go for a D100, however having read a comparison on www.bythom.com it seems
that the Fuji S2 Pro is a slightly better camera.... On the downside however it adaptability for use
with Mac is described is being 'poor'.>>
Simon, I think the site you mention is one of those I consulted when choosing between the D100 and S2. Overall, I gathered that reviewers (including a favourable one by Steve Hynes in Prof Photographer) thought the Fuji had a slight edge. I've had mine over a year now, and it's behaved impeccably in the studio and on location, for lots of stock, editorial, commercial and press-type work too. I shoot reference snapshots in jpeg mode, but anything serious exclusively in RAW, downloading via a PC card adaptor into my laptop and thence by cable straight into Photoshop on the desktop, where the files are processed in ACR - not the Fuji software, which is clunky. Works like a charm.
<<I have always shied away from purchasing brands that try to mimic another
one, but the Fuji seems to be a serious competitor.>>
Not sure what you mean here, since Fuji (as I understand it) just got a Nikon licence to employ a modified F80 chassis, and are not mimicking anything. I had enough experience of their own excellent cameras & lenses to be confident about the quality. It feels like a toy compared with an F5, but you'll get over that and concentrate on the excellent images it permits.
<<Does anyone have experience of the S2 as compared to the D100 in conjunction
with the Mac and have any comment to make?>> At first I was still using a Mac G4 and downloading files straight from the camera. This worked OK, albeit using lots of battery power, but I imagine you'll use a card reader. The Fuji software ran OK on Mac OS9.1, but then I dumped Mac and returned to PC (phew!) so can't say more about Mac issues.
<<I shoot mainly editorial and the ability to shoot continuously is an
important issue.>>
Yes, I was concerned at first about speed, since I understood the S2 would shoot at most 7 (?) frames in continuous RAW mode, but I'm not a press or sport snapper, and speed has never been an issue for me; shooting models dancing in a studio has taxed the camera's speed I suppose, but it never delayed me.
Lenses seem to be an issue for some with DSLRs, but I get very good results from Nikon 24, 105 micro and 180 primes, ditto from a borrowed 24-85AFSG, and excellent results from my most-used 28-70 AFS.
HTH, Regards, Tony H
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