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"S5 - Quality vs "Flash""
Pros: Concern for quality files
Cons: Not as fast as others
Summary: Must say the review did a good job of recapping this camera, at least from a non-studio point of view. I have had the "wonderful" pleasure of working with both D70 (my 2nd camera), and D200 (a friends camera), plus throw in Nikon Capture 4 software. Both of these cameras demonstrate what happens when a manufacturer decides that pixel count and speed are more important than a quality file to work with. Anyone doing wedding photography as one example hopefully will be concerned that neither of these cameras' files are able to handle the contrast range necessary in order to maintain detail especially of highlights in outdoor situations containing say bright sunshine and shadows thrown by a tree sprinkled across a group of people. On top of that, the software is completely unable to help with any overexposure in this situation. The information is lost. Yes, other programs including Photoshop's Camera Raw do help immensely. But this is someone else doing Nikon's job, so to speak, and definitely to a standard to which I would expect Nikon to desire.
Personally, I have quickly learned to appreciate the D range of the S5 because it gives detail that is firstly there, and secondly manipulable. Yes, Fuji needs to increase the pixels count, but thank you for being primarily concerned with giving us a product that allows a forgotten technical ability of film that many professionals grew up with - detail in highlight and shadow, both in the same image.
Those who know, know the difference. Perhaps in sports and personal snapshots this quality is not required to the degree that my clients expect in our work.
In conclusion for reference, I shoot only raw files for maximum file information with both my S5 and my primary camera, and have only minimal experience with Canon and its files and that only in JPG format.
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