Yeah, that sure sells it...

That was good for a laugh. “Entry level doesn’t mean it’s shit. It’s actually quite good.” Camera focuses on the trees behind Kai.

@@szoe139 It's hard to know if reviewers deliberately choose the worst AF settings to make a point, or they don't have the camera long enough to familiarise themselves with it. People who understand Panasonic cameras can get decent autofocus out of the latest models. It isn't as snappy as Canon or Sony in continuous AF, but is perfectly usable with the right tweaks, and in single shot is as good as virtually anything around. It's as if the only judgement on a new camera release is how well it vlogs out of the box. From a Canon, Fuji and Panasonic owner.

​@@borderlands6606 Got the S5 on Launch, the AF is flawless for Photography and decent enough for Video. I think for those this Camera is aimed at it really delivers, the Feature Set and overall Software Design are wonderful and for typical "GH5 workloads" it is absolutely a massive improvement in AF Performance, curiously enough factory settings tend not to give it optimum performance though. I think any Purchase is a trade-off, The S5 plays in the same league as much more expensive bodies, except when it comes to fast-moving Video Situations that require ultra-responsive AF, I personally feel that Tradeoff is well-worth it. In fact, even in fluent situations, there are two things that massively improve AF Performance: not shooting in V-Log and switching from Full Sensor to APS-C mode. TL;DR: As long as you don't plan on shooting a lot of fast-moving situations AF will work just fine.

@@philippvelimirovic2284 It's...video features are amazing and the AF is just decent. That seems like an odd match.

ugh... I've seen two reviews on this and this one highlighted the cursed Panasonic autofocus issue right away.

Man it's much improved over previous efforts

At this rate they might as well stuff it in a box like the Z-cam and make it professional cinema camera. Not like the autofocus will improve in the next 5 years.

NOPE for me. I would mainly use it for video and i need to trust the autofocus when needed.

It's basically their trademark now

Cine cameras don't have autofocus (rarely). None of my cameras have ever had autofocus, cant say I missed having it tbh. don't see what the fuss is about

Having autofocus is nice but I still think people should learn how to manual focus. Thanks to Panasonic I learned that skill quite well.

I get that. But isn't it nice to have both? Even the high end Sony and Canon cinema cams are now getting their latest auto focus. Sure prob still limited use, but why not have it as an option?

Carl Kim it is nice to have both. I have the X-T3 now and I’m happy with Fujis Autofocus system. I just know in certain situations manual focus would be more beneficial and I think it’s a skill we should all learn.

@@AlisterMalcolm Manual focus is ok if you have monitors. I just started full time as a videographer and manual focusing on the tiny ass a7s2 screen is soooooo hard. Everything is soft even when peaking says it's in focus. And I'm given like 2 lenses, one of which is a Canon EF 70-200 adapted on MC-11. The stupid focus throw is like 3mm from 6m to infinity. Idk how I'm supposed to use it.

I think they didn’t put it on eyes and head focus

Classic Pana

I would still ask to hold the distance first, but i bet this would be pretty effektive, yes.

Same

@Jerimiah Cook: The Lone Sh📷📷ter Thank you so much. I absolutely love it. I'm even helping my friend and his crew capture footage for a documentary thing, he will have two black magic pocket cinema camera 6ks going while I'll be there with my S5. Just waiting for Panasonic to show off and release that 24mm f1.8 lens. Any day now...

BMPCC 6K is cheap and do a lot more

You saw the horrible autofocus at the beginning in the video???

Xtremepower21 true true. I was thinking user error. I could be wrong though. It didn’t seem that bad on the DSLR shooters review. Not bad for a hybrid camera though.

@@Martin-PL Did you hear the word hybrid in the original comment? BMPCC can't take photos.

I'm not sure you can call it a review when they dont' mention this.

For real.. I'm adding future release of Z6s to above list.

we’re to expect a new line of models from the most prominent manufacturers, perhaps a few cheaper models, with specific focus on full-frame and having a flip-screen, leaning towards the trend of “working from home”

Glen?? dafuk?

counting on a firmware update for the R5.....

skylinrg I’ve watched this show for ages!

a7iii and s5 are exact inverse of each other. a7iii just made sure the basic features are there while abandoning premium feature, pani boy on the other hand... oh boy!!

Full frame GH5 that's also excellent for photography for the same launch price, really sad for those who are unable to turn a wheel on their 50$ lens and need a 1000$ lens to do the work for them :/ It's an "actually competent videographer" dream camera

Autofocus makes me dizzy

Could be fixed with firmware update... Whenever that happens...

I'd rather spend $2k on manual focus full frame than some pos r5 that overheats like a mfkr. oh, and that pos is $5k

@@jorgem50 ya I would buy this camera over a concord too, and maybe a condo in florida

u can hear it hissing in this video. mine hisses too

@@ericdenq9871 it just sounded the best to me in my test kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtucdLyXqNrFlas.html

“a bit”?!? It’s inadmissible!!!

We are living in strange times my friend

I think a lightly used A7 III serves much better for the same money

@@substygram4357 you're missing the point I think

@@substygram4357 Much much much lower video quality though. Ok for social media but that's about it. If Panasonic and Sony could have a love child, oh wait. It's called the A7S3. Expensive unicorn though.

Cos the rest of the $1000 range entry levels are only good for photos.

The M50 and RP both use DPAF (phase detect).

@@Rosyna not in 4K mode

I'm just sick of being broke and not being able to buy everything

Some of the other reviews mentioned using a external recorder makes the AF worse. Not positive if he has a recorder though, I just read it in a previous comment that he was using one. The one I just watched was the DPReview, and they mentioned the same thing with the auto-focus, and had some good insight into the cons/pros. :)

Reminds of Armin van Buuren feat Sharon den Adel - In and Out of Love :D

That would be awesome! Panasonic SX5

Because you can manual focus in many scenarios? Because of skin tones? Because of image quality?

You understand it wrong, the Rule of thumb about 180º shutter rule for getting cinematic motion blur is double the shutter speed per frame rate so 2 ss * 1/framerate (2ss * 1fps). if you have a 24fps you get 1/48 ss or 1/50th since most non-cine camera don't offer 1/48th if you have 50 fps you get 1/100 or 1/125th ss or " ". if you have 60 fps you get 1/120 or 1/125th ss if you have 120fps you get 1/250th ss so if you meant to get the motion blur same as the 24fps then you should double the your shutter in regards to what Fps you're shooting on.