love it

That’s great. For you. It’s not talked about among the KZfaq Panasonic guys who make a whole ton of in-depth content about these cameras. I own these cameras too, and i love them. Potential buyers should know fullframe 4k could be unusable to alot of shooters because we know how much these youtube videos sell gear, and those people probably wont go to cined to compare rolling shutter performance.

​@bro almost all sony cams have worse rolling shutter

@ It is far from "unusable"

​@TintinJonsson The rolling shutter is about on par with 90% of other cameras out there and it's rarely an issue unless your whip panning or shooting action all the time. In which case you should have researched a more appropriate camera for your needs.

Tu sei intelligente. Hai detto solo la verità. Io ho comprato la s5IIx e per almeno 10 anni sarà di qualità fantastica

i agree that the s5ii is perfectly fine in most pro scenarios but sometimes clients request just a bit more than what the s5ii offers but not very often let’s be honest. and i agree that the gh5 is still an incredible camera even today!

this is amazing!! thanks so much for watching!

haha the videos with you in it are always better! i need to get you in more vids! trip across the ocean??

@@CalebHoover aha sounds awesome. We certainly should plan to meet more often.

for realz. great cam and i love how it fits into my workflow

have fun with it!

That is awesome!

@@CalebHoover thanks for all the content on the S5ii that will be very useful! 👌

love this!

Get you that mitakon 17mm .95. Love that lens

The G9-II has that and with two SD-cards it's just like the S5-IIx. You need the SSD for the data rich codecs and you can't run the camera for ever without overheating. In the future, we will get a new GH camera with the AF and also a new S1H (or S1X) with all the good stuff in camera. I think, Panasonic could build a GH6-II right now. Just the G9-II sensor in the camera (PDAF and DR-Boost at every ISO). They also can develop a bit further and we get a GH7 with more advanced features. They make the call and tell us when they think it's time.

absolutely! the gh6 is incredible

​@@Ulrich.Bierwischthe af of S5 II isn't sweet atm, it's going to be improved in the next releases bit it's not on pair with Sony and Canon yet.

@@ale_filmmaker3513yah thats a norm in every 1st generation PDAF camera😅 and panasonic make a great job in its first attempt. how much more in the near future😊

i’m right there with you with the rolling shutter for sure!

oh yeah the x is the lion

Same. Since I will be only shooting family stuff, including day to day and short films, I went with the ZVE-1 for the following reasons: - small form factor and compact, perfect for travel and shooting stuff on the go - lenses (I need only 2 lenses, Viltrox 20mm 2.8 (in the future 18mm 1.8) and sony 50mm 1.8) crazy cheap lenses - the best auto focus in the market (specially to record my 2 kids, age 8 and 4) - a7s iii and fx3 sensor with incredible low light performance - no 60 fps or 120fps crop (I hate having to change lenses to record on these mode) I know that it's a little bit pricey but it compensates with the lenses being cheaper. I love panasonic colors but I can color grade, I quite enjoy doing it actually. - I will be shooting 1080p as well, compared to the a6700 is miles ahead These are the major reasons, sorry the long text lol.

for realz

i don't have that lens but if i get my hands on it i'll try it out

@@CalebHoover How is the Sigma lens you used in photo mode below 1/10 and Limux set to C AF mode? See any hunting?

i haven’t had issues in 4k

for sure! gotta use what works for you!

naw

I used the Gh5 together with the Sigma 18-35 f1.8 @f1.2 . Still pretty darn sharp images and low-light performance now became usable.

yeah i hear ya! the focus lock on the gh5 worked great as long as someone was still and didn't move too much but the g9ii is a great mft option if you want to stay on the mft system

​ @Giovanni-Giorgio Yep, that lens has been on the "buy it" list for a while now. I guess overall I'm struggling with the need to capture at ranges from 2.5m from subject through to 40m while still capturing either full body height or if possible get right into half body height like I used to when filming from 30-35m back using Nikon D7200 and a Sigma 150-600mm. My only lens that can't stay at f2.8 is the 12-60 f2.8-4 but I must admit the 25mm f1.7 is pretty sweet although not as versatile or fast as the Sigma 18-35.

@@CalebHoover OH YEAH......I must admit to a little drool when the G9ii launched. Two of those plus what I imagine a GX9ii might be - plus a new lens or two 🤪- I think would be more than just an incremental improvement for me so long as they wouldn't overheat on long - 2 hour continuous - shoots. Not to mention a hell of a lot less money spent than completely changing out all of my kit!!!

can turn down sharpness but otherwise no

I don’t find any colour differences

i should have said it better but normally all-i is in a 422 color space and high bit rates.

@@CalebHoover thanks for clarifying Caleb!

yes!

absolutely! thanks for sharing!

