Hands On Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro

Hands On: Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro
Click photo for more images of the Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro.

Once we had a new fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro ($1,900, street, body only) in our hands, we stopped calling this new camera a tweak and starting calling it what it really is: the baddest DSLR Fuji has made yet. Yes, that's a compliment.
As we noted in 
our First Look  (December 2006), this replacement for the S3 Pro consists of a Nikon D200 body with an eye and brain transplant: Fujifilm's 12.3MP Super SR CCD, plus the requisite Fuji processing engine and firmware.
Our field tryout of a preproduction S5 Pro was very much a Brief Encounter, but it was enough time to form a very favorable opinion of the camera. First off, Fuji's choice of the Nikon D200 body is an excellent one: solid, ergonomic, well sealed, and logically laid out. All camera systems -- shutter, metering, autofocusing, flash, battery power -- are straight D200. Read the whole article here


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