Fuji S3 Pro

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Yeah? People are getting them? Have you seen any independent reviews of this
camera? I haven't and it's at the top of my list of most likely next
camera....I would have noticed. That's interesting.

"Darrell" <no@spam.here> wrote in message
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> Nice piece of kit, got 3 in stock today and they look and feel great.
>
> Darrell Larose
> Ottawa, Canada
>
>

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That is not a review...its a preview. They were very limited in what they
could say and do.

"Darrell" <no@spam.here> wrote in message
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> The only review I saw so far is DP Review's
> http://www.dpreview.com/articles/fujifilms3pro
>
>
> "Gene Palmiter" <palmiter_gene@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> > Yeah? People are getting them? Have you seen any independent reviews of
> this
> > camera? I haven't and it's at the top of my list of most likely next
> > camera....I would have noticed. That's interesting.
> >
> > "Darrell" <no@spam.here> wrote in message
> > news:LK6dnTbCNdwhySLcRVn-qA@rogers.com...
> > > Nice piece of kit, got 3 in stock today and they look and feel great.
> > >
> > > Darrell Larose
> > > Ottawa, Canada
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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It is very interesting indeed, for the reason that dynamic range, in my
opinion, is the biggest constant problem for digital photography. You
have to mess around with it constantly. A couple of stops extra, like
Fuji claims, would be of immense help.

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Darrell wrote:
> My mistake, now that the camera is shipping a review should follow soon. I
> got 3 today, but they are scarce right now. Fuji won't say when the next
> shipping date is. However I do feel like Santa with all the toys in the
> store right now, Drebel, 10D, 20D, D70, D100, * ist D, * ist DS and D7 all
> in a row

It's only a six mega.

Gary Eickmeier

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"Gene Palmiter" <palmiter_gene@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>> Darrell wrote:
>> > My mistake, now that the camera is shipping a review should follow
>> > soon.
> I
>> > got 3 today, but they are scarce right now. Fuji won't say when the
>> > next
>> > shipping date is. However I do feel like Santa with all the toys in the
>> > store right now, Drebel, 10D, 20D, D70, D100, * ist D, * ist DS and D7
> all
>> > in a row
>>
>> It's only a six mega.
>>
>> Gary Eickmeier
>
> The technology is so different that it's hard to compare on just MP. I saw
> some comparisons of the S2 with other cameras and the tilted sensor grid
> gives the visual appearance of a chip half again larger. If the same holds
> true for the S3, and there is no reason why it should not, then the S3
> should compare well with 9mp cameras (I know...there are none....say 8mp
> then....jeeze!)


I used an S2 Pro extensively earlier in the year and we were mostly running
them (we actaully had 10 of them) at 2 MP for what we were doing, only when
doing wide aerial shots did we need to go to full resolution. I was very
impressed, that said they are huge and heavy.

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What makes it worth $2500? It's another 6MP cam and uses Nikon's older body
and AF system.

"Darrell" <no@spam.here> wrote in message
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> Nice piece of kit, got 3 in stock today and they look and feel great.
>
> Darrell Larose
> Ottawa, Canada
>
>

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Most Nikon users like the Nikon buffer better than the absolutely
useless 3 RAW frame Fuji buffer, though. And the build quality, and
higher flash sync of the pro digital Nikons. Not to mention 12
megapixels in the D2X. Too bad Fuji continues to alienate RAW shooters
as well as dropping way behind in the megapixel race, while still
basing their cameras on the cheap consumer Nikon bodies.

I don't think anyone doubts that Fuji's target market is the JPG
wedding shooter, same as with the S2. Everyone that used to shoot with
a Mamiya, Bronica or Hasselblad that's "going digital" is a potential
buyer for an increased DR digital with good AWB. Fuji is trying to
make shooting digital as easy and forgiving as with print film.
They'll likely do well, but the rest of us will probably shop
elsewhere for the real deal.


On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:01:49 -0500, you wrote:

>Ask those who bought the S2 Pro! Bigest difference is the Fuji Super CCD
>(4th generation) I sold one today at CDN $3200. Fuji has a pixel doubling
>algorithm that will make a 12 MP image. Most S2 owners tried Nikons and
>found they liked the Fuji rendition better.
>

"Darrell" <no@spam.here> wrote:

>Ask those who bought the S2 Pro! Bigest difference is the Fuji Super CCD
>(4th generation) I sold one today at CDN $3200. Fuji has a pixel doubling
>algorithm that will make a 12 MP image. Most S2 owners tried Nikons and
>found they liked the Fuji rendition better.

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"Howard McCollister" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Darrell" <no@spam.here> wrote:
>
>
> > Most S2 owners tried Nikons and
> >>found they liked the Fuji rendition better.
> >
>
> Only the few Nikon users that shoot JPEGs.
>
> RAW on the Fuji is kind of a joke at 3 total frames, and Fuji's attitude
> toward RAW is capped off by the RAW EX software, which can most generously
> be described as "cumbersome".
>
> HMc
>
The point is the camera is in demand, as I sold 2 of the S3 Pros yesterday
at CDN $3300 each. They must be doing soething right. I sell pretty well all
the current dSLRs, I have a shelf full of the Maxxum 7D, * ist DS, D100,
D70, 20D, 10D, Drebel, and some S3 stock.