Unsung Cameras Of Yesteryear: The Fuji S5 Pro 

2023 and I still love playing with this camera. Best $150 I ever spent.

From a S5Pro owner since day 1. I chose it for its dynamic range, its color, it was simply there... Nothing to change, nothing to add, simply perfect. I bought it as soon as it was released, my first dslr after a F3. Never looked back, although now, I am really tempted by an x-pro2. Thanks guys for making this video.

I still have mine. I had bought a D200 and I hated its AWB, so even tho the buffer wasnt deep and it wasnt as fast, I ate the 15% restocking fee and got the S5. You simply had to shoot deliberately, no machine gunning. I once did a wedding with a D700 and a S5 as a backup. I did the ceremony and group shots with the Nikon - about 400 images- and much of the reception with the Fuji - 1600 images. It took 3 days to edit the Nikon images - inconsistent WB mostly and the Fuji - 20 minutes. Only a few images needed slight adjustments (color casts from weird lighting). The prints were amazing. I would still buy a S5. I also loved the files from the S3 and lord, THAT was slow. Gorgeous images. I know some photogs that keep them around because of that look. The trick was to underexpose by a half stop or so.

the true camera man will worry about exposure on his last photo as his child takes his first steps into his enemy's arms. lol

Still use and love my S5pro. Skin tones, colours, warmth, it's magical. Nothing seems to match it. Thanks for the review.

I have my S5 pro since 2007. I traveled the world with it, and love output til today. My Fuji S5 pro is working like a new one. I replaced the leather at Nikon, also my Nikon service is always happy to see old lady. :) Yes for Kids stuff and portaits in early year and autum i prefer this over my D700 and D810.On fuji paper with Fuji machines in print, it looks like .. analog. So i hope my camera will do another 10 Years. :)

Best moment of the video at 9:10 The APS-C dSLR Fuji FinePix S5 Pro was released in 2006. At that period dSLR technology wasn't so inferior as it mentioned in the video. Two years later in 2008 the APS-C dSLR Nikon D90 was released. The first dSLR with video recording capabilities. Also in 2008 the mirrorless revolution in photography with the micro 4/3 cameras. Three years after Fuji FinePix S5 Pro, in 2009 the Canon 5D MK II was released. The first full frame dSLR with video recording capabilities. So the period was full of innovations that drastically changed the path of photography and videography.

I still have the Fuji S5pro. And it is still with when doing paid work. I use this camera when I am an rough environments like factories to shoot documentories or when I do workshops with beginning models. I also took it with me to New York in 2015 and enlarged images up to 100cm x 70cm. This camera went also with me to Tel Aviv this March. Photoshop has gotten better. Resoltution is still not everything.

Truely awesome video - thank you so much! That new series - taking a step back and looking at the history of our gear - is just what i've been looking for! It really makes you apprechiate today's possibilities, so please keep that series alive! .. I've been watching your channel since 2013 and your production have come a long way. Today's videos are just excellent! (So much better than the 'pink'-camera-youtube-channel.. You know who I'm thinking of..)

Please keep these videos up!! Its always great to see some of the older cameras and how they function

I love to watch all your videos and particulary the review of old gear! Great job again!

Love these types of videos. It is a great way to look into the past and is interesting to view them in the modern day.

You guys are my favorite channel. I hate having to watch other reviewers and I wish you guys would post more content. I really wish you guys had the early preview of the new Sony G series lenses. Also Chris, grow the beard back out man. It looks cool.

So glad you guys made this video. I bought my S5 pro in 2007 and I'm still using it today. It has so many flaws but does take a nice picture.

Wonderful! Thanks for making this.

As long as you guys keep up with the new stuff, too, I'd love to see more videos like this. By the way, the "first steps" part was hilarious. Poor Jordan!

First steps caught on camera awesome.

Looking back is always cool with camera. Nice posting, really enjoy seeing it so keep up the good work.

More of these please. This was interesting as hell!

I'm so glad you got photos to mark such an amazing moment in your life it was cool to witness

Great idea guys and great work as always!

Seriously, by farther best photochannel on RU-vid!!!Keep on like this!!

Love this series! Hope it continues!

Yes I certainly enjoyed the Retro camera video! Keep up the great work Guys!

its no surprise that Nikon didn't licence another body for another version - i think they would have blown the competition away

Thank you for interesting review, please keep doing these old camera reviews, they show us how far the industry has advanced since.Great job guys! :)

Kudos for making this video on an old camera, really enjoyable to watch! I would love to see more of these, as many others have noted.

