Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... 3 ABOUT THIS EBOOK... 4 YOUR RIGHTS VERSUS MINE... 4 PRINTING THE EBOOK... 5 NOTE ON THE FIRST EDITION... 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS... 10 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS EBOOK... 19 INTRODUCTION... 21 BEFORE YOU TAKE PICTURES... 26 WHAT S AN SLR?... 26 PHOTOGRAPHIC TERMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOW... 36 THE S5 PRO S HISTORY... 39 AN ASIDE ABOUT LENSES... 41 BACK TO THE S5 PRO BODY... 44 BUT WHAT ABOUT FILM?... 45 DEBUNKING SOME MYTHS... 50 S5 PRO BASICS... 58 S5 Pro Design... 58 The S3 Pro versus the S5 Pro... 64 The S5 Pro Sensor... 66 Sensor Specifications (Size) 68 Sensor Specifications (Pixels) 69 Sensor Filtration... 70 Tonal Range... 77 Brightness v. Darkness... 79 Spectral Characteristics... 84 Noise... 85 Sensors and Light Alignment... 89 Sensor Longevity... 91 Sensor Wrap-up... 91 POWER... 92 Changing Batteries... 94 Charging Batteries... 96 Battery Storage... 96 Clock Battery... 97 Alternate Power Sources... 97 Battery Life... 103 Battery Notes... 108 IMAGE STORAGE... 110 Buffer Sizes... 111 CompactFlash... 113 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 10
Solid-State CompactFlash... 114 Microdrives... 116 Microdrive Compatibility 117 Using CompactFlash... 120 Fujifilm-Approved Cards... 124 How Much Card?... 124 CompactFlash Troubleshooting... 125 Image Formats... 128 Pixels... 130 JPEG... 132 Setting JPEG 134 JPEG Artifacts 137 RAF Format... 141 S5 Pro File Sizes 144 Why RAF? 144 Setting RAF 145 EXIF... 148 IPTC... 150 DPOF and PictBridge... 151 File Names and Folders... 152 Folders... 152 File Names... 155 File Numbering Sequence... 160 CAMERA SETUP... 162 How Menus Work... 162 The SETUP Menu... 165 Date, Time, and Language... 170 Setting Date and Time 170 Setting Language 173 Programming a Comment... 174 Setting the LCD Brightness... 176 Set Up Recommendations Summary... 178 Image Quality... 179 Approximate Images Per Card 180 Viewfinder Adjustment... 182 Focus Screens... 184 Resetting the Camera... 185 Resetting Basic Settings... 185 Settings after Two-Button Reset 185 Resetting SHOOTING Menu Settings... 186 Settings after SHOOTING Menu Reset 187 Resetting SETUP Menu Settings... 187 Settings after SETUP Menu Reset 188 The Last Resort Reset... 190 Firmware Version... 191 SHOOTING PICTURES WITH THE S5 PRO... 198 CAMERA AND SHOOTING CONTROLS... 198 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 11
S5 Pro Controls... 198 Front View... 199 Top View... 200 Back View... 201 Side View... 202 S5 Pro Displays... 203 S5 Pro Top LCD... 203 S5 Pro Color LCD... 205 S5 Pro Viewfinder... 206 METERING AND EXPOSURE... 209 Metering Methods... 209 Matrix... 209 Center-weighted... 215 Spot... 216 Spot Meter Point 218 Metering Compatibility 218 Setting the Metering Method... 218 So Which Metering System Should You Use?... 219 Metering with Digital Requires Care... 220 Options for Evaluating Exposure... 224 How to Interpret Histograms... 225 Exposure Modes... 232 Flexible Program... 234 Program Exposure Table (at ISO 100) 235 ISO Sensitivity... 236 Noise Reduction Settings... 241 Automatic ISO... 243 How ISO Values are Created... 244 ISO Operating Suggestions... 245 Exposure Bracketing... 248 S5 Pro Exposure Bracketing Values Table (Exposures) 249 Exposure Compensation... 254 White Balance... 256 Custom White Balance... 266 Changing Image Characteristics... 269 D-RANGE... 269 FILM SIMULATION... 272 TONE... 278 COLOR... 282 COLOR SPACE... 284 LENSES AND FOCUSING... 286 Focal Length Limitations... 289 Lens Differences When Used for 35mm film and S5 Pro 293 Lens Angle of View 294 Lens Compatibility... 296 The Autofocus System... 300 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 12
