a VERY compelling value in the DSLR market if you are a serious amateur or working professional. This is my first foray into Nikon mount, as I am a very heavily vested Canon guy. And I must say this camera just rocks! And the fact that I can get a sealed body camera that won?t fall apart in my hands for under [$]?? Yup, I drank the kool-aid and I am glad I did!
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Pittsburgh, PA on 3/11/2007
I've only owned the camera for about a week, but am very happy with the results. There is no Fuji RAW support in photoshop/lightroom for the S-5....yet.... and the Fuji RAW conversion software is not user friendly at all, very slow. Overall though thumbs up.
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
from Boston, MA on 2/27/2007
Having tried this camera, it carries on Fuji's excellent track record as a portrait/wedding photographers must have tool. Basically a Nikon D200 but with better software and a new twin fuji sensor rather than the flawed and very noisy Sony sensor in the Nikon. I've used it right through the ISO range with little or no noise on any setting. colours are excellent. like most good DSLR's though - you need some good glassware strapped to it to get the best out of it.
[4 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
Its a D2oo with a fuji sensor. Not a D2x sensor. Just so you guys know.
[1 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
It's a great camera, It's a nikon D200 with the D2X image sensor