Hi. I’ve been trying to settle on a hybrid camera and have been comparing this to Canon R6ii, Sony A7iv, etc. Curious as to how you compare this with the Sony? Not sure which way to go. Will use for photo and video. Everything from scenery, talking heads, long lens bird photography (I guess not much choice of long lenses for S5ii).

@@hervedelnorte7928 It all depends on how you will use the camera. I picked the A7IV because i did hybrid shooting on events where i had to switch fast between photo and video mode a lot. Then the Sony is easier to use and quicker. It also turns on faster. I used both cameras for a while both with the sigma 24-70mm f2.8. For both cams a match madebin heaven. I like the color rendering of the S5II out of the box, but the image quality of the A7IV raw is better in my opinion. More headroom in post. The S5II has the custom realtime LUT feature where you can shoot photographs with baked-in LUT and save RAW at same time. That is okay if you have little time editing the photos in Lightoom etc. But those Sony 33 mp images wete the sweet spot for me, nice step up from my old camera. S5II has bit faster burst shooting for your bird photography. Overall A7IV wins photo mode. Video is a mixed bag. A7IV had some sensor crop advanges with that 33 mp sensor. APS-C crop + extra zoom-in feature without quality loss turned a prime lens into a sharp zoom lens. Sharper sampled 4K with high bitrate all-i footage. If bitrate matters pick the S5II-X. Color rendering of S5II v-log is bit better, but i did like grading the sony footage too. With V-log you have to nail exposure etc. for best noise levels etc. With Sony you had to nail exposure for best skin tones. The A7IV has the better autofocus system. Yes panasonic did nice job but it simply isn't as good or reliable. With sony you can tab an object on screen and it tracks pretty darn good. Not with panasonic. With the S5II i lost focus more than i would want. That's why i use the joystick to set and move focus point/area the most. Also lost focus with hand gestures where a hand passes the subjects face. Mic-in quality better on Sony too. But then there is panasonic with some pro video monitoring features, 6k open gate, a load of recording resolutions/formats, Realtime LUTs, focus transition, live crop transition, waveform/vectorscope and wut not. In body stabilization is overall better and usable on the S5II, except for wide angle with the wobbly corners. So nice cam for handheld work. I used the DJI RS3 Pro gimball a lot so no problems with the A7IV. I like using the panasonic better for b-roll shots and studio work. And i'm used to work with 6k and higher so the S5II wins hands down. I liked the button lay-out of A7IV and customiability better but not the grip. Viewfinder on the S5II is better. Lens arsenal for Sony E-mount is pure heaven, but panasonic is gaining ground. Then there is the price difference in the advantage of panasonic and the affordable well balanced primes. Good luck mate ;)

could you use the c1 or c2 on the dial?

@@CalebHoover Kinda already have those locked in, for shooting different frame rates / codecs. I probably just gotta look thru the menu settings a little more. Has to be a way to keep photo / video separate.

Found it !!! It's under the GEAR / Wheel icon.. And then the "creative / combined set" option. Gotta switch em to video !

i personally feel like out of camera the s5ii and x have a better look to them but the s5 hdmi recording pro res looked great

i’m totally with you on the rolling shutter and 6k higher frame rates. i have a feeling there might be some things in the near future that will solve all those things the way lumix is pumping out tech

you cannot ask perfect camera for 1500$ lol . with no flaws this cam would cost 3500$+ . Perfect camera doesnt exist

​@@mex5341 The camera costs over 2K with tax and was 2200 at launch. So that’s your first error. You are correct that no perfect camera exists, however in the case of the S5IIX, Panasonic could have distinguished the video specific model from the S5II even more by having an OLPF and a few other features. I would gladly pay closer to 3K for a smaller S1H that has PDAF and an OLPF, because right there you’re providing so much latitude in what you can film. As the S5IIX exists now, it’s a very capable, cheap B-cam, and for some professional applications, can be an A-Cam. But it could have been the A-Cam on far more shoots with a few tweaks.

@@CalebHoover I hope so. With Sony’s advancements and Canon’s R1 likely coming in pairing with the Summer Olympics, Panasonic needs to play catch up. Most important to me is an S1H II with OLPF and PDAF.

@@MagnumoftheMountains i just bought it from Amazon for 1475 + tax. And Panasonic know that are they doing , dont think that you're smarter than whole company . This year will be released their new camera with minor flaws

Not sure if this is true. I think it's one of the best mirrorless cams regarding DR?!

@@Nils_Samp I spent days tweaking the s5ii and trust me here is what I learned: picture profiles other than V-Log are a joke. V-Log struggles due to the low end of 640, as for 4000 iso, nobody wants to go there and image becomes so digital, making even V-Log not well enough. Idk if it’s just me, but I feel like all cameras with dual native iso are limiting except the Canon c70, which is a God level DR beast at least in my experience.

