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frederick - 25 Sep 2006 02:08 GMT

Based on Nikon D200 body with 6mp SuperCCD sensor.
S3 image quality (or probably better) with D200 ergonomics and Nikkor
lenses should be pretty appealing.
But I guess that they might struggle to win new customers.

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RichA - 25 Sep 2006 03:38 GMT

>Based on Nikon D200 body with 6mp SuperCCD sensor.
>S3 image quality (or probably better) with D200 ergonomics and Nikkor
>lenses should be pretty appealing.
>But I guess that they might struggle to win new customers.

It seems like now people are more able to change brands if they see an
advantage to having one over the other. Since the old 3.4 megapixel
Fuji S3 produced decent images, like those of 6 meg standard DSLRs,
then this new one should be pretty decent. Plus, because of the
sensor, it won't need gimmicks like "dynamic range compensation"
since Fuji is still the class leader here. The biggest complain of
the users of the big two companies (Canon and Nikon) as always
concerned noise and the Fuji. Hopefully, they've improved on that.
I wonder what they have to pay Nikon for the D200 body design use?

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frederick - 25 Sep 2006 03:53 GMT

>> Based on Nikon D200 body with 6mp SuperCCD sensor.
>> S3 image quality (or probably better) with D200 ergonomics and Nikkor
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> Fuji S3 produced decent images, like those of 6 meg standard DSLRs,
> then this new one should be pretty decent.

The s3 pro had 6mp - perhaps that's why...

> Plus, because of the
> sensor, it won't need gimmicks like "dynamic range compensation"
> since Fuji is still the class leader here.

Fair enough - dynamic range compensation is a gimmick that any RAW
shooter uses anyway.

> The biggest complain of
> the users of the big two companies (Canon and Nikon) as always
> concerned noise and the Fuji. Hopefully, they've improved on that.
> I wonder what they have to pay Nikon for the D200 body design use?

Nothing - they are free. They sneak trucks in to the Nikon Thailand
factory at night and steal them. The factory security cameras have
Nikon sensors - so there is no chance that they will ever catch them
even when the moon is full.

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