wheres this s5 d300 thread

[alexkidd]

someone linked to a thread with the dynamic range comparison between a d300 and s5 pro i think it was and now i can't find it

don't suppose any of you web wizards can use the search function a bit more successfully than I or perhaps has this bookmarked anywhere?

cheers

 

[JonClarke]

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=848571&postcount=27

 

[PsiFox]

Also

http://www.flickr.com/photos/le-hiboo/1086643267/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13647884@N03/2517564374/

 

[alexkidd]

ah much appreciated peeps was really banging my head on the desk not being able to find this

 

[puddleduck]

I've got quite a few other comparisions I've posted too, as I spend most of November 2007 evaluating both cameras.

I honestly prefered the S5 Pro's output 90% of the time, even though the D300 is much sharper.

This is the sort of thing I saw:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2410/2120077456_d04a845cc4_o.jpg

The S5 Pro just makes "nicer" pictures IMHO. I really wanted to like the D300 (especially as I'd just spend £1.1k on it), but for me it just didn't float my boat much really. But then it would be a boring world if we all liked the same stuff - I was pretty grateful for Jessops return policy in this instance

I also compared high ISO, and the D300 beats the S5 Pro, so you gain on DR but lose on high ISO:

ISO1600:

http://www.odysseus-software.co.uk/DR_Comp/RAW-compare.JPG

ISO3200:

http://www.odysseus-software.co.uk/DR_Comp/RAW-compare2.JPG

Cropped from the following test image:

http://www.odysseus-software.co.uk/DR_Comp/DSCF1438-web.jpg

I still think even though its getting on a bit, the S5 Pro is a very potent imaging device, as long as you don't care about megapixels too much.

 

[devitt]

Is it likely that FujiFilm will update the S5?

 

[Rikki]

I thought they would have this year as they usually take 2 years between releases but apparently not.