Lumix S5II

The saying goes, grass isn’t always greener on the other side. I learnt the hard way too, the hype train got me, I went Nikon > Lumix > Nikon. Ive used the Sony a7iv a few times and s5ii is no where near as good. Had you gotten the s1ii, then it wouldn’t have been so bad. I will get a tone of hate b

Current hardware in S5II/X isn't up to that readout speed. It's double the pixels of the ZVE1. There's way more to this equation than merely the numbers 4k and 60 fps. Plus Lumix has staked it's brand reputation on rock solid reliability, not pushing the envelope on bleeding edge speed. You're askin

I use my S1II professionally and I purchased it new. Lumix offers in Europe a 5 year extended warranty. So here's my 2 cents based on experience: I had the S5II and G9II, BOTH of which have needed to be sent to service. The S5II after a year as the shutter button started malfuntioning and the G9II h

Godox and the Panasonic L-mount bodies may not be a great choice, like it is for everybody else: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lumix/comments/1egjpzb/godox_and_s5iix_is_a_bad_pairing/ There's apparently a lag on firing, and issues with TTL accuracy, as well as banding issues with HSS. Godox might work if you'r

It’s a tool. You’re using it as said tool. On that note, my old S5II was falling apart like this after a year (and 50k shots). Talk to Panasonic, send it in and they will fix it under warranty. Ignore the ignorant people here who barely use their camera as intended.

I have an S5ii and Pocket 6K Pocket 6K Pros: Great Recording Formats Direct to SSD Recording Mini-XLR Inputs Wonderfully Intuitive Menus Cons: Garbage Battery Life No EVF Port Covers Awful Cheap Plasticky Build Quality Smaller Sensor Panasonic S5ii Pros: Great Build Quality Good IBIS Larger Sensor G

Just to be clear, I do not have an S5II and have never used either the S5II or the S5D, so I probably should not have commented. That said, it sounded like you were in a similar position to me a couple of weeks ago. Ah that sucks, there was a glitch on Panasonic’s website that made the S9 kits £599,

Think of you ever needing to have zooms. If so, MFT has a huge advantage in weight and price here, especially if we are talking about constant aperture. This advantage is not that obvious with short zooms, but quickly gets serious on 100+ mm. I was circling around the same question as you for months

Yeah. I noticed for the S5II/X not a single YouTuber mentioned the HDMI lag issue except for Gerald. Now I know why. That is the biggest con of the camera. I can overlook the issue because otherwise the camera is great, but I feel like shit finding out the issue after buying it instead of hearing ab

Looks gorgeous. Honestly most of the pics here taken by people with S5 and S5ii have been pretty disappointing compared to other full frame camera subs or even Fujis. But then there are you M43 wizards who come and blow those out of the water. Just shows its the man behind the camera and not the cam