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Boasting an awesome feature set, the full-framemirrorless Panasonic Lumix S5 is capable of exceptional quality stills and cinema quality video, and it has the all credentials to be the ultimate still/video hybrid camera
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› Prices Body only £1799, £1999 with S series 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 lens › Sensor 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor › Sensor format 35mm full-frame, 35.6x23.8mm, 6000x4000pixels › Lens mount L-Mount › ISO range 100-51,200, expanded 50, 102,400, 204,800 › Dual native ISO Normal: native 640, 4000. Auto 100-51,2000, expanded 50, 102,400, 204,800 V-Log: native 640, 4000. Auto 640-51,200, expanded 320 › Shutter range 60secs to 1/8000sec, plus B (up to 30mins). Electronic front curtain shutter 60secs to 1/2000sec, B (up to 30mins) Electronic shutter 60secs to 1/8000sec, B (max of 60secs) › Drive modes Max 7fps (mechanical shutter/electronic front curtain shutter). 6K photo 30fps, 4K photo 60fps/30fps › Exposure system PASM, 1728 zone multi-zone metering pattern. Multiple, centre- weighted, spot, highlight- weighted › Exposure compensation +/-5EV in 0.3REV steps › Monitor 3in LCD monitor with touch control, 1.84 million dots › Viewfinder 2.36 million dot OLED showing 100% with 120fps/60fps display speeds › Focusing system Contrast AF system, with DFD technology. AF-S and AF-C modes. Working range -6EV to 20EV. AF modes – auto detection (face, eye, body, animal), tracking, 225 area, zone (vertical/horizontal, oval, square), single area, pinpoint › Image stabiliser Image sensor shift type, five-axis 5EV benefit. Dual IS 6.5EV benefit › Video Full-frame 4K 3840x160 59.94, 29.97, 23.98. Full HD 1920x1080 APS-C 4K 3840x2160, anamorphic 4K 3328x2496 (4:3) › Movie format MOV, MP4 › Connectivity Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm microphone port, 3.5mm headphone output › Other key features Dust and splash resistant › Storage media Dual SD slots, one UHS-II and one UHS-I › Dimensions (wxhxd) 132.6x97.1x81.9mm › Weight 714g (body, card and battery)
WITHMORE ANDmore stills photographers seeing the benefit of video, whether that is for social media, professionally or an opportunity to expand their creative horizons, the need for cameras with the ability to shoot high-quality stills and video has never been greater. The Panasonic Lumix S5 has been conceived to fulfil that need. It is a hybrid full-frame mirrorless camera with 24.2 megapixels for stills, with 4K video recording internally or externally, all in a very compact body form. Remarkably, not only is the Lumix S5 the smallest and lightest S series camera to date, it is actually smaller than the hugely popular Panasonic Lumix GH5 – and that is a camera using the much smaller Micro Four Thirds format. That makes the Lumix S5 really portable and suitable for more periods of handheld shooting, while the camera’s design is user-friendly, too, with an excellent control layout and great features such as a free-angle 1.84 million dot touchscreen, 260k dot OLED electronic viewfinder and an accurate and responsive autofocus system. A key feature in the Lumix S5 is its autofocus system. It uses a very advanced focusing algorithm and deep-learning technology for improved autofocus of moving
subjects, and that includes the ability to quickly recognise the human body and even the head, face or eye. In practice, this means you get real- time AF not only when the subject is moving, but the system is also capable of detecting when a face is turning round or the head is tilted. The AF system also has the ability to work, even with eye detection, when a subject is small in the frame. The Lumix S5’s full-frame sensor provides 14 plus stops of dynamic range and has a native sensitivity ABOVE The Lumix S5 (shown here with the optional DMW-BG5S battery grip) has a user-friendly control layout, making it intuitive and comfortable to use
ABOVE Remarkably, the full-frame Lumix S5 (centre) is actually smaller than the Micro Four Thirds format Lumix GH5 (left) and has an impressive array of video features that means it’s almost as capable as the top-end Lumix S1H (right)
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