johnriley wrote:
Cosseted in its cosy world of bubble-wrap, the lens arrived today, safe and sound. It stretched, no doubt weary from its long journey, unzipped its coat and now resides happily on my shelf waiting for its first walk.

Looks good and I'll look forward to trying it out soon!

gartmore wrote:
Size sometimes matters, my 85mm f1.4 has been used a lot this wedding season, clients are amazed at what we know is bokeh. I think everyone expects enormous DoF because of P&S cameras. Might still buy the 8mm for a big shoot next week but procrastination is always the thief of time

pentaxanne wrote:
While the body may be 95 percent Nikon, the sensor and image processing are 100 percent Fujifilm. The S5 Pro is equipped with the latest Super CCD SR Pro sensor, purpose built for this camera. It is an APS-C format sensor measuring 23.0mmx 15.5mm, slightly smaller than the DX sensor in the D200. Fuji’s SR sensors are different from conventional CCDs in several important respects. First, the main photocells are arranged not in a chequerboard pattern, but in a diagonal grid. Second, the main photocells are larger than the cells in conventional sensors. Third and most importantly, they have two photocells at each site, the larger ‘S’ cell tuned to capture the main image information, as well as the smaller ‘R’ cell tuned to capture brighter highlights. The theory is that this gives SR sensors greater dynamic range than conventional CCDs, so they can capture a wider range of shadow and highlight detail.