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Fuji S3 Discontinued
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Mayby everybody knows this already. I was surprised to see that Fuji have discontinued the S3 without having a replacement coming on stream. Just got the following in the photo news update sent out every week.
Fujifilm have released a statement confirming their commitment to the DSLR market and that a replacement will be launched to take theplace of the Fuji S3 Pro. The discontinuation of the S3 Pro means that Fujifilm don’t currently have a digital SLR in their line-up. In response to
this, Hayley Buery, Fujifilm’s Public Relations manager released this statement:
“The FinePix S3 Pro has been discontinued and there is now limited stock in the channel in the UK. The product reached its projected production volume in
June 2006 and was discontinued as planned.The continued strong sales of the FinePix S3 Pro has meant that it has sold out more quickly than our forecasts
predicted. This demand among photographers for Fujifilm?s SR chip has reassured us that there is real demand among enthusiast and professional users for
such an image quality focused product in the market. Fujifilm remains fully committed to the DSLR market and will launch a replacement product for the
FinePix S3 Pro, although we can release no further information at this time.”
I expect they’ll be looking at a higher-res sensor like everybody else (6Mpx seems to be dead now in the market midrange, it all has to be 8-10 or higher). It’d be nice for Fuji enthusiasts if they can uprate things like raw file buffering speed while they’re at it.
I bouhght one of these “last-minute” Fuji S3 deals.
Is it as good as the D2x, on the whole no.
WHat it is good at is very high-contrast scenes (weddings on sunny days), and studio portraits (the flash bounce is much less, more like negative film). Although 2 6 Megpix sensors merged together, the image quality seems comparable with an 8mp camera and unless printing A3 or more, the resolution is ample.
There is a new Fuji camera (the S5 I think).
Loking forward to seeing the specs on that.
Si
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