Focus Mode (Single Servo, Continuous Servo, and Manual).. 304 Single Servo versus Continuous Servo Autofocus 305 Autofocus Area Modes... 307 Autofocus Summary... 309 Autofocus Settings Summary 309 Trap Autofocus... 310 Autofocus Assist... 311 Lock-On (Focus Tracking)... 312 Manual Focus... 313 Sharpening... 314 SHOOTING CONTROLS... 322 Shutter Releases... 322 Shutter Lag... 323 Frame Advance... 325 S5 Pro Buffer Capacity 327 Frame Advance Troubleshooting... 328 Self Timer... 328 Interval Shooting... 330 Multiple Exposures... 330 Remote Control... 334 Connecting to a GPS... 334 Using a Barcode Reader... 335 Depth of Field Preview... 340 18mm Lens... 341 20mm Lens... 342 24mm Lens... 342 28mm Lens... 342 35mm Lens... 343 50mm Lens... 343 70mm Lens... 343 Diffraction... 344 Other DOF Theories... 344 S5 Pro Menus... 346 PLAYBACK menu... 347 SHOOTING menu... 348 SETUP menu... 351 Error Messages... 361 IMAGE REVIEW AND PLAYBACK... 368 Image Review... 368 Image Review Options... 369 Rotating Images... 371 The PLAYBACK Menu... 374 Deleting Images... 374 Protecting Images... 377 SETUP MENU CUSTOMIZATIONS... 380 SHOOTING... 382 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 13
IMAGE COMMENT... 382 BACODE READER/GPS... 382 SHOOTING SPEED... 382 EXPOSURE DELAY MODE... 383 SELF-TIMER... 384 QUICK PREVIEW DATA... 385 DISPLAY... 386 IMAGE DISPLAY... 386 ILLUMINATION... 387 GRID DISPLAY... 389 VIEWFINDER WARNING... 389 ROTATE IMAGE... 390 AUTO ROTATE PLAYBACK... 390 AUTO IMAGE ROTATION... 391 AF... 392 AF-C MODE PRIORITY... 392 AF-S MODE PRIORITY... 394 FOCUS AREA FRAME... 395 GROUP DYNAMIC AF... 397 AF LOCK-ON... 401 AF ACTIVATION... 402 AF AREA ILLUMINATION... 403 FOCUS AREA SELECTION... 404 BUILT-IN AF-ASSIST... 405 EXPOSURE... 406 AE LOCK... 406 ISO AUTO CONTROL... 407 EV CONTROL STEPS... 411 EXP.COMP/FINE TUNE... 412 EASY EXPOSURE COMP... 413 CENTER-WEIGHT AREA... 415 FINE TUNE EXPOSURE... 416 FLASH/BKT... 418 FLASH SYNC SPEED... 418 FLASH Tv SPEED... 420 BUILT-IN FLASH... 421 MODELING FLASH... 424 AUTO BRACKETING SET... 425 AUTO BKT IN M EXP. MODE... 426 AUTO BKT ORDER... 428 AUTO BKT SELECTION... 429 BUTTON ASSIGNMENT... 430 AE-L/AF-L BUTTON... 430 CENTER BUTTON... 432 MULTI-SELECTOR... 433 FUNC. BUTTON... 434 FUNCTION LOCK... 437 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 14
COMMAND DIALS... 444 BUTTON AND DIAL... 448 TEST-SHOOTING (NO CARD)... 449 MISC... 450 NON-CPU LENS DATA... 450 MB D200 BATTERY TYPE... 452 AF-ON FOR MB-D200... 453 FILE TAG OPTIONS... 455 MISC... 457 BATTERY INFO... 457 FIRMWARE VERSION... 457 MAINTENANCE COUNTER... 458 MIRROR LOCK-UP (CLEANING)... 458 TIME/LANG... 458 DATE/TIME... 458 TIME DIFFERENCE... 458 LANG.... 458 SYSTEM... 459 FORMAT... 459 USB MODE... 460 FRAME NO.... 460 AUTO POWER SAVE... 461 BEEP... 463 VIDEO SYSTEM... 463 SET-UP RESET... 463 USING FLASH... 468 The Fujifilm DSLR Flash Saga... 468 What Happens When Flash is Used... 468 Flash Basics... 469 Digital Flash Differences... 471 More Hidden Flash Gotchas... 474 Allowable Apertures in Program Mode... 474 S5 Pro Safe Flash Head Focal Length Settings... 475 Flash Modes... 475 i-ttl Balanced Fill-Flash... 475 Standard TTL... 478 High-Speed TTL (TTL FP)... 478 Summary of i-ttl Flash Modes 479 Non-TTL Flash Modes... 479 Setting Flash Options... 483 Flash Option Interactions... 485 Flash Exposure Compensation... 485 Flash Features Available using an S5 Pro with Speedlights 488 Controlled, Repeatable Flash Results... 489 Third Party Flash Units... 492 Studio Flash... 493 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 15
