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  • 09-05-2012, 04:40 PM
    reptileexperts
    2nd the used bits, but I'd buy used in person and try and get a shutter count as well.

    As far as the Fuji S series, its a great sensor and still had the convienience for Nikon lenses, but I never really got into the Fuji side of the industry. . . That being said, isn't the Fuji S5 Pro just a D200 with a fuji sensor and logo?
  • 09-05-2012, 06:25 PM
    kitedemon
    Kinda, a D200, but slower a lot slower, but the dynamic range is way more, heck more than everything really. It is like HDR every frame with out doing HDR and still looking real. I know a number of people whom would shoot raw process one for the dark sky and one normal and merge them. It looks so much like extreme hdr that it makes not diff. DXO claims it is just under 14 stops texture to texture. I could never tell as my studio I can only get 12 and it would hold shadow and highlight using a dynalight 1000 bare head 24 inches from a model and nothing else. The studio is small enough (18 feet wide) that there is enough fill I only get 12 and it holds all that. The D200 I have is maybe 10 (dxo says 11 but I'd say that is pushing it) The D700 is better but maybe 12 but I'd say 11 is more accurate. The fujis from the 2 up have the same trick about the only really good thing they do but it is a amazing heart stopping trick. They also do real IR and UV off the shelf if that is of interest, the S2IR is quite amazing as well they get serious cash for them even now... the last one I saw was well used and sold at $1000 a year old or so for a 10 year old digital that was 1200 new that is unheard of.
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