What do you think of the LUMIX S5II? And what would you like to see me cover about the camera or my video creation process in general in future videos?

i loved this way too much

I purchased my Lumix S1 before going on a trip to Cancun with my wife and fell in love with the camera. It's big, heavy and built like a tank but I love every pound of it! I'm a software developer and photography is my hobby, it gives me peace and it's wonderful to learn so many things and apply them yourself on your next trip. I've taken almost 85,000 pictures with my S1 and now that my baby is on the way I'm sure I'll use my Lumix for many years to come. I think that if I ever switch brands I'll go for a Leica SL and I will stay in the L Mount system because of the quality of the glass available it's comparable if not better than a Sony GM Lens.

I picked up a MFT LUMIX last year and was blown away with how capable it was. Got it for video project my daughter was doing, but quickly became my favourite stills camera. SII a strong contender for when I upgrade later this year. LUMIX build quicky seems to be excellent as well.

I have the S5ii and it is an awesome photo camera. I purchased it with the 20-60mm kit lens and the 50mm 1.8 lens also. I then purchased the 85mm 1.8 lens and am amazed with the photos. I am not a professional photographer, just a hobbyist who is trying to get better.

I bought the first S5 as soon as it came out and I have loved it ever since. I shoot all my videos on it and also use it as my primary photography camera. It is truly a workhorse and such an underrated camera. The size, the quality, the ability to run and gun as a crew of one, unmatched. Loved the video :)

Faizal, you made a GREAT choice with this camera. I've owned the S5 as well as other LUMIX cameras over the past 12 years. Some of the BEST cameras out there. I have the Leica M10-R, Nikon Zf, and now the S5II as my primary portrait hybrid camera. I'm a long time Fujifilm shooter but for my work I need full-frame regardless the manufacturer and I get to use the same Voigtlander M mount lenses across all three kits. I'm not much of an autofocus shooter and the only autofocus lens I own is the Panasonic S 24-105mm f4. If you don't have that lens add it to your kit. You can thank me later. As to your question about why not a lot of "KZfaqrs" talk about LUMIX cameras, well those who shoot LUMIX especially when it comes to video do talk about it. However, the Canon and definitely the Sony shooters of the world don't. Largely because they're fanboys who think their camera of choice is the best of them all which is nonsense. Cameras are tools to be used to get a job done. It's like when you have people attempt to compare Fujifilm to Leica, there is no real comparison. Fujifilm stands on its own just like Leica does. The shooting experiences especially when compared to the Leica M are completely different. This is coming from a person who feels that the X-Pro3 is the BEST camera Fujifilm has ever made and I still own one. But I've been shooting with LUMIX cameras since the G7 MFT as well as the GX9 which is a fantastic street camera. Again, cameras are tools and bang for the buck the LUMIX S5II is the BEST hybrid camera on the market. It's the camera that the next series of Leica SL's will be based on because it now has phase detect autofocus and they're leaving behind the contrast based autofocus which has been the thorn in Panasonic's side when it comes to its LUMIX cameras especially among the autofocus snobs who shoot Sony. Before I forget, LUMIX cameras have the BEST IBIS systems in the game. Enjoy your camera and sorry for the long response. Clearly, I had a lot to say. 🤣🤣🤣

Been having Lumix for months now. I almost went copped a sony as a hybrid joint from Canon but doing my research on the Lumix…this baby checked off more than i anticipated not to mention the phase detection & aspect ratio choices, 6k open gate, plus a lot of cinema camera features. And the colors out of it are stunning. Glad i made the investment on this perfect hybrid beast for my personal work flow. Dope to see u using it, taking some great scenes here man!

Your videos always give me the healing vibes that I need. It also inspire me a lot to take more photos and enjoy the process rather than putting too much pressure on the result. Thank you very much and have a great 2024

Really, really nice! Beautiful shots, editing AND colour grading.