S5 PRO INTERNAL FLASH... 493 Internal Flash Basics... 495 To Set TTL on the Internal Flash... 496 To Set Manual Flash... 497 Internal Flash Guide Numbers (Feet) 499 Internal Flash Guide Numbers (Meters) 499 To Set Repeating Flash... 499 Wireless Flash... 502 EXTERNAL FLASH MODELS FOR THE S5 PRO... 513 SB-600... 513 Specifications... 513 To Set TTL Flash... 514 SB-600 Usable Apertures and Flash Range in TTL mode (Feet) 515 To Set Manual Flash... 515 SB-600 Guide Numbers at ISO 100 (feet) 517 SB-600 Guide Numbers at ISO 100 (meters) 517 To Manually Set the Zoom Head... 517 To Set Flash Exposure Compensation... 518 To Set Red-Eye Reduction... 518 SB-600 Notes... 519 SB-800... 520 Specifications... 521 To Set TTL Flash... 521 SB-800 Usable Apertures and Flash Range in TTL mode (Feet) 523 To Set Manual Flash... 523 To Set Repeating Flash... 525 Maximum Number of Repeating Flashes at Each Power Setting 526 To Manually Set the Zoom Head... 527 To Set the Distance Scale to Feet or Meters... 527 To Set Flash Exposure Compensation... 528 To Set Red-Eye Reduction... 529 SB-800 Notes... 529 Flash Troubleshooting... 531 USING AN S5 PRO IN THE FIELD... 533 The Routine... 533 General Settings You Make Once... 533 Things To Do Before You Head Out on a Shoot... 533 Check Each Time You Turn the Camera ON... 535 Settings You Change Rarely (and then only for a reason)... 536 Settings You Change Often... 537 Things To Do After Each Shooting Session... 538 Keeping Track of Batteries... 540 Maintaining Image Quality... 541 Which Type of Photographer are You?... 543 Dealing with JPEG... 545 Color Profiles and Color Spaces... 546 Setting Color Spaces in the Camera 551 Setting Color Spaces and Profiles in Your Software 552 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 16
Fine Tuning the Color 554 Special Lighting Issues... 555 UV and Infrared... 555 Ultraviolet 557 Infrared 558 Shooting Under Fluorescent Lighting... 560 Other Field Shooting Issues... 563 Keeping the Sensor Clean... 563 Toppling a Myth 568 Worst Case Scenario 568 Panoramas... 569 Temperature Considerations... 570 Humidity... 570 White Balance Settings... 571 AFTER YOU VE TAKEN PICTURES WITH YOUR S5 PRO... 574 THINGS YOU DO AFTER THE SHOT IS TAKEN... 574 TRANSFERRING YOUR IMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER... 575 Connecting to a Computer... 576 PRINTING YOUR IMAGES... 580 Selecting Images to Print... 581 PictBridge Printing... 584 Printing Resolution... 586 Output on Commercial Printers... 591 VIEWING YOUR IMAGES... 594 Television Playback... 594 Slide shows... 596 DIGITAL WORKFLOW... 598 S5 PRO-RELATED SOFTWARE... 605 FinePixViewer... 605 Hyper-Utility Software... 612 Controlling the Camera... 613 Other Useful Software... 615 RAF Converters... 616 Image Editors... 619 Manipulating Levels and Curves 621 Catalog Programs... 623 Other Manipulation Tools... 628 BYTHOM SOFTWARE... 631 Photoshop Actions... 631 Excel Workbooks... 633 A WORD ABOUT COMPUTERS... 634 S5 PRO ACCESSORIES... 639 SPECIFICATIONS... 643 GETTING SERVICE... 646 Thom Hogan s Complete Guide to the Fujifilm S5 Pro Page 17