This is a peculiar camera. It is basically a Nikon N80 film camera that Fuji adapted for digital with an APC-C size CMOS right behind the stock Nikon shutter and a electronics pack on the bottom. The camera still has the film wells in it but the back is now the LCD display (no live view) and the battery well is extended down with a dummy battery placeholder. These Cameras were blessed with a Sony manufactured Fuji designed 6.2MP sensor that had a manufacturing defect that rendered them "blind" and no one replaces the CMOS, not even Fuji, claiming the stock dried up in 2005 after the recall. So these cameras are pretty much useless unless you confirm that the CMOS still works by taking a picture that is not all black or looks like a running impressionalist painting. Many are sold for parts, but nothing realy goes wrong with these but the sensor, so buyer beware. These cameras were once the darling of the pro digital wedding photographers as the "6+6" MP sensor interpolated 6MP of color and 6MP of contrast (sort of like your eyes cones and rods) into 1 picture and the range of blacks and whites was better than any other camera at the time. But today, their low MP rating and sensor issues has made them obsolete orphans, with no support behind the CMOS issue. If you can score one of these in working condition for less than $100, you will have a nice Nikon F-mount DSLR. Mount a inexpensive Nikkor AF 28-80 kit lens off any old autofocus Nikon SLR (dime a dozen today) and you will have a pretty nice rig for a low budget entry level DSLR Pros: Inexpensive nowadays, takes all Nikon F-mount lenses, solid build, decent battery life, no live view-has a real bright razor sharp pentaprism! Cons: Most for sale have a non repairable defective CMOS sensor, physically large and heavy, low MP, takes 6 batteries-2 CR123's and 4 AA Ni-MH batteries. No live view.Read full review
One of my favourite digital cameras,easy to use and great quality images,a few years old now but still packs a punch
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This camera is smaller and lighter than Nikon pro,but does the same superb job.
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The great thing about the Fuji FinePix S2 is that it shoots at 6 Megapixel, But outputs a 12 Megapixel image. It is basically a NIKON that has been reworked for FujiFilm, And having the NIKON F Mount, you have access to Tons of great Glass................It may be 10 years old, but the Images you get from it with good glass is well worth the Price tag these are now being sold for.
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What could be better than this camera. It is robust enough to take into almost any environment. Picture quality is excellent. Hard to fault the quality of this product. Nikon lens mount. I love it.
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The S2 is an interesting, somewhat quirky digital SLR from 2002. In its day it was one of the top six-megapixel cameras, and competed directly with the Nikon D100. In its favour the S2 had a slightly higher resolution, and the JPG output was more vivid and much sharper. Against it, the body was larger but cheaper-feeling, the interface was odd, and it was more expensive. On a physical level it was directly based on a contemporary Nikon film body, but with a digital back added as a sort of cradle, and by modern standards it's a relatively bulky device. The interface is sound, although there are three things that irritate me. The histogram is small and not the best around (it overlaps slightly less than a quarter of the image on a 1.8" screen, so it's hard to make out whether you have blown highlights). There's no flashing highlights display and there's no proper post-capture histogram, either. You can enable a post-capture histogram, but this forces the camera into a mode whereby you have to explicitly save every image. The only other irritant is that you have to turn the P/S/A/M dial to a separate ISO setting in order to change ISO value. You have to switch back to e.g. A or P to take the shot rather than just pressing the shutter button. The camera will only use memory cards that are 2gb or smaller. The camera's big strength is that its sensor and JPG processor can produce very vivid, colourful, contrasty JPGs. If you shoot RAW the camera becomes a fairly average six-megapixel SLR, although its colour response still has "pop", for want of a better word. In my experience blue skies look a little bit greeny-yellow and reds are very red, but this isn't displeasing. The S2 has a six megapixel sensor, although it interpolates the images up to 12 megapixels. The merits of this were debated widely in contemporary reviews, and the general consensus was that its output is slightly sharper and more detailed than other six megapixel cameras of the period, such as the D100 and Canon D60. The debate is basically meaningless as of 2009. The camera works fine with Nikon's older flash units. If you have one of the pre-digital SB flashes - I have an SB-24 - you can use it in TTL mode and it works. Unfortunately the body only allows for one stop of flash exposure compensation. The viewfinder has on-demand gridlines, although