Beautiful video man, looks like a really solid hybrid camera. It’s never easy switching between photo & video on the street. Can’t wait to see this camera in action tonight 🔥

Faizal, never stop making videos, they give me peace and encourage my creativity. My favorite creator and my great inspiration

Beautiful video. Content, cutting, grading, music choice - a joy to watch. Thank you! Had the S5II on the shortlist late last year, but in the end I chose to stick with the Sony E-Mount system. But if it hadn't been that, I would have gotten the S5II. A beast of a camera.

Great video Faizal. I really enjoyed your choice of music, it worked perfectly and really set the mood / tempo.

The vibes in your videos are immaculate. 🍂

great to see my city through your eyes but your videos are a great vibe with a beautiful soundtrack.. amazing

This video made me a subscriber!!!! Excellent work, man.

I love all of your still videography shots, there is something so mundane yet so beautiful about it! 🙏🏻 I'd really love to see how you edit and especially grade your video

Beautiful work Faizal…I started learning video after Covid shutdown..and I love it! It tells a story in a whole new light..would love to hear anything you share…good luck with the new camera!

This was amazing Faizal! Your depiction of NY and your grade reminded me of Midnight Cowboy

The color grading is amazing, i really hope you will share some of the tips in making such cinematic shots like yours.

In love with your work! Thanks for uploading :)

Been a Lumix S5 user since 2022. Wanted to get back into photography and videography, heard a lot of bad comments about S5 compared to what Canon and Sony had to offer but I wanted to give it a shot(no pun intended) and honestly I've been loving the S5! Mainly purchased the camera for it's video quality and I have no complaints here! It's actually more than what I expected. I shoot everyday photo/video, mainly food and cars and I love what the Lumix platform spits out. It's just something else than what I've seen before. Going against the current is a better feeling than going with the current. Especially if you find your own ways in doing so. Anyway, enjoy your videos! Glad you did one for us Lumix users!

Your content is just so good it's hard to say what we'd like you to cover. More skills, technique, tips/tricks, editing and workflow are always better than product reviews. Your music and editing is spot on.

Your Videos are therapy!

Just found your channel. Started off with a Canon SX410 about 9 years ago. Then in 2019, I decided to switch over to Panasonic. Got the GX85 as my first interchangeable lens camera. Learned with the kit lens. The bought a Meike 35mm 1.7. Used to for car shoots. Dropped it during a shoot. Bought the f1.4 version. Used it for about 2 years. Just last week I decided to finally upgrade to a S5ii with the kit lens. It's such a change in quality from the GX85 to the S5ii.

Great video thank you very much for taking the time to share it with all of us. I have the S5ii and am an amateur photographer. Ive picked up a lot of info from this. Keep up the good work from London UK Sub added

Vids dope asf bro i’m thinking bout copping the lumixs5iix yo style of hybrid shooting is inspiring

I've had my Lumix S5IIx since May last year. Best purchase ever. With the Sigma 24-70 2.8 it's a great all-around beast. The menu is intuitive and the video functions are probably the best in their class.

The music in this video is perfect!

Amazing shots….wow. 👏🏻

Great work is always man. Long time Lumix shooter here 🤘

Video is awesome as always!

I'd love to hear about video settings and editing for Fujifilm. Glad you're trying Lumix! Even their micro 4/3 stuff is underrated. Thanks for the inspiration!

Loved the video Faizal! I'm going to NY in two weeks and this one is truly inspirational! It will be lovely to bump you out there. I'm a Lumix shooter, my first camera is the Lumix GX80, I like to call it a budget friendly X100V 😅 also recently started my KZfaq channel and have some POVs with it but now I'm transitioning to Fuji system.

Love the video aspect ratio!!! Perfectly fills the screen on my Surface laptop

Nice! Good to see the Lumix S5 II being used for street photography. Did the size get in the way for discreet street photography? For example, Fujifilm X-T5, X-E4 and Sony A7C are smaller. It seems a bit chunky. But perhaps it is still do-able. Looks like a fun camera with great user interface vs more utilitarian cameras such as the Sonys. The images and footage are certainly beautiful! How do the LUTs compare to Fujifilm recipes use? Comparable?

