Lumix S5II & S5II X: Long Term Review

Deep dive review of the Lumix S5II and tests of the S5II X

#Lumix #s5ii

[JervyHou]

Please never stop talking about the shutter close feature when off. ALL cameras need this!

[erbartlett]

Best review I’ve seen yet. I’m pretty technical and there’s still something relaxing about you summing up your take away rather than going full geek. I like how you said “ you know who you are” when it comes to people who need the fancy codecs

[skrotfiske]

The 6K no tracking while recording externally/monitoring is now fixed with the new firmware update so that's nice. Another great thing about Lumix, they're super good with firmware updates. They also added Blackmagic RAW which works flawlessly, gives you almost an extra stop of dynamic range because of the highlight recovery feature plus WB/ISO control works as it should which it doesn't on many other systems. Also, you need to confirm the AF tracking otherwise it will jump to your hands or other people and it won't find you when you walk out of frame and come back again. No one never actually confirms the tracking, ? Amazing to see how many people actually misses this, it greatly improves the AF on the original S-series as well. When you do actually confirm the tracking by hitting the touch screen you get arrows pointing in towards the subject to let you know you've actually locked on to the subject and confirmed to the AF system that you indeed want it to track that specific object and not something else like your hands or another person.

[Kevlexicon]

very helpful. thanks for taking the time to share your experiences.

also your color grades are straight up gorgeous.

[alex_skobe]

Great and honest review. I got my Lumix 2ii and agree with all pros and cons.
I am using the LUMIX Sync app on my IPad to monitor myself with wifi.
The only con is you need to connect to a camera WiFi.
Other option that I use is : LUMIX Webcam Software (Beta) paired with OBS studio.
This one works great!
Thank your work!

[karikaru]

Got the s5ii and loving it. Going to Istanbul myself for a few months this winter and also hitting the Alps this summer. Can't wait to get out and shoot more with it

[beardfm]

Awesome review, appreciate it! That autofocus was my biggest question. Love the studio look too 🔥

[marinrealestatephotography]

Good review. Thanks for doing a long-term review since those are - to me - much more valuable. I think the issue with dust is that it is much easier to damage a shutter when the lens is detached than it is to damage the sensor. I will probably get the IIX because I would LIKE to have the option to stream live events, and possibly use all-i if I amgoing to have to do alot of chroma keying, where apparently all-i does make it easier to have a clean key.

[cinematools]

Great review!
As someone who hasn't used Panasonic cameras before, I found S5 II very intuitive and easy to shoot with. Very good camera, especially for the price.

[justinmayfield]

Great review! Glad a quality my creator like you is enjoying this camera. Plan to upgrade from my S1 this year, Lord willing.

[impatrickt]

sweet coverage! absolutely insane value camera for creators. i love mine, it's only limitations i tell people to consider now are:
- no OLPF (be ready for moire like you see on the couch at 3:40)
- rolling shutter performance is pretty bad but is combated by the great IBIS
- the 4k 60 crops is a real pain and probably it's only major downside
- autofocus is good but not great

[OttoRascon]

The footage looks absolutely beautiful! I guess that’s one of the most important aspects. I imagine that the S53 will be the one I get. Great video❤

[zawcethereaper]

Your color grading is immaculate. So satisfying to look at.

[BrandonWells]

yo tyler, your grade and lighting of the talking head is just straight 🔥🔥🔥

[TristanLaughton]

I'm so excited for the future of Lumix products! Crossing my fingers for a proper box / cinema camera.

[the_black_douglas]

Excellent review Tyler! New subscriber 😊 I’m trying hard to refrain from saying “I told you so” to all my Sony/Canon autofocus zombie mates now they see all those other features Lumix has, as you point out. Like you say, the IBIS is so underrated for sheer useability, and the VLog profile for fuss free setup and easy beautiful results. I’m looking forward to the successor to the S1H because the current one doesn’t support PAL 50Hz in Open Gate, which means I’m wary of using it for pro projects where I live in Australia, a PAL country. Also the OLPF on the S1H removes any chance of moire from the get go. Also I’d point out the other 3rd party L mount manufacturers now like TTArtisans and Sirui for their anamorphics, to name a couple! Exciting times in creator world!

[jonpaultucker]

Great review, seriously considering this camera. You mentioned Prores being slightly darker, this is actually because for some reason Lumix cameras encode Prores as video levels instead of full range data levels. It's easy to change in Resolve but some NLE don't let you. Once you change this setting it looks the same as the other codecs.

[vaskoobscura_]

Thanks for this review. Very nicely done.

[nana-ldcr]

Great detailed review. Thank you, Tyler!

[Videos_By_Tre]

Great Video! It was extremely helpful when selecting my next camera.