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Canon EOS D10 vs. Fuji S2: Opinions?
Hi Folks:
In April of 2003 I bought a Fuji Finepix S2 camera body, and 2 autofocus Tamron lenses. I've been a "Canon person" for many years, but I bought the Fuji (with its Nikon body) because it was the only affordable 6.1 megapixel camera available at the time, and I needed that resolution for my publishing business. Since Canon came out with their Eos D10, though it's priced substantially below the Fuji, I've consistently heard that it's a slightly better camera in terms of hardware and firmware engineering. It uses a new CMOS-type chip, and it also has a "bulb" shutter setting that the Fuji lacks. I'm seriously considering the idea of selling my Fuji equipment, and replacing it with a brand new Eos D10 body and the same Tamron lenses, but with the Canon mounts. In the current market, the sale of my used Fuji equipment would bring almost enough to pay for the new Canon equipment. But before I do this, I want to get some expert opinions. My questions are as follows. 1. In general photographic use, is the Canon body really better than the Fuji body? For example, are things like brightness/contrast and color balance better? I shoot a lot of black & white, and with my Fuji exposures, I DO spend some time readjusting the brightness and contrast in Photoshop. 2. How does the Canon's CMOS chip compare in terms of noise? I have a Celestron Nexstar 11 GPS, and I'm considering using the camera/telescope combo for astrophotoraphy. 3. And I have another application too. I have a scanning electron microscope in my shop, and for photography I use a 35mm. film camera. It takes the scope about 60 seconds to scan an image onto the film. I'd like to use a digital camera, but my Fuji is limited to a 30 second exposure. With the Eos's bulb setting, I could do the 60 second exposure. But I'm wondering if the image would look good, or would it contain a lot of noise? Canon vs. Fuji. I'm in need of some good advice. My thanks in advance for any helpful opinions or suggestions. David Sleeter |
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Canon EOS D10 vs. Fuji S2: Opinions?
I can't help your specific questions but... you can buy an adaptor to put
Nikon lenses onto a Canon, made by Novoflex and sold by SRB Film Service for £100 approx. I have been a lifelong Nikon man but what with the fact Nikon refuses to allow anybody to use Manual Focus lenses with all but the D2, I can save myself a bundle by buying a Canon D300 and a Novoflex adaptor. This Nikon man's going Canon due to Nikon's blatant profiteering. -- Yours Zebedee (Claiming asylum in an attempt to escape paying his debts to Dougal and Florence) |
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Canon EOS D10 vs. Fuji S2: Opinions?
I can't help your specific questions but... you can buy an adaptor to put
Nikon lenses onto a Canon, made by Novoflex and sold by SRB Film Service for £100 approx. I have been a lifelong Nikon man but what with the fact Nikon refuses to allow anybody to use Manual Focus lenses with all but the D2, I can save myself a bundle by buying a Canon D300 and a Novoflex adaptor. This Nikon man's going Canon due to Nikon's blatant profiteering. -- Yours Zebedee (Claiming asylum in an attempt to escape paying his debts to Dougal and Florence) |
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Canon EOS D10 vs. Fuji S2: Opinions?
2. How does the Canon's CMOS chip compare in terms of noise? I can't specifically answer your question about the D10, but I can assume that it's probably similar to the D100 or D60. "OK, now that we have gotten the basic feature differences of the S2 and D100 out of the way lets move on to the real meat of any digicam review, image quality. The S2's new Fuji SuperCCD is a very good performer, so much so that it actually surpasses the D100 and D60 for overall resolution. There has always been a lot of pro and con discussions about Fuji SuperCCD imagers and the way they interpolate the final image data. In six-megapixel mode the S2 has no problem keeping up with the competition but in twelve-megapixel mode the results can be awesome with some post-processing by Photoshop. The real trick is to do all of your sharpening in software, I use a combination of Camera Bits' Quantum Mechanic filter and Photoshop's unsharp mask before making 13 x 19-inch prints. The S2 will make a terrific studio camera as it has the same capability as the S1 Pro at rendering very accurate and pleasing skin tones. In fact, the S2 does a wonderful job of rendering true and accurate colors in a wide variety of shooting conditions. Just remember that if you're making the switch from film to digital, the exposure range is much tighter in digital. Where film has a good five to seven stop range of exposure latitude, digital is limited to about three to four stops and only one of those stops is in the "plus" range. It is very easy to blowout the detail in a digital image with over-exposure, especially in studio multi-light portrait shots." http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/s2_pg6.html I guess the qeustion really is what type of images you shoot. You mentioned low-light usage such as astrophotography and microscopy. I think my general impression is that a CMOS censor is ideal for these, though I'm not experienced with the S2. Had it been general, daytime photography then even a P&S like an Olympus 5060 or 8080 would've probably been more than adequate. |
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Canon EOS D10 vs. Fuji S2: Opinions?