Yess i would love a video on hybrid shooting! I always have so much trouble figuring out how to carry all my cameras while being able to capture everything!

Awesome video! I love lumix!

I was this close 👌 to get this camera last month, but i ended up getting a used a7r iii since I felt the af on the sony was extremely more reliable and fast. But useless to say that the s5ii is a hell of a camera and I'd love to spend a couple days with it! As usual, your vids are so cozy and interesting man.

I know this is a video about the camera but damn Faizal, you're killing it

Great Video Man :) Great Shots Too :) The 20 to 60mm kit lens is awesome!!! I’ve been a stills oriented lumix user for years - My Main Street photography camera is the Panasonic GX9 with Leica lenses and I also shoot all my video with a G9 or Gh5mkii … Have always loved Panasonic for photography… Plan to get a S5mkiix later in 2024 as a super solid hybrid set-up… Thanks again for sharing and fantastic video :)

I would love to see some New York blizzard photography.

I could not care any less about photography and still LOVE this video! Fortunately I do, so even better!! Keep it up man!

S5II/X is a great camera for sure, especially the IBIS. Thanks for this vid.

I would be interested to see you try the G9ii and experiment with the M43 system for street.

I just bought a Lumix S5iix! Haven't used it much yet but so far. Happy with it.

everything about the photo at 5:05 is phenomenal. wow

Definitely interested in a video on hybrid shooting. The great thing about the 6k open gate is you can shoot and frame in both 16:9 and 9:16 later. GH6 is my main hybrid camera and I can’t go back to no open gate. Perfect for shooting KZfaq and Insta content at same time. I shoot with a an OM5 when I want smaller size/weight, but always miss the open gate.

Thank you Faizal, great video. In terms of photography, how did you enjoy the Lumix colours compared to Fujifilm colours? Thanks, Peter.

I personally would definitely love a hybrid video! I’ve been thinking of diving into video and your style pushes me more and more into trying it even though I’ve got one camera that luckily can do both

your content is mad dope. didn't know you were in NJ. im about to purchase this camera

Do you plan on sharing your settings soon? great video!

Thank you for sharing your experience with the S5ii! I've been using Lumix since the MFT lineup till the S5iiX today. It's just very justifiable for me as it's very affordable for all the features you'd get. Basically the camera pays off really quickly. It so makes sense especially when you're just starting your own business/work. The quality and the color is just on par with other cameras. And oh yes, the IBIS really help me to travel light. No more backpain from carrying tripods etc.

Great video, keen to see what you make with this kit! Also, rate the little ipad spotify setup on your desk.

This ratio looked great on my iPad. Absolutely fantastic.

I'm looking into upgrading my camera this year to have more of a photo/video hybrid and a friend of mine has been telling me to consider lumix, this was super eye opening. Awesome video as always! And...as someone who also has sensitive hands, fingerless gloves are a game changer lol

I was shooting on the Lumix S5 for close to a year before I made the switch the the Fuji XH2S; ironically because I wanted more out of taking photos than the video specs. Photos on the Lumix are great, especially whenever I went to monochrome. Seeing this makes me contemplate if I just waited for the S5ii instead of switching to Fuji but I don't regret it at all!

Totally agree with you about the blizzard! If we are going to be cold, then it should at least be pretty :) So did I miss something, have you moved to NY?

Hello Faizal👋! Thanks for this new video! I am shooting a S5 (I) for about one year now (besides my Leica M10-R) and actually I am impressed with it. The usability is great as well as the lenses are. I use it for streetphotography and for travel (took it two times to Japan last year🤩) and although it’s a little bit big it’s okay. Especially with the small and very well designed Sigma fixed focal length lenses of the so called contemporary i-series (I have the 24mm, 45mm and 90mm). The Panasonic lenses are a little bit bigger but they are pretty good, too. The only thing that bugs me a little bit is that Panasonic is leaning heavily towards the video crowd, and I am almost never using the video features. That’s why I don’t think about switching to the S5 II. It probably is a good photo camera, but psychologically it’s a showstopper for me that this camera is so video centric. But I would like to see more videos from you about your experience shooting the S5 II😉✌️👋!

