Fujifilm S Pro Series - The Uncool DSLR Range

I take a look back to when FujiFilm cameras weren't the height of cool and desirability, namely the S Pro range. What makes them unique and why the sensor still matters in 2024.
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[@joellinker9899]

I really liked Fuji's bridge cameras from this time period. Great sensors + good operating systems + quirkiness. 📸!

[@gideonliddiardphotography]

Totally agree!

[@boahandarrowsproductions4326]

My first Fuji was a HS25 EXR. It was great!

[@unbroken1010]

This was not a bridge camera

[@Mr.Gribble]

@@unbroken1010 He Knows

[@williamcurwen7428]

I have three S3 bodies. This is because the SuperCCD sensor has the kind of colour and dynamic range that suits me perfectly.

[@athmaid]

KZbin does recommend gold from time to time it seems. Keep it up, great channel you're building here!

[@WraithCalling]

I have an S5 Pro, it uses the Nikon D200 (D2X) body, heavy and built like a tank. I really do enjoy it and the images it produces.

[@unbroken1010]

We know it's nikon body..

[@hitsfromthe]

The Fuji s 2 pro was a awesome wedding camera

[@unbroken1010]

Weddings are silly

[@photographyforenjoyment]

The S1 Pro was the camera that enabled me to change from shooting film back in 2001 when I had my own studio. It came at a price point that meant 'going digital' was affordable for very many pro photographers. Based on the F60, it wasn't very rugged but the importance of it shouldn't be underestimated.

[@garyallen7868]

I still use my S2, love that camera.

[@chriss5675]

I have an S3 and when I first got it I thought there was a malfunction as it took so long to store a raw file I was convinced it wasn't working. I do love the images it produces though.

[@gideonliddiardphotography]

Yep - it does take an age. Imagine if they had kept going with the CCD sensor?

[@andytaylor8802]

I still cant get mine to store an image as far as I can tell lol

[@richardgiallo9206]

Hi, great video , i just picked one up for £70 and i will use with Nikkor 50mm 1.8

[@gideonliddiardphotography]

Nice one!

[@PoptartParasol]

came here from your scameras video, love your channel!! Off to binge on all your other ones!

[@trulsdirio]

My first proper camera was a Fujifilm FinePix bridge camera, can't remember the exact model sadly. It still is my favourite camera in a sense, I found so much excitement running around through the yard with it, shooting everything I could, from close ups of plants to portraits of my cats and 10 year old me was just so amazed by every image it took.

[@Narsuitus]

I still use three Fuji S5 Pro digital SLR cameras with my inventory of Nikon F lenses. Two I use for wedding formals with multiple electronic flash units. I use the two at ISO 800 and lower. The third one is brand new in an unopened box that I keep as a backup. For shooting under low-light conditions without flash, I also use two Fuji X-Pro2 digital mirrorless at ISO 800 and higher with fast prime lenses.

[@unbroken1010]

Ok great

[@Wim37u]

I opened my S3 thinking i could repair the usb connector which i couldn't but it still had the shape for a film cartridge inside. Lol.

[@lawrencelunsford6028]

I bought a S-3 Pro new in 2005 and still have it today. Sadly the rear screen quit working years ago but the camera still works, you just can't make any changes to the camera that uses the rear screen. Last year I bought a second one for very cheap ($100. US with a 28mm lens attached). I always loved the colors these cameras produce. Will they replace my newer Nikon DSLRs?? Not a chance but they're fun to take out and enjoy. :)

[@eek0212]

great video! very informative and stick to the core unlike other camera related channel these days :)

[@gideonliddiardphotography]

I appreciate that!

[@TheLarkymarky]

I had the S2 and the battery setup was a nightmare!!!! The actual photo's were really nice but I wish I had shares in the battery manufacturers. I believe these Fuji's were actually Nikons under the skin though I don't know if the sensor was.

[@gideonliddiardphotography]

Yep, it's a Nikon F80 under the skin, with some Fuji digital bits as well, the sensor was Fuji designed (Nikon never used it that I'm aware of), I'm not sure who manufactured it for them.

[@unbroken1010]

If they put a regular pc sync on it as well

[@andytaylor8802]

what sort of price does the S3 fetch in 2024 then. ;)

[@gideonliddiardphotography]

Prices for them are all over the place right now, I've seen them go from £100 to over £250.

[@dollarinhand3443]

Please show me a Camera that has an higher Dynamic Range than the Fuji S3 or S5 series here is Ai searching for a camera that surpasses the Fuji S5 pro. Based on the information provided in the search results, there does not appear to be any modern digital camera that definitively surpasses the dynamic range capabilities of the Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro's unique SuperCCD SR II sensor, which could capture around 17 EV of dynamic range.

[@gideonliddiardphotography]

I'm not sure where the figure of 17EV for dynamic range on the S5 comes from, but it doesn't match anything I've ever found for the sensor, both Dx0 and Photons to Pixels indicate a significantly lower range than that.

[@dollarinhand3443]

@@gideonliddiardphotography The calculation comes from Ai Perplexity at 17 EV and Chat GPT at 19 EV when you take into account that the sensor has +7 highlight recovery in the dual photodiode design sensor the base Ev of 10 for Perplexity and Chat GPT at 12 base. This is subject to using the right software the Fuji film Hyper-Utility Software HS-V3. You could get good results with Silkypix Developer Studio as though Hyper was better but way to slow. My Sony Camera's do not even come close to dynamic range but kill it on resolution, low light iso, autofocus, Image Stabilization, High Dynamic Range Multiple exposure, buffer size for Image stacking, Noise Reduction Algorithms with all these added there is no comparison for the everyday user. Though the Fuji S5 Pro still wins for pleasing jpeg images due to the sensor ability to take high dynamic range images. It is not the color I can set any of my Sony cameras to mimic the same color right out of the camera. Though they do not give that pleasing dynamic range but I will say the new cameras images are nicer to look at because of all the other benefits that the new camera has.

[@unbroken1010]

It did not have 17 stops you nutter. 😂🤣. Stop sack topping for A. I. 😂

[@unbroken1010]

It can not catch 17 stops of dynamic range you nutter 😂