Panasonic's Auto Focus Sucks | Lumix S5 | 2.0 Firmware Update

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In this video, I document my various test using the Panasonic Lumix S5's latest generation of their video autofocus technology. I am also using the latest firmware update for the S5 which gave the camera lots of new features including better autofocus recognition when filming in VLOG. So the question is does the autofocus for the Panasonic Lumix S5 suck? Well check out the video and let me know what you think? I also have loads of S5 test footage in this video if your curious about the image quality of this camera. The lenses I used for this test were the Lumix 20 - 60mm and the Sigma 35mm f1.4.

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[williamwilson]

This is the first video I’ve seen that talks about solutions not just problems with S5’s AF. Really love it. Thanks!

[DapperArtImagery]

This needs way more views. Thanks for the hands-on real world performance review!

[julanuhd]

This is the first time, where Panasonic has a good Autofocus with a bit settings trimming. Its not as good as the Sony or Canon Autofocus, but a lot better than the old ones like in the GH5.

[ShashankKatiyar]

Lumix S5, best AF settings :
1) Camera Settings' Tuning (according to the review)
AF Speed: -5 to -2 (or lower than 0)
AF Sensitivity: +3

2) Panasonic lens AF performance > Sigma

3) Higher the contrast on the screen, the better the AF performance (like better AF using standard profile compared to V-Log)

4) Higher frame rate means better AF performance

5) Lower resolution (full HD) AF > 4K UHD

6) AF performance is better when using the camera LCD as compared to an external monitor

Let's add more info if anyone else has it or maybe put the above in order.

[dansomerville]

Refreshing to see someone actually learn the camera and use it for more than one day before writing it off. It will work, it’s just canon and Sony are sooo good now that you basically never change any autofocus modes again and there’s nothing to learn. Cmon Panasonic your cameras are good, just give us PD autofocus even if it’s mostly for positive press/reviews. You really need those to gain traction while people are still transitioning to mirrorless.

[SMGJohn]

This is a good video, its not overly obnoxious self promotion bullshit, it reminds me of early YT videos from professionals, talking about a problem, then give us a solution to those very problems and structuring it into a nice story with good video footage thats not overly over the top and out of place.
I love it, why you only have 4k subs, YouTube algorithm aint fair thats for sure.

[vengadorsky]

Lovely video mate. I love the hustle..I loveeee that you took the time to get to know your camera and test the hell out of it to find the best way to make it work great, unlike the other youtubers that are just like "ohh AF sucks out of the box, camera bad... " Will save this video to watch again over and over as im getting this camera soon!

[seanbrucemedia]

Great information and extremely well presented, as usual! Just got my S5 last week and love it. Thx for the cheat codes! LOL!

[tyronnezx]

There are Autofocus issues Because Panasonic gets their sensors from Sony. And they are the only company that takes Sony's sensors and beat them over the head with it. Sony knows this and will not sell the PDAF sensors to Panasonic. Do some research and you will know why. Sony fears the competition and bottlenecks them. This is why I will never buy another Sony product. If this kind of immature crap carries on, we will see the camera market disappear altogether. PS I own an S5 and the AF quality is damn good on that thing. This is from a G85, Gh4, G9 and GH5 user

[nicolasletellier]

So happy to see someone don't just BS about the Panasonic AF but actually try to understand how to make it work and setup it. Instead to complain about it.
I have the S1 and I got a really excellent result with the Af but I mostly do photo. But thank you for the advise about how to get rid of the pulsing will try that, it was the only thing I didn't like on the Panasonic when shooting video with AF and sadly it goes with how to work the DFD so I don't know how Panasonic will fix that.

One little detail I don't see many talks about is about the Sigma lens. Don't buy the HSM lens, they are dlsr ( with kind of inbuild adaptor) and they have a horrible AF result on the Panasonic. If you go Sigma take only the DN models ( true mirrorless). But the truth is the Panasonic lens will always give a better AF result than sigma.

[TheOneMonk]

Great video, You got me with the title cause I thought...>>oh, well, just another bashing video<<.
Which it aint at all.
This is helpful and very well filmed. Thumbs up!

[reginaldivanstudios]

Bro this is one hell of a video! I had to pause it and give you your praise. For one, I just upgraded to the S5 from my G7 and had the same exact thoughts before purchasing. Moving up to full frame and not having great auto focus was such a compromise. But I love everything else about Panasonic. I've been making due with it so far, but these settings you demonstrated beat mines by a mile! Ironically, I'm shooting a bts mini branding session for a local photographer soon too. I'm not given the algorithm any credit here, this was straight from Baby Jesus! lol

[kristoffersoguilon]

You sir are godsend. Thank you so much for this. I just bought my s5 for travel where I will be using a good amount of AF. Thank you for all the time you've spent on this. Can't wait to watch more of your videos.

[jayc]

OMG, the video settings were a miracle plus, I put on the 225 point and it was tracking me in and out of the edges. Good lookin out bro!

[karinaki]

Very nice video Thomas. Love how you came back to the start at the end.

[quadrinnn]

Before I say anything, well done for click baiting me in with the negative title! 👏🏾🍾 Great Video. Been on the hunt for the best AF settings for the s5 since I got if a couple days ago. This video helped a tonne!

[TheTeraflop]

As others have said, this video needs more views. Your whole approach to this was groundbreaking, and convinced me to pull the trigger on a S1

[LoCrew_DE]

Great video. You might increase the performance of the autofocus a little more stopping down the lens. I can confirm that autofocus speed setting is a big factor on the s1 too

[shutterhouse]

Pretty well filmed and indeed, the S5 does for sure a better job with the FW Update :-)

[OriginaldoBo]

This was an awesome video! Would love to see you do a color grade video on the V-Log