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Fuji S5 Pro + C/Y 50/1.4 MM
Im using KatzEye with it, far from great but it works mostly. Plus S5 Pro has 30 sec of LV, which is usually enough, if needed (decent for tripod work, funny is that even under bad light there isnt problem to focus, unlike modern A35 which gets so noisy, its impossible to focus by hand).
Saying that colors are nice is understatement. Its plenty sharp for 6 mpix, unfortunately it really is just 6 mpix. DR is very good.
Problems? Yea a lot of them. Its pretty slow, getting something from RAWs took me ages to figure "how to", but results are nice. And Im using kinda hazy lens (possible to "fix" in PP, not completely but it works most of the time).
Only real problem for me is that focusing by OVF only is kinda pain and that auto-exposure with non-chipped lens is unreliable. Not mentioning that if you want to get best of it, you need to severely overexpose (ETTR) and pull back in processing. Then those 14-bits and a lot of DR works nicely.
S5 Pro works best with Zeiss/Leica lens, especially Leica R are one of best for it. My only real problem is with what to replace it. But I have few adepts.. actually 1D MK3 is very nice substition too (one of best colors in Canon camera).
About noise, as long as you do ETTR, its usable up to ISO 800 (it provides full DR till then - actually even ISO 1000 works, but its just SW ISO, not real one). Just dont underexpose.. My old KM-7D is same, suprisingly usable even on higher ISO when ETTR is used.
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