@@standclear23 obviously I am just speaking of vlog and it is fantastic. 640 in daylight and 4000 at night is perfect combined with the 1.8 primes from Panasonic. Fantastic quality and lowlight performance as well as really good DR. Not sure why you had a different experience. I have pocket 4k, 6k pro, r5c, gh5, a7siii so I have quiet a comparison.

I am not one of those people who cares so much about spec sheets and numbers. Similar to CineD, I always take every camera I try to same location with the same lighting setup and always tweak things. I don’t think I will convince you, and I didn’t think you can too… But either way: smaller sensor, less megapixels, is always better for video cameras. And I have not tried a camera that came close to the Canon C70. Again, not saying you can’t get the image to look similar, but all other cameras seem to make sacrifices as to give you a comfortably beautiful image, at a base iso that’s so clean in low light. Again, to clarify, the a7siii could destroy the c70 at iso 12800 if we put them side by side. But you and I know so well that even the thought of getting to that iso on ANY camera will make your image ugly. If you think I have no idea what I am saying, get the a7siii out somewhere dark, put it at iso 12800, double your shutter speed and get 120p 4k. And you will see how usabe that image will be.

aps-c crop for 60p autofocus works great in that mode

@@CalebHoover that's great, for apsc camera in 2016. Panasonic are cheaters, they not telling about this in camera specs. I choose between A7iv and S5II, and before I get whats going on with autofocus I was already in L mount.

full hd in 2024 ? ajajj

@@jeirg-lr8vf full hd on a7IV is bad , also 4k 60 crop. Af is better on Sony ofc , but overall S5II is better

@@mex5341 4k for smartphone viewers?

i know!

@@CalebHoover I'm shooting drift racing ... I need 4k 120( right now my main camera gh5s ... But it's also 1080 slomo((( and tiny micro four thirds sensor... I love it, but I want full frame)

might be something in the future??@@chinafilmmakingstudio294

@@CalebHoover I hope)

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@@CalebHoover I actually watched a video the other day where somebody celebrated the fact that there are rumors that the next version of the s1h will remove that low pass filter. That it will make the image sharper. I hadn't heard that from anybody, but I guess it's just a matter of taste at that point. But if you're a filmmaker, you definitely want that OLPF.

haha maybe i left it on purpose

that is a thing for sure

Poor rolling shutter performance is only if you have that tripod like stabilization and sometimes E stabilization on so if you turned them off you're good to go.

Because it's not an issue for most people like me.

Honestly if you’re not doing whip pans or action or sports content it’s really a non issue.

I do a lot of travel documentary production work. I tend to grab a MFT camera when I’m in a moving vehicle shooting sideways unless it’s getting dark. Rolling shutter is noticeable. 😂 But for 80% of the time, it’s a fantastic camera. I use the EF Sigma Art 24-70 f/2.8 for most of my work and it’s freaking amazing quality. My second most used lens is a Canon 135mm f/2L USM. It’s unreal. Both lenses are adapted and AF works extremely well. Skin tones are better on the S5 than the S5II, but no camera is 100% perfect. You have to get out of the mindset of “one camera to rule them all…” and during your storytelling journey, you’ll understand the strengths and limitations of your gear. And even when looking at limitations, you balance that with what gets you the best results! I just got back from a trip into the jungles of Guatemala. I took the S5II as my primary cam, along with the previously mentioned 24-70 and the 135. That’s it on the lenses. I’m sure folks are like “WTH!?!….I’d take X, Y and Z….” My second cam was an OM-5. Yep. A little MFT cam. Had the Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4 Lens and the OG Panasonic Limix G X Vario 35-100MM, F2.8 ASPH Lens. Both those lenses are pretty old by today’s standards. But I can get absolutely incredible quality with them because I know how to use them and dial them in with relative ease. Yes. I have many other lenses for my S5II. 16-35, Lumix 50 & Sigma Art 50, 85, 70-200, 70-300, and even the old Sigma Art 18-35 f/1.8. But I didn’t need them. The gear I took with me, along with lights, drone, mics and batteries, got the job done. Too much gear for a single shooter in crazy tough conditions, creates completely unnecessary problems. The S5II is a tank. It works. And I agree 100% that the 6K open gate spoils us absolutely rotten. And if it doesn’t do what I need, I grab the camera that can offer what it’s missing. That’s just me though. I’m not trying to outfit all of the internet with gear. I’m just trying to pay bills, provide for the family, tell some amazing stories, have a little fun along the way and live a life that hopefully shines some light into the darkness of world.

it's been out for a year what do you expect