Definitely cool idea for videos. Makes me appreciate what we have now a lot more!

I LOVE these retro videos keep them going!

"Retro Cameras Rock" I can watch this all day. Thanks.

What a great episode, to break up the reviews and other good stuff. Thanks fellas...and well done Liam : )

Great review I appreciate you guys taking the time to go back like this. It's important to help us understand how far the new technology has come. And it's a fun diversion. Now I'm tempted to try old school cameras LOL

I love this video, especially you guys captured the first step of Liam!!!

Really enjoyed the retro review, keep them coming!

Loved it!!!

good series thanks keep them coming

I remember shooting with the S3 and loved the dynamic range. Really nice to see this nostalgic video!

Great video guys! I end up comparing photos from my D70 to the latest camera I'm using, and usually am impressed with how good the old stuff was. Would love to see more of these!

These are some of my favorite videos!

Jordan this has to be one of your favorite videos of all time. :) You too Chris... First steps and all. Wow.

Everyone (even you) miss the OBVIOUS comparison I used as a Fuji Pro Rep at that time. Like a decent stereo speaker, the SCCD had a woofer & tweeter. The small "speaker" was tailored to reproduce high notes (bright) and the woofer made the low notes (dark) . The Super CCD did the same thing. But in those days all anyone would talk about was sensor counts, not dynamic range, image sharpness, let alone COLOR.

Omg this is amazing. Please continue this series and maybe even do some analog/film camera coverage if possible. Well done Chris/Jordan! 👍

More old stuff? Yes please, I was really impressed with the quality of the images from a 10 year old camera. Missing the first steps Jordan, priceless.

I really love the s5 pro. I wish Fuji would go back to sensors like that.

Loved this episode!!

I used my 11 year old, 8MP Canon EOS 20D exclusively up until 2013! Apart from the kit zoom lens which developed sporadic AF issues back in 2011 and onwards. The camera itself is still in perfect working order, even after using it a few of times outside in light rain. And I have yet to top the photos I took with that camera over the years, with my current Fujifilm X-E2. Even though I think that has more to do with my technique (I've had far less time over the last few years to devote to my hobby) than any shortcoming with the X-E2, overall its a lovely camera!

Yeah much appreciated, keep them coming please!

"Because" of you, I bought this camera and I must say I am every day more & more pleasantly surprised. Dynamic range still rocks in 2016. Thank you! A Belgian TCS TV viewer.

fun to watch....first few steps.....awesome....keep up the good work Ya'll.

I just got into digital photography fairly recently so these videos are great for learning about the evolution of digital SLRs and cameras in general :D love them

great episode, probably one of my favorites.

so enjoyed that -happy memories, loved the feel / usability of the D200 /D300 - swapped for the S5 pro back in the day, the sensor was superb compared to the others around at the time.

I've been looking for videos like this. More old digital camera reviews please!

wonderful idea for a series - keep it going guys

These kind of videos really show us and many "technical maniacs" what it was just 10 years ago, while now we complain of noise at 3200 ISO, when just 10 years ago that was the top available in professional cameras. That we want 4k, but back then Live View was only available for 30 seconds. Just give it time and technology will be so much better (it already is incredible, as it was 10 years ago), and in the mean time just focus on taking pictures and work on ourselves as photographers and videographers. Technology always come and go, but our skills will stay with us. Great video!

Very cool to see! Would love to see more vids like this

I love the concept... make more of these please

while reviews of the newest of the newest are important,, these not so necassary reviews of older cameras are lots of fun !! Great job guys .. keep em coming

Awesome work!

Yes, I love it, do more of these kinds of reviews!

long time follower of your channel and I just want to post to say great job on the video... in general all your vids are very high quality and looking forward to seeing each of your vids... now more specifically though, a full review of the A6300 and G Masters ;) keep up the good work guys!

Fascinating video - more please!

LOVE IT! It's like a cool history lesson!

Awesome series!!!!! More please!

yes please do other retroreviewes of cameras and videocameras (especially the film ones). great video, als always thanks for reviewing!!

This is a great series.. Please keep it up :-)

9:15 This is an example of precisely why the best camera is the one you have with you. Or, in this case, the one you have with you *that doesn't distract you by malfunctioning at the exact moment you want to capture* XD

Love it! Keep it up!

