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These are the requirements for delivery : Classic requirements, nothing fancy.

I do find the continuous AF quite good in this video (not that interesting except for the AF). It's not very difficult shots but even those kind of shots would have sometimes been ruined with former Panasonic cameras. What i find also very good is that the pulsing is not as bad as before, it's sometimes not there at all or very subtle.

Exactly what I think.

For video I personnally super 35/APS-C is the sweet spot. I really like micro 4/3 too for video. But I can't really appreciate taking stills on a crop sensor. For now I only use mirrorless bodies for my stills business and for my filmmaking business (except when I need to rent a certain camera for a project). But if I would buy a proper video camera, I'm pretty sure I'd go for a super 35 camera like the C300 MkIII for video and keep a full frame camera for my photography.

To me the ultrad budget indie filmmaking cameras today are the Pocket 4k/6K and the GH5. Nothing can beat them as of now for indie ultra budget cinema shooting. Except maybe the Panasonic S5. Pretyy sure it will be a big hit for those in the marke for a GH5 or a pocket 6k, because now they can afford a full frame camera that shoot as good or better cinematic footage.

I hesitated between the 20-60 kit or buying body only with the cashback offer on the 16-35 f4 but I ended up wanting to be as light and small as possible. I also received my Fotodiox EF-L VND adapter today. So stocked about it, it is still really shiny in Paris these days so I will find some ways to use it and test it but so far I find it really great for now, good built quality, locks very firmly on the mount and the lens doesn't wobble, the ND is nice, good quality with hard stops (changes from circular NDs and my PolarPro Mattebox).

So I took the plunge. One Panasonic ambassador told me about an interesting offer with a shop in France. Besides the Panasonic offer with the Sigma 45mm offered for free, this shop will give you 3 years more warranty + a free battery. I thought it was a good deal so I pre-ordered it. I am pretty sure I would do it as I need another body to complement my S1H but this offer made me purchase it right away. So it should arrive by the end of september/beginning of october. I will put it through its paces as I have some interesting jobs coming along, especially one shooting a documentary for the french national television service (France Television) if it is delivered in time. So I'll give you all my first feedback really quick I think. Pretty excited by this camera as it is the one I was waiting for in the L-mount system : a smaller camera than my S1H that could still shoot awesome video to match with the bigger brother, being quite smaller to be my B-cam/gimbal cam, also my main stills camera, and one that I could bring everyday to shoot some street and mundane photography (without the hassle to release the S1H from the rig/cage between pro gigs) and one camera that I could take on vacation without sacrificing any quality in stills picture and video.

Same here.

I really hope you're right. Panasonic is one of the few camera brands that I really trust and satisfies me with their products despite them not being perfect (as such thing doesn't exist). Also considering i'm fully invested into Panasonic system as a lot of people here, it kind of makes me uncomfortable knowing they are hardly recovering from this bad financial year. Hope everything will be fine in the end.

https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/uh-oh-after-olympus-was-sold-only-a-few-months-ago-could-panasonic-be-next

An indie feature film shot in anamorphic using the Panasonic S5 :

I really think the image is pretty solid. Maybe the best 2000$ camera for video on the market right now :

Not sure it will work as you need to then send them the invoice with the picture of the barcode and only after them checking everything they will send you the money back.

Maybe not in the UK as all I see on the CVP website is the free Sigma 45mm or free XLR1 MICROPHONE ADAPTER offer. So yeah maybe not outside EU.

I already have the 24-70 f2.8 and waiting for the primes that will be released by november. And I also have a 5 lenses kit of Samyang cinema lenses that I use on paid projects on my S1H. But what interest me in the 16-35 f4 is that its aperture is constant and it's kind of small, matching the small size of the S5. Also for me, f4 (and sometimes f5.6) is the sweet spot for shooting video in Full Frame in manual focus, it has that FF look with a little bit of blur in the background without being too hard to pull focus. So perfectly fine for me. i'd rather compromise a bit on the size than on the constant aperture compared to the 20-60.

Ok so the price for the S5 is 2000 euros , then 1500 -600 euros for the Panasonic 16-35 = 2900 euros for the Panasonic S5 + Panasonic 16-35 f4 + Sigma 45mm f2.8 (FREE) ! I think it's worth it ! In europe the prices are 2300 euros for Panasonic + 20-60, check for yourself here : https://www.digit-photo.com/PANASONIC-Lumix-S5-20-60mm-f-3-5-5-6-rPANASONICDCS5KEK.html

I have the Sigma with my S1H and it works really great. I think it's the best option right now.

Yes but it would be great to have the -1 option as in the S1H.

I think i'll pass on the 20-60 wich seems great for a kit lens but I'll end up buying it with the cashback offer on lenses. I think buying it with the 16-35 f4 wich gives you a 600 euros cashback and still having the 45mm from Sigma for free, it's quite a good deal. If I need more range I still have my Panasonic 24-70 f2.8. The 16-35 f4 is not large by any means so it pairs well with the S5 in my opinion. My personal kit would be the S5 and those two lenses I think :

No it's available in France, and in other countires as I saw it so i'm pretty sure it works in Belgium !

This !! 👆

Yes !

I'm pretty sure Panasonic won't make a lot of compromises. Just looking at their new 20-60 lens it may be a changing aperture lens, but it's parfocal, no focus breathing and weather sealed with a good image quality. I think this will be the same for those primes. I'm really waiting for them. I'll buy 2 first and 2 others at the end of the year. Exactly what i was waiting in this system.

I should receive mine real soon (it is in transit), I will test it really soon cause I will have some run and gun shooting coming in the next weeks. I bought it purposely for these kind of situations when I want/need to go light and don't want to deal with my mattebox and if I need to be on a low profile to shoot on the streets. I have some variable circular NDS but I never liked circular VNDs always some issues and the fact to have several diameters for my lenses is problematic. My mattebox is quite light (Polarpro Basecamp Mattebox) but I want to be even lighter than this sometimes 😉

It seems Sony is close to reveal the new cinema camera FX6 wich appears at the end of this video released today :