MrSMW

Panasonic Lumix G100. Hands down. No contest. Awesome bit of kit. The term 'game-changer' originated here. Otherwise, the Fuji XT3 got quite large so that's something...

Not totally opposed, or to Skillshare... Whoever the sponsor is, they have to start with an S.

Aperture, the other part of the exposure triangle? Everything set to manual or...

The morning after... Well having slept on it, sadly, I’m in the same place as I was yesterday and that is it’s not the AF but the weird background pulsing that is killing it for me. So I will be making arrangements for it to go back today. So close Panasonic, so close...

Yup and I have to say I'm pretty gutted. These are pretty shit times as it is, but it's an even shittier day when your shiny new thing proves not to be quite what you expected... Hey ho, worse things happen at sea as my grandfather is fond of saying!

I'm going to sleep on it but I think it's my only real course of action. My only real issue with Fuji was the lack of IBIS in the XT3. But they fixed that with the XT4. Still not keen on these fully articulating screens over tilts, but I can live with that more than I can pulsating backgrounds! We'll see tomorrow but as you say, it's kind of sad. It's the ONLY thing stopping me from loving this camera, but it's driving me nuts.

Right well, hit a 'snag'... Stills mode, great. AF never missed. Video mode AF, played around and for my kind of use, mostly OK. Video mode AF, background pulsