This guy only has 319 Subcribers, but level of reviews and comparison is way beyond of other youtubers who have more than 100K Subcribers. Amazing work, real world examples like shooting in front of windows is just perfect.

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. It was very informative and thoughtfully articulated.

Thank you Peter for taking the time to do these wonderful tests. They answered a lot of questions. There are some colors that the Pocket 6K does better than the S5 according to your tests, but then there are some colors that the S5 does better. And the recoverable shadow detail in the S5 is amazing. I'm sold on the S5. It's interesting, but you may be able to get better color if you try a different LUT. I bought the Juan Melara P6K2ALEXA LUT and I use it on the Pocket 6K footage and I am able to match my Arri Alexa shots very closely. I took the same LUT and applied it to some Panasonic S1 V-Log footage I had downloaded and I was amazed. It pulls out certain color variation subtleties that I couldn't get otherwise on the S1. You should give it a try. It's only $30 bucks. It may map out the colors on your S5 footage to give you a better red on that door. Now the question is, S5 or A7SIII? I think that side-by-side, the S5 would probably render nicer skin tones than the Sony, but the Sony's rock-solid autofocus and full frame 4K60 and 4K120 make it a tough call. I guess I should buy both the S5 and the A7SIII. Haha.

Such a nice comparison video. So calming and i can see everything i wanted to know. Its amazing! More of that please

Been using my S1 for a while, but I pre-ordered the s5, great video, keep it up man, you deserve more subs!

Thank you so much, I wasn’t sure which one to get. Now I know. Great video, keep up the good work 💪🏼

Thanks for taking the time to show us this! You've got a new sub here.

Very helpful video, I'm looking to upgrade from my gh5, and this really helped. Thanks for taking the time to do the comparison 👍

GH5 user here, needing to get a new cam soon as mine is absolutely battered! I was drawn to the S5 as soon as I read about it and have been watching a ton of videos on it. I was pretty convinced already but this video seals the deal. You now have 230 subscribers 😁

You sir are a freakin genius !! Thanks for this comparison test . I was getting tired of everyone else’s “ s5 has horrible focus” videos

The best test i ever seen, thank you

Youve helped me end my search for a entry level camera. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this review, incredibly helpful.

This video is so well done, goes in depth into the matter, great job! I purchased the S5 few days ago after watching countless review! Unfortunately I found this video after the purchase, but I'm glad to see that your thorough tests, which represents real world scenario, confirms the good quality of this camera and its sensor/image processor! The fact it's so good just using the internal recording is fantastic. Having a Ninja V, I will try to record in RAW for sure! Unfortunately not having a Mac I'm stuck with Premiere Pro for editing RAW, and as a new Davinci Resolve user is a big downside (not S5 fault though of course). I put a like on your video of course and you gained a new subscriber! Thanks for your work in this video.

Wow. This is great. I literally just pre ordered the S5 and this video just made me that much more happy that I did! Thank you!. New sub here! Great channel! 🙌

Thank You! Great test!

This is a fantastic comparison Peter. Thank you so much for sharing!

By far the best review of the cameras for me.Thanks Peter.

The blackmagic is shooting "Raw" (while not true raw, it is barley processed compared to the panasonic, which means it doesn't have as much NR if any at all applied. You need to apply it in post). The same goes for sharpness. Also the first test you did not do right. Re do it at iso 1000 and ETTR on the p6k then bring the iso down a little in post. This is how you retain more stops in the highlights and expose for the dark subject. You bring the iso down in post to obtain a cleaner image and get proper exposure after ETTR. I can't stand how many tests are done at iso 400 when this is clearly a situation that you shouldn't use it. Go look at the DR chart for the p6k and you'll see what I am saying. iso 400 is only good for controlled lighting situations and scenes without a ton of highlight information. Also for lowlight 1250 is the sweetspot of the camera and not 3200. 1250 will retain more stops of shadow detail and have a cleaner image. 3200 is usually fine too if needed (yes I'm aware it is the iso that has no gain or negative gain applied) but this is how dual native iso works. I'm getting tired of telling people this and the amount of shear misinformation about how the iso effects the DR allocation of this camera and cameras alike. Your CA is caused by the lens and aperture. Plain and simple and has nothing to do with the camera nor the codec used. Also again the panasonic is processed in camera and could be fixing the CA in camera. If you used the same lenses between the two cameras then this would clearly explain why there is CA on the p6k.

Very helpful review, I'm glad it went in that direction. I had an S5 on back order since October lol

I'm using the S1 for one year now, that shares the same sensor and DR, and I'm really happy with the results I'm getting from it! Panasonic did a great job with these codecs!

Finally someone who shoots ETTR in real situations for a dynamic range test! Subscribed and looking forward to future content!

Thankyou for making this comparison video. I've been considering an s5.

Dam good comparison man. You deserve 100K subscribers.

Great job 👌 really awesome review and super helpful

Great skilled comparison! More of these kinds of videos!

Fantastic job man!! Thank you very much!! A lot of people saying that blackMagic make "more cinematic" footage but here you can see that it depends actually and very achievable with panasonic in particular.

I feel like shooting raw is what caused the noise, since typically H.264 encodings have noise reduction baked-in. I would have loved to see the BMPCC6K exposed to its 'full potential,' that is, with the highlights overexposed but pulled back in post (which is possible due to RAW).

Nice comparison, you really put in time and effort into the video. Thanks for your work. Really shows what lumix s5 is capable of. I would love to see a comparison of the BMPCC6K vs Lumix S5 Mark 2, that will be really awesome

Excellent points. Love the fact that you test each camera to its best effort. That’s truly a way to have a fair test. I own both LUMIX and Sony. I shoot the a7s and the S5. Both have great image quality and both have differences. I see that because I shoot each camera to its strengths. Thanks for the review.

Great real life test. I am greatful to pre ordered the S5. Thx a lot!

In my tests the S5/S1 in V-log has about a stop more DR than the P6K but the BRAW codec is much more flexible in terms of actually exploiting large DR scenes and you can ‘break’ the internal codec on the S5 so the practical advantage is less. Once you start to use NR in resolve the shadow depth in the P6K is remarkable. Not just tonal detail but also colour separation. For high ISO the S1/5 really pulls ahead and they are true low light cameras. Good as the S1/5 are in tests and specs the colour ‘ fidelity’ of the P6K is enough ahead to choose it over the S1/5 if situations allows. They both complement each other so any serious shooter should own both esp if you shoot high frame rates as the aps-c crop on the S1/5 is very much inferior to the P6k full frame.

Hi Pete, it would be lovely to see a follow up video to this one next month (hopefully you still have access to these cameras).. but shooting BRAW 12 Bit 6K on the S5. This will make the comparison fairer and also reveal what the footage would look like without in-camera corrections on the S5. You would probably need a 12G HDR Recorder, of course. Thanks for this video though. It is a beautiful comparison, and relevant because these cameras do compete in a similar price range as cinema cameras.

Nice review. Thank you Peter!

Its so nice to see someone doing a proper dynamic range test in which we can see results in a real setting.

Excellent video, I love the way you compared them! Good work Peter. Your new friend in Warsaw :)

From Thailand,Thank you so much for do the it's the test that i want to see.Great job!

I’d like to know the glass used for each camera. As well as if you graded in Da Vinci.

Just bought this in 2022. This sold me - Thanks Peter. Got the camera and two lenses for about $2300 BRAND NEW. KILLER SALE right now.

i been looking at alot of BMPCC 6k vs Everything (C70, A7siii, s5, GH6 etc.) and I can't get over how much more "filmic" the BlackMagic 6k cameras produces vs specifically Panasonic, whose image seems to be very digital and video-y. BlackMagic has that...filmic look...for me its in the movement, and overall 'look' of the image - i.e. even in the simple panning tests from 7:11 to 7:41, the s5 image seems to be rendering frame to frame or something - like there's a bit of a stutter due to the codec itself whereas, the BlackMagic seems to be flowing easily, creating a more believable scene - everything looks organic, like its supposed to be there. Just wanted to know if anyone else thought the BM crushes any camera around it's price range, if its the filmic look one's going for.

Thanks for putting this together. I've shot a lot on the S5 sensor in other cameras that use it too, and a good bit on the P6k/Zcam S6 sensor. Both are quality sensors, but the full frame sensor is just better all around. The full frame sensor just has very clean shadows and great low light performance. When the light goes its easy to see which camera is better. It would be interesting to see this test again once Pro Res RAW is released for S5, and see how that compares to the braw

Great comparison! On any of the comparison shots, most notably the darker scenes, did you use ISO 4000 on the S5? Might have been out of your test case but just curious is you tested any of the dual native on that camera which I know is very helpful.

Thank you for this video.I'm between these 2 cameras and this comparison was helpfull..

Thanks. A bit strange that in some of the shots the BMPCC6K is soft compared to S5, while for moire test the S5 looks very soft. Why is that? And would be nice if you could comment on the ISOs for the lowlight parts.

Great review. I love the lack of chillstep music too. Thinking of getting the s5

I've had my S5 on order w/BH and I've been teetering on decision to pull the plug in favor of a better focusing system.. watching this low light footage again just sort of talked me off the ledge lol. Thanks again :)

Great work 👍 thank a lot ❤️

I own the BMPCC4K. And I just preordered the S5. Part of the reason I looked into the S5 is that I've been shooting with Panasonic for a while. I shot a feature film on the GH5 and it came out great. After seeing this, I am glad I'll be getting the S5. There is the talk of the AF in the S5, but I saw a KZfaqr adjust the AF settings and get pretty reliable AF response out of it. Either way, the S5 looks really good. Thanks for this video.

You just have a new subscribe this test was so professionell 👍 greetings from a S5 Owner from Berlin Germany

Do you see a difference in quality from the 6k opposed to the S5? Im thinking about getting the Video Assist 12g for my S5 just to record 5.9k but not sure how big the difference is in terms of quality

Great video man

Great job man! Definitely a good real world comparison. Keep up the good work! New sub here 😉

Thank you for this!

Awesome comparison! Audio quality was fantastic. What microphone did you use for this?

Pretty interesting comparison. Very useful information for taking a decision between both cameras.

Thanks. Nice edition. Is te slow motion 60fps?

great testing and thanks for sharing your findings.. greetings from Sweden... cheers.

Great video Peter! May I ask you what Lut did you use to color grade the S5 footage? Thank you.

Great video comparison Peter! Love Panasonic’s colours and built quality. Definitely leaning more towards S5 😃 thanks again for this video 💪

This was great thanks

Wow this is really good, thank you

Great comparison sir

What a fun little video that's well presented. I own a bmpcc and two gh5 cameras and was considering an s5. It's so hard to keep only one camera 😅 Btw instant sub, I'm looking forward to more so thank you! Comments section of awesome too 😁

Well done dude! Thx

Peter, were you using the S5 for the talking head parts of your video?

Hey, How do you color correct the s5 footage? did you use LUT? Thank you

Very nice! Thank you

Awesome voice pickup from the mic. What mic is that?

great video...sold my S1R a few months ago and still regret it. I think I'll be picking up the S5 soon!

Ur destined for greatness 👍

Wow! Thank u so much for this comparison.I've been researching for a few months now btwn the G9,S5 and the BMPCC4K.A because of these REAL TIME examples and GREAT EXPLANATION of flaws and differences btwn the 2 it looks like the S5 is the way to go.Body only,I'm looking at $8-$900 used.With kit lens around $12-13.Is the kit lens good enough or do u have a lens recommendation?

Can you please share the accessory you used to mount the camera on top of the pocket?

cheers man - not too scientific - not too run and gun - a pragmatic and artistic test - much appreciated - subbed - i kept seeing little bits and pieces on youtube about how clean panasonic's image was and you just confirmed it - would love to see you do an ibis test - there are very few online ibis tests and you might get some good views on such a test - i'm thinking sony vs panny vs fuji vs canon - anyway, peace :)

Very nice test and makes me miss central park. Would be curious to know how you confirmed you were just under hard clipping both cameras? You mentioned using 100IRE zebras but that can be problematic if one log curve uses superwhites or not. Some cameras have as much as a whole stop of detail stored in the 100-109IRE range which can throw off comparative results. Your results seem right given what I've seen from other tests of each of these cameras but I'd want to see that confirmation of equal white clip before trusting that I can take what you're showing is a good comparison of dynamic range.

what picture style you shot s5 on ? cinelike d2, standard, natural? also did you use intelligent dynamic range or was this disabled?

i think both the cromatic aberration and the higher noise on the bpmcc6k is due to the fact that shooting raw doesn’t process the image? Over all pretty amazing how close these caeras are. Great video!🤩👌🏻

thanks for this fantastic comparison! as my name says, i'm more into aerial shot, but I was looking for a good ground cam for long. canon's r5 overheating monster didn't impress me. sony's a7siii also didn't get me - (12mp sensor would be a bit low for photography - since I also wanna do photography). So I almost went for the bmp6k, since some of the ground teams I work with use them with satisfying results. but then this baby appeared... and I wondered how it would compare with other cams. I saw a "low light" test and it didn't feel it like has to hide from the sony a7siii. And now your video also shows that it's quite competitive with the bmp6k 👍might go for it. yes i know, it doesn't have a "good" autofocus as those other guys, but in pro video creation that is not such a big deal 😅

Peter are you going to use the Panasonic S5 Mark ii and Panasonic S5 Mark ii X

Why do you have only 1.5K subscribers. We can see that you care about the output and put an effort to make the review less of a YT-style content and trying it to make it more cinematic, so to speak. New sub here.

Great review!

Great real world comparison ! Very interesting

OOOOOOOHHHHH MAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN, THAT WAS JUST AMAZING!!!!

great video thank you

Peter really well done. Question. On those bright outdoor scenes with noise in the shadows, did you target middle grey? I think the 6K would perform better if you ETTR. For that matter, the S5 works best for ETTR set to 90% for V-LOG. I have both the 6K Pro and the S5. I love both, but the S5 is quite amazing to say the least. Especially with all the exposure tools Panasonic includes. I’m a past Sony user and just hooked with the image quality from the Panasonic S5. I will be ready to always buy their latest edition of this Series. I’m sold. Sure the AF is not as good as Sony or Canon, but if image quality is a concern…. go with the Panasonic. I’m not saying the Sony and Canon can’t compete on image quality, it’s just when you get into post and bring in your footage, the S5 is jaw dropping good.

Great, but Very important is to know what lenses you used?

Good test, good reviews

Thank you so much! Did you grade them both to looks similair or did you use the factory luts for each camera?

This is very very useful video... I think most of the people are not full time video creators and just want to have personal channel to share thoughts while they don't have the ability to set complete nice studio! So they need a camera with decent dynamic range and good audio..this video answer important question for those in the market with reasonablebudget.

Thanks for the video. 👍

What the hell, how do you only have 137 subscribers? Subbed. Nice work

I just bought the S5 I 2023 and I am amazed about the skin tones and overall image quality 🥰👌

Just subscribed and really loved this. A Panasonic rep recommended it so you're being watched lol! You should ask for a free camera :p I have the S1H but we're looking for some new cameras at work and the debate is between the S5 and the BMPCC6K so this is perfect timing! Everything is stronger with the S5 except for that one point about the BMPCC6K looking more filmic. The BMPCC6K almost blooms in the highlights. I'd be curious to see how the S5 looked with a 1/8th promist compared to the BMPCC6K. I'm also curious about how the S1H would compare with OLPF. Maybe your next video!

Great video! If money wasn't an issue; would it still be a smart to pick up the S1H over the S5? I'm having a hard time finding the right pro's and cons.

thank you . the best comparison in youtube. subscribed. i am cinematographer deciding which camera to buy ,mainly for indie films. i used to have a bmpcc 4k. i read somewhere that S5 shoots 24 fps in lower bit rates around 150mps. i don't care about numbers. in your opinion did you find ay difference in image quality. whats tempting about s5 is full frame and image stabilization which will help in run and gun indie scenario. please let me know

Great vid....cheers mate.

What mic was that you were using at the end?

What blackmagic color science version was used in this review.

Thanks!

for the low light shots, IDK what lens you used but with my sigma 18 - 35 I get much better results in low light with my bmpcc4k and the metabones speedbooster.

Finally something interesting) Thanks for the comparison! Did you notice difference in screen brightness? Is S5's screen brighter?