the viewfinder itself is relatively small. The body is plastic and feels cheap. It's not bad at higher ISOs. ISO 1600 is a stretch, but ISO 800 is perfectly okay if you expose to the right. If you boost shadow areas you end up with banded noise. The in-camera noise reduction makes JPGs resemble the output of a Fuji F30 compact, e.g. obviously smoothed but not ugly. The camera has an odd battery system. You're supposed to use four AAs plus a pair of CR123s, although the camera will work with just four AAs. I like the fact that it uses AAs. I can interchange batteries with my flash unit, and AAs are cheap and will be around forever. As of 2009 it has depreciated from being an alternative choice for advanced Nikon shooters to being a kind of entry-level alternative to the D40; compared to the D40 it will autofocus screw-drive lenses, but overall the D40 is the superior choice (sadly neither camera meters with pre-autofocus Nikon lenses). It also tends to be overshadowed by the Fuji S3, which captures images with extended dynamic range, and holds its value on account of it being almost unique.Read full review
I got this camera for my daughter (age 11) I have a new Sony A350 and rather than let her 'play' with my expensive new camera I got an ex-pro style DSLR that I thought could take a few knocks and would be a good learning tool for her. It's a fantastic camera! The body feels brilliant - much better quality than my Sony, viewfinder is beautifully clear and all controls and displays are logical, fall easily to hand and communicate information clearly. Pictures of people are just stunning, colours are rich and deep, The flash is obviously relatively weak, but better than my A350, redeye isn't a problem. 6 mega-pixels doesn't sound too impressive, but the S2 can produce images 12mp using software and the Super CCD tech in the body. I can't see any difference in the images taken on my 14mp Sony A350 and from the S2 at 12mp. In fact I prefer the colours produced by the S2. RAW images are a different story - the Sony images are clearly better - the progress made since the S2 was developed are evident here. However the original purchase price in the UK was around £2000 five years ago - I got this S2 for £165, less than a tenth of it's original cost and quite frankly if I hadn't already invested in my Sony A350 (& several lenses) I would be quite happy to use this camera as my preferred choice. I'm sure it will suit my daughter for several years. If you get the chance to get one of these - you won't regret it!Read full review
so I bought a second hand Fuji S2 Pro. I have 2 other Fuji cameras and I like their photos and build quality, was I wrong to buy an elderly S2 pro? No, is the definitive answer, it has obviously been well loved and looked after but even so was a 6Mp DSLR up to the quality of the newer S9600 I own? I bought an S2 body for under £150 and a tamron lens for under £60 so for less than £200 I bought a full DSLR camera. The Fuji feels like a proper old 35mm SLR with a power wind on the bottom, its big and a little weighty but like my other Fuji cameras (S8000 and S9600) it feels right, the buttons and dials are in the right places and everything feels solid. Fitting my new lens and lifting the camera for my first couple of shots and it felt like I had moved backwards through time and was holding my old Pentax Z10 again, the camera whirred into focus and blat, blat, blat 3 shots taken before I realised that this was a proper camera and could take more than 1 photo before spending the next 10 seconds saving to memory card. I also forgot that Fuji use the Super CCD system which means that in reality I'm getting an equivalent quality to a 12Mp sensor, the pictures are sharp, bright and have and excellent colour balance. After playing around with the butons on the back I had swapped the Film Speed to 400 ISO and another 3 photos taken, amazing and starting to feel like David Bailey. A new camera of similar specification will still set you back over £250 without a lens and it will Not be as robust as this old monster. The quality of image is as good as the 10Mp S9600, but I haven't had them both out in proper test yet but even so the 9600 takes a brilliant photo. There are downsides with the S2 pro however, its not light and its a BIG camera, it doesn't like memory cards over 1Gb and can still take SmartMedia cards if you can find one. On the plus side it takes AA batteries and two CR123A batteries that can be replaced with a battery grip and another 4 AA batteries, as it is getting on a bit and was based on the Nikon D100 accessories are getting easy to find, and although a Nikon lens could cost silly money a cheap alternative can be found for around the £50 mark on Ebay, as can flash guns and anything else you might want. I personally cannot believe that I have such a superb camera for under £200. To anyone wanting to move into semi professional photography I would recommend this as the way to go or anyone wanting to get an SLR again but not pay £500 for a decent kit, head this way Ebay yourself into some slightly older technology and have a ball.Read full review
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