Port Angeles, Washington, USA. Lumix S5 20-60mm "Kit Lens"
New firmware
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@theusualeditor No punching in though I think when you use an external recorder you can do it if not recording in camera. Not what your looking for, but worth mentioning. As to the crop no you can't tried to set it to a special function but once your recording it ignores it. Again, the external recorder will let you do it as long as your not recording in camera just using the hdmi feed. So you can hack around it if that's helpful.
@Scot thanks for the useful information. I did watch your video about linear focusing and find it very interesting how far they have come along in that area. Part of the reason I stayed with manual lenses was because linear focusing by wire was so unpredictable before.. and still is in many other cameras/lenses.
I know about focus peaking, but in the A7III there is a useful feature to help with manual focusing: The user can "punch in" the image, I believe x4 or x7 times, even while recording, to accurately focus by closely looking at edges and such. Is there a feature like this on the S5?
Lastly, and this is an impossible one: Can the S5 (or S1 for that matter) able to APS-C crop on the fly? basically.. while recording? Thanks!
I can answer some of your questions. Yes, there is a DC coupler coming. You need a battery installed for the usbc to work. Personally, I'd go with the coupler far more robust connection. AF is much improved, but MF is still the way to go sometimes, I'd say watch some of my basic videos like my Linear focusing above. I do some plodding around with the stabilization and I'd say it's pretty good. I'm about as far from ninja walking as you can get in my videos : )
@yaz72 Do you have any update on the stabilization VS the A7III?
Also, what are the powering options for this camera? Are DC couplers available? Can it be powered from USB without a battery in the compartment? I know that there is no contest vs the A7III phase detection, but since all my lenses are manual I am starting to consider this model.
Zacuto S5 Cage
I bought it as well. Image quality is stellar and IBIS is great, I watched a lot of S5 reviews on youtube, some of them are full of bullshit, obviously biased.
I've done a few videos on the S5. I bought it with concern I might regret it but to the contrary I'm happy with it. The contrast focus is much improved and I find some of its positive points outweigh the negative for me. Here is a video on Linear focusing which is great.
Low-light 10bit V log 4K ISO400 test video, at night
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