I enjoyed the look back. thanks guys

Used this camera with much love!!! I still own a fuji S3!

I love the look of old cameras. When i look at images from national geographic from the film days, im always amazed.

Great idea of the oldie review, loved it.

More Reviews of good old digital cameras. That was so much fun to watch.

"...compare our brand new babies!" :))) this makes my day! A joy to watch your videos folks, always.

LOVE this idea for a series! I was looking at s5's last year wondering how they would go today, but they're still a sort after thing on ebay! Real estate agents love them apparently. Great series, great to see the fun family stuff. Mates just hanging out whilst also being professional is the key to this stuff. It's what made top gear great in the early days.

Loved this! please share more of the history from where we came from compared to where we are now in photography

Great stuff! More of these please....

Nice video ! I just resurected my Pentax K200d and it's still a brilliant camera, those CCD sensors do have something special !

The Fuji S5 was my first digital slr. I sold it last year. I've just rebought one because having gone through umpteen modern cam's I still can't find one that matches the 'resonance' that the S5 creates with its jpgs. It's also an incredibly ergonomic camera, with dials in the right places etc. A proper photographers camera I think.

I had the Fuji S2pro when I went 100% digital and then S5pro. I still have an S5pro body that's been converted to Infrared! Fun to look back. I'm excited to jump onto the Fuji X camera!

I loved this video. I wish I kept all my old cameras and could see how far I've come since my original Rebel over 10 years ago.

Very nice episode, because the history will put the today in the context. Pixel peepers, dynamic range weepers and gear heads doesn't almost never remember from where we came, and that today when we have 17-22 stops possibility for exposure to push and pull shadows and highlights, it is way better than we ever had for the film. And the cameras are not limiting us, but some people just takes the current gear to limit themselves without good reason. So seeing these old things to deliver today... Put everything in context in very nice way.

This is a GREAT IDEA! Way to go guys! I remember my S5Pro. It was a great camera! Cant wait to see what else you guys use! Go Sony 828! (That I still have! lol)

TheCameraStoreTV: Thanks indeed for the energy boosting about Fuji Film S5 Pro, i am still using this lovely baby and i love the sensor :)

Ive used a S5Pro for many Years :) still love it and the CCD Sensor.

Fun episode and I would like to see some more of these cameras of yesteryear.

Really enjoyed the show. I'm a relatively new shooter ( approx 2 years ) but I love looking back at older gear and it's cool how we can look back at the early DSLR's. I use quite a lot of vintage manual lenses with an adapter on my mirrorless and it's surprising how well some of these 30+ year old lenses perform.

great video! thanks a lot.

Unsung Cameras Of Yesteryear is great, would love to see more of those

Came for the S5, stayed for Liam's first ever steps. And yes I'm watching a video that's six years old as of this writing.

Please continue this series!

Would love to see more video reviews on retro cameras! Great video guys :)

Love this! Can't appreciate the present without acknowledging the past ;)

I love these reviews!!!!!!!!!

I use these cameras for work everyday, we have some that have hit 1.3 million shutter actuations! Amazing build quality.

... Thanks for this great reviews that i am gonna keep it for ever, since i am still using my s5 pro and no intention to change it for it's amazing color and dynamic range ... Keep your good work

Still using mine now and then and amazed by how capable the ISO800 is. I just love the skin tone from this. I do always output 6M pixels - 12M looks pretty soft.

Great idea to review old dslr cameras to have a context of the current technology we are paying for today. I still use a Fuji S5 Pro.

For me, the best camera from 2007 to me is the A900/ 850. Was my first digital camera with minolta glass and to this day people compliment the skin tones and colors. Sure the 1ds mk iii is a beast, but the sensor in the A900 had amazing dynamic range in bright sunlight. I could shoot at 10 am on the beach and the model and sky were exposed. Its amazing how underrated older sensors were. Not to mention it was the sharpest sensor on the market. I dumped my d800e for a h3d ii from 2007. And the raws look amazing. Older cameras just had that look, similar to film. Now its more feature packed then look and the raws seem too digital. To this day nothing impresses me more then the A900 portraits in natural light

That is why I still shoot with a Nikon d200 w/85mm 1.4D My friends think I'm lying until I show them the image info. Still a great camera in proper light situations. Great video!