Great video as always. I'm considering upgrading to the s5iix from the gh5 and i was curious if you had any moire issues with the s5ii??

Yes please, a video about hybrid shooting. The video looks great btw 👍

Really liked the aspect ratio here, works well for these cityscapes

Hello Faizal, dillema here. I am a longtime fuji-shooter and the last camera i had was the x-t5. Bit disapointed on the buildquality. So i sold it. Wanting to go for the x-h2s. As i dicovered the lumis s5IIx i am in doubt. For the most i am a still's shooter but as you say in this video why not try out filming... looking foreward on your opinion. Btw, geep up the good work, realy enjoy the info and the way you bring it. Thanks for all that work you put in. Greetz from Belgium, Erwin.

I would love a video about your filmmaking style and process, the differences in how you see and think about video work and photography

I’ve got two LUMIX GF-1’s. A bit of a blast from the past but the colours are great.

Straight up, since the days of the Canon 5DMK2...I had always been searching for a versatile camera that I personally felt comfortable shooting BOTH on. The S5ii is that camera. From the 5DMK2 all the way to the S5ii, I had never picked up ONE camera to do both.. It was always some mix + match combo of cameras to get it.

I had the original S5, loved everything about it … except for the 2.4m evf so I sold it and picked up an S1. I preferred the size of the S5 and the colors as well (even though I only shoot raw). I rarely edited the colors, only small exposure and shadows/highlights; such a joy to work with. I tended to use the highlight priority photometry and either vivid or l. Monochrome d for 99% of my photos (same on the S1) and that worked exceptionally well for getting colors right in camera. I also set the AF button to autofocus “far” for when I wanted to shoot through a fence or other obstruction. I set the WB/ISO/Exposure Comp buttons to only work while holding them down -I found this to be the quickest way to adjust these settings without accidentally changing something. On all my previous and current Lumix cameras I turn off the right D-Pad button because I constantly bump it by accident. The up arrow is photometry, the left is monochrome evf mode and down is sometimes WB with the wheel around the d pad as the adjustment for the iso. Sorry for the long comment. I love your channel, especially the Street Study episodes! I’m excited to see what you do next!

I was really close to buying S5 II before Christmas as there were crazy deals. For this price this is the best full frame system in my opinion. Mind blowing IBIS and AF is perfectly capable for most of the stuff. In the end I bought Canon R8 as I also got crazy good deal, even better than with Panasonic. Two main reasons for me were the size and AF for catching my running kids. I am sure Panasonic will improve their AF but I am disappointed that they are focussed on releasing those big chunky bodies and they do it even for micro 4/3. I would happily add G9X successor purely for travel but it seems this line is not in their interest anymore. Oh and by the way I would be interested in covering hybrid photo / video shooting topic by you.

I use the Lumix S5 Mark I. Awesome and heavily underrated camera! Use it for Street Photography with the Sigma 65mm F2, great combo for me❤

Lovely! I'm a hybrid shooter myself and I'd love to see your process as well. I've never considered Lumix as a brand but that's only because I was exposed to SONY and Fujifilm very early and haven't looked back since.

great vid, great music selection, great cam. we just really need a couple pancakes for the mount. i have the sigma 45 and 35, and while they are a little smaller than panasonic's lenses, i still wish we had at least one pancake (a 28 or 40....or both).

my buddy Thong aka Robom loved this

Lumix getting some love

Fantastic work! I have the s5 and it's fantastic and I shoot zero video. I really want to upgrade now ! I recommend the sigma i series primes for street. So small, metal and has an aperture ring.

Very nice images. Are these colors straight out of camera? They look really appealing. I’ve been using Nikon but the Panasonic colors intrigue me. Would welcome other users’ impressions too. Thanks

Would love to know your c1 and c2 modes!

