{"id":112668,"date":"2020-09-03T08:57:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T06:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coffeeandtech.co.uk\/review\/panasonic-lumix-s5-will-be-a-competitor-to-more-expensive-cameras\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T09:15:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T09:15:37","slug":"panasonic-lumix-s5-will-be-a-competitor-to-more-expensive-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/panasonic-lumix-s5-will-be-a-competitor-to-more-expensive-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic Lumix S5 will be a competitor to more expensive cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Panasonic Lumix S5, Panasonic has a wide range of full-frame system cameras. This is a camera aimed at the Nikon Z6, Sony a7 III and Canon EOS R, but it is more favorably priced, and offers a combination of features and possibilities we have not seen in this class before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LUMIX S5 - Introduction\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMdBT3_AS5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The camera body is a bit smaller, and a bit lighter than a Lumix S1, which has been criticized for being large and heavy. But there is little indication that Panasonic has shrunk the feature level of the Lumix S5, which has a full-frame 24 Mp image chip, 4K video, image stabilizer in a weatherproof camera body with two card slots:<\/p>\n<h4>Lumix S5 facts:<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 MP full format CMOS image chip<\/li>\n<li>Five-axis image stabilizer up to 5 steps 6.5 steps w. Ext. lenses<\/li>\n<li>Up to 7 frames \/ s, 999 jpeg, more than 24 RAW \/ jpeg in series<\/li>\n<li>More than 14-step dynamic range<\/li>\n<li>4K \/ 50\/25 \/ 24p 10-bit 4: 2: 2 internal recording for 30 min, HDMI output unlimited<\/li>\n<li>RAW video output via HDMI<\/li>\n<li>96 Mp high-resolution still images in RAW and jpeg<\/li>\n<li>6K and 4K photo in 30 fps with 18 and 8.3 Mp files<\/li>\n<li>2.36 Mp OLED viewfinder<\/li>\n<li>7.6 cm 1.84 Mp touch screen<\/li>\n<li>2 x SDXC card slots, UHS-II + UHS-I<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth and 2.4 \/ 5 Ghz Wifi<\/li>\n<li>470 images battery life<\/li>\n<li>Hosted camera housing<\/li>\n<li>132.6 x 97.1 x 81.9 mm, 714 grams with battery and SD card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is quite raw to be a camera just north of 2,000 \u00a3, and no other cameras in this class are close to the same specifications. But this is not all.<\/p>\n<h4>10-bit 4K<\/h4>\n<p>The Lumiz S5 can also record slow motion recording in full HD at 180 fps, it can record 4K \/ 50p 4: 2: 0 10-bit, and 4K \/ 25p 4: 2: 2 10-bit internally, or 4K \/ 50p 4: 2: 2 10-bit via HDMI output.<\/p>\n<p>You can also record 4K \/ 25p 4: 2: 0 8-bit internally without time limit, and the S5 supports shooting with V-Log \/ V-Gamut and the colorimetry called VariCam Look. It also has various shooting formats, including 4: 3 anamorphic mode, 4K interval shooting and 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range).<\/p>\n<p>You can also select gamma curves that can be used with the ITU-R BT.2100, and the camera supports images with the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) in Photo Style menu, as better image dynamics on TVs with HLG support.<\/p>\n<p>The built-in image stabilizer, supports stabilization in five axes up to five exposure steps, but with lenses that have optical stabilizer built-in &#8211; O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer), combines the camera&#8217;s and lens&#8217; two-axis stabilizer, providing up to 6.5 exposure steps with stabilization.<\/p>\n<h4>Dual Native ISO<\/h4>\n<p>The S5 also has Panasonic&#8217;s Dual Native ISO built-in. It is taken from the professional video department at Panasonic, and works so that the camera selects a base ISO and optimizes the processing to the selected value, which here is 640 and 4000 ISO.<\/p>\n<h4>Autofocus<\/h4>\n<p>The Lumix S5 has also got 225 focus points with contrast focus and Panasonics with DFD focus (Depth From Defocus), which should focus as fast as 0.08s, and has a sensitivity down to &#8211; 6 exposure steps.<\/p>\n<p>Autofocus also uses machine nutrition to recognize objects, and especially moving subjects such as animals, humans and birds in flight.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3>96 Mp high-resolution<\/h3>\n<p>As with the other Lumix cameras in the S-Series, the High Resolution shooting mode is also found here, which uses the camera&#8217;s built-in stabilizer to combine several images into one RAW or jpeg image with 96 Mp resolution. It requires a tripod, and a stationary motif, and is better suited to landscape and architecture, than portraits and sports.<\/p>\n<h3>Accessories and availability<\/h3>\n<p>The camera is on sale from the end of September \/ beginning of October, and will be available with a 20-60mm f3.5-5.6 zoom, or only as a camera body. According to the press release, those who order in on 30 September can check for a free 45mm f2.8 from Sigma, to a value of 550 Euro.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a microphone adapter for balanced XLR connection called DMW-XLR1), a vertical grip with space for extra battery called DMW-BGS5, which expands the number of pictures to 940 pictures if you use the viewfinder. Or 3000 images when you turn on Power Save.<\/p>\n<p>A remote control called DMW-RS2 will also be available, as will a power supply called DMW-DCC17, and the small table stand with remote control shown in the pictures, DMW-SHGR1.<\/p>\n<h3>Multiple S-Series lenses<\/h3>\n<p>New lenses have also been announced, and will come later in 2020\/2021. These are cheaper lenses for the full-frame cameras of the L-mount: A 24mm wide angle with aperture f1.8, a 35 \/ 1.8, a 50 \/ 1.8, an 85 \/ 1.8 and a 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 telephoto zoom.<\/p>\n<h3>Announced new firmware<\/h3>\n<p>We should not forget that Panasonic has already announced a comprehensive upgrade for the Lumis S5, which will come with a new firmware during 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It includes Cinema 4K video recording, RAW video output via HDMI to Atomos Ninja with 5.9K resolution in 25p, 4K50p and anamorphic 3.5K \/ 50p. At the same time, new functions will be added, such as Vector Scope Display, Master Pedestal Adjustment and SS \/ Gain Operation (SEC \/ ISO, ANGLE \/ ISO, SEC \/ dB) as well as support the choice between L.Monochrome S and L.Classic Neo in the menus under Photo Style .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n Here you see the size of the Lumix S5 (center) in relation to the S1 (left) and GH5 (right).\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Panasonic Lumix S5, Panasonic has a wide range of full-frame system cameras. This is a camera aimed at the Nikon Z6, Sony a7 III and Canon EOS R, but it is more favorably priced, and offers a combination of features and possibilities we have not seen in this class before. 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