2. How does the Canon's CMOS chip compare in terms of noise? I can't specifically answer your question about the D10, but I can assume that it's probably similar to the D100 or D60. "OK, now that we have gotten the basic feature differences of the S2 and D100 out of the way lets move on to the real meat of any digicam review, image quality. The S2's new Fuji SuperCCD is a very good performer, so much so that it actually surpasses the D100 and D60 for overall resolution. There has always been a lot of pro and con discussions about Fuji SuperCCD imagers and the way they interpolate the final image data. In six-megapixel mode the S2 has no problem keeping up with the competition but in twelve-megapixel mode the results can be awesome with some post-processing by Photoshop. The real trick is to do all of your sharpening in software, I use a combination of Camera Bits' Quantum Mechanic filter and Photoshop's unsharp mask before making 13 x 19-inch prints. The S2 will make a terrific studio camera as it has the same capability as the S1 Pro at rendering very accurate and pleasing skin tones. In fact, the S2 does a wonderful job of rendering true and accurate colors in a wide variety of shooting conditions. Just remember that if you're making the switch from film to digital, the exposure range is much tighter in digital. Where film has a good five to seven stop range of exposure latitude, digital is limited to about three to four stops and only one of those stops is in the "plus" range. It is very easy to blowout the detail in a digital image with over-exposure, especially in studio multi-light portrait shots." http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/s2_pg6.html I guess the qeustion really is what type of images you shoot. You mentioned low-light usage such as astrophotography and microscopy. I think my general impression is that a CMOS censor is ideal for these, though I'm not experienced with the S2. Had it been general, daytime photography then even a P&S like an Olympus 5060 or 8080 would've probably been more than adequate. |
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Canon EOS D10 vs. Fuji S2: Opinions?
"David Sleeter" wrote in message
... Hi Folks: In April of 2003 I bought a Fuji Finepix S2 camera body, and 2 autofocus Tamron lenses. I've been a "Canon person" for many years, but I bought the Fuji (with its Nikon body) because it was the only affordable 6.1 megapixel camera available at the time, and I needed that resolution for my publishing business. Since Canon came out with their Eos D10, though it's priced substantially below the Fuji, I've consistently heard that it's a slightly better camera in terms of hardware and firmware engineering. It uses a new CMOS-type chip, and it also has a "bulb" shutter setting that the Fuji lacks. I'm seriously considering the idea of selling my Fuji equipment, and replacing it with a brand new Eos D10 body and the same Tamron lenses, but with the Canon mounts. In the current market, the sale of my used Fuji equipment would bring almost enough to pay for the new Canon equipment. But before I do this, I want to get some expert opinions. My questions are as follows. 1. In general photographic use, is the Canon body really better than the Fuji body? For example, are things like brightness/contrast and color balance better? I shoot a lot of black & white, and with my Fuji exposures, I DO spend some time readjusting the brightness and contrast in Photoshop. 2. How does the Canon's CMOS chip compare in terms of noise? I have a Celestron Nexstar 11 GPS, and I'm considering using the camera/telescope combo for astrophotoraphy. 3. And I have another application too. I have a scanning electron microscope in my shop, and for photography I use a 35mm. film camera. It takes the scope about 60 seconds to scan an image onto the film. I'd like to use a digital camera, but my Fuji is limited to a 30 second exposure. With the Eos's bulb setting, I could do the 60 second exposure. But I'm wondering if the image would look good, or would it contain a lot of noise? Canon vs. Fuji. I'm in need of some good advice. My thanks in advance for any helpful opinions or suggestions. David Sleeter Check to see if you local camera store(s) have a 10D to rent. The one close to me does. Try it and a lens that you have an equivalent for out and compare with your Fuji. -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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