FinePix S2 Pro

The Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro was an interchangeable lens digital single-lens reflex camera introduced in January 2002. [cite press release | url = http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/PRNewsDetail.jsp?DBID=NEWS_625937 | title = Fujifilm's FinePix S2 Pro delivers exceptional high-resolution images, flexibility and convenience to the professional photographer | publisher = Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | date = 2002-01-29] It was based on a Nikon F80 (N80 in the U.S.) body that was modified by Fujifilm to include its own proprietary image sensor and electronics. Because of the Nikon body, it had a Nikon F lens mount and so could use most lenses made for Nikon 35 mm cameras. It was autofocusing, had an electronically controlled focal plane shutter with speeds from 30 sec. to 1/4000 sec., built-in exposure metering and pop-up flash. Its ISO film speed equivalents ranged from 100 - 1600. The S2 Pro also had sound recording capability. The camera is no longer in production, having been superseded by the Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro in February 2004.

Aside from the Nikon lens mount, the camera's principal distinction was its unique (and controversial) 6.17 megapixel photo sensor. Known as the Super CCD, it was unique in having its photodiodes oriented diagonally rather than horizontally and vertically as in all other DSLR cameras. This allowed the use of a sophisticated interpolation system that produced an output image equivalent to 12.1 megapixels. The apparent resolution of images in this interpolated mode lay somewhere between 6.17 megapixels and the 12.1 megapixel interpolated output.

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