Beautiful

Great video dude! Do you have the song id for around 10:20? It's so lush

I shoot still images, no video. I use an S5 and S1 with S lenses 20-60, 24-105, 70-300, 35/1.8, 50/1.8, and 85/1.8. For me the whole system is way underrated. The performance of the lenses is outstanding. The S5 is a joy to use and the S1, while a bit bulky, is one of the most solid cameras I have ever used (and Ive been a photographer since 1970). Bottom line, I feel the Lumix system has been overlooked for sure.

I've been using a GH4 for years. My twins are using a GH4 and a GH5. Later this year, I will add a G9 Mark II, which has essentially the same feature set as the S5 IIX - without a fan, but with a Micro 4/3 sensor. Lumix makes more sense for video and stills hybrid work than any other cameras I've tried.

Quality out of this camera is nothing short of mind-boggling, especially if you consider its price.

Ma, I love your videos. I'm a Fuji Xpro 2 user and really love the Lumix S5 ii/X. The S5ii is such a killer deal for video its mad. I want this camera and hopefully will get it soon. I'm only 3:36 in haha.

Some great shots, digging the evolution of your style! Fuji shooter here and I’m really enticed by the S5ii. I’m disappointed with the XH2’s ibis and video performance (might be down to user error) and feel like the S5ii is the camera I want the XH2 to be.

Beginner Lumix shooter here! My first ever camera was a G7 so I stuck with the brand and now I have a s5ii. Only started taking photography seriously about a year ago. Anyways bit of an arbitrary goal of mine especially at my current skillset, but I'd love to be one of the first photographers to really rep the Lumix brand and be a part in making the brand a more popular choice.

How do you crop in photo mode ? What settings?

Super interested in some hybrid / run & gun content ❤

How do you feel about the size/weight of the S5II compared to smaller Fujifilm cameras like the X100V? Do you find it draws more attention for street photography or is harder / more annoying to carry around?

Sold Sony APSC. Got Nikon full frame but bought the S5II for video. £2k including 20-60 kit, 50mm f1.8 and 85mm f1.8. That’s a full kit to get started. Pictures are great. Just working on my video editing. Might need to upgrade DaVinci to make the most of video modes. Can put LUTS over the log. Insane.

How does this compare to the Canon R6 Mark II at high ISO?

Bought mine with the kit and the 50mm 1.8 in October. Wasn't able to use it much but so far the camera is amazing, but the menu is very confusing for me (Used Fuji before)

I use the S5ll love it. Kit lens is great :)

I live in the Midwest there is a blizzard right now

Great video! But would have loved to see the Real Time LUT feature in action, especially for photography

hey Faizal! Maybe you don't see my comment but I want to say it anyway. I'm a fan of your work and I'm very inspired by your photos. I'm also a photographer and I'm from Brazil, I hope that one day I can visit my country and take lots of incredible photos and videos with your unique look!

s5ii is my workhorse. I love it. Still keep my M9 around for fun tho.

Does it do anything the X-T5 doesn't do?

i am really suprisied how positive your response was. xD i have the cam, i love the cam. but just for video and thats it. it is a faboulous video camera but it really lacks the enjoy in shooting for photos imo. The battery life sucks, the cameras heavy and huge! the switch between evf and monitor is horrendously slow. At any other camera i didnt even thought aboutt that there is something to load up inside the camera because the switch was always instanstly. i mean yeah the sharpness is incredible. the low light noise is fantastic, the evf is huge and sharp and bright and the IBIS is just a dream but i really did not take it with me outside because it ist just to big and heavy for me. it is hase some awesome featues, thats why i still have this camera for video or when i need a second body for photography but for main photography i really did not enjoy it at all. i plan to make a video on this and my experience soon ^^

Your vidoeo looks amazing!! Which lut do you use for your video ??

bro whipped out the kit lens and took some insane photos, what a guy