Preparing to head off on a prolonged journey that will take me along the north coast of France, Spain, Portugal, south coast of Spain, and later to Morocco and perhaps further, before returning to settle in Spain.

I’ve been an Olympus DSLR shooter since buying the E1 in 2004, and become less and less happy with Olympus suitability for my work, having shot with E1, E300, E500, E400. I have longed for greater depth of field capability for a long time, I am tired of postprocessing for hours to remove noise. I love the small bodies of my pair of E400s, which backpack everywhere with me, but not much else that I care for about them, apart from the stunning 50mm macro I shoot with most of the time.

So it’s time for an upgrade. I’ve worked and save hard, and have enough to begin migration to another system, and sell my existing kit. I’m torn between the Fuji S5 Pro, my preferred body, and the Canon 40D. I own lenses for Olympus only, so there’s no sway there. My main concern is, will editors buy Fuji S5 Pro shots? I know some markets [stock, for instance], are fussy about the S5 and won’t take it.

There are a few reasons I prefer the S5 to the 40D. The main ones:
Weather proofing [I spend a lot of time at the beach and coast]
Zeiss Manual lenses [I shoot mainly primes and like wide apertures]
Opportunity to upgrade within the Nikon system
Dynamic range
Grid preview in viewfinder
Great JPEGs [I’m a 100% RAW shooter, but would like this option]
Fuji film settings

I feel the two are close equivalents for high ISO / low light. Both cameras feel good in the hand to me.

I currently shoot mainly food, interiors, still life, and am slowly expanding [not so slowly from next month] into travel and documentary editorial work, so my main concern is will I be able to sell the shots from the Fuji S5 Pro as well as the 40D would?

Has anyone got experience of coming up against problems shooting with the Fuji? I would love to buy the Fuji and the Nikon system, but I have a concern that I should take the ‘safe’ bet and go Canon. Yes, I know the D300 would solve the problem, but would leave me a lens short for glass, but if you think I should go with that and less glass, I’d love to hear why! When not shooting editorial and commercial food and interiors, I also shoot fine art, and sell my work as limited edition prints, and as illustration stock for book and cd art. So would love the tonal range of the S5, and am tempted to shoot more portraits too.

Rough guide to lenses I plan to get, either way:
28/1.8 Macro
50/1.4
85/1.8
100/2.8 Macro
Lensbaby 3G
Hartblei super rotator tilt shift [probably later, budget wise]

Any thoughts welcome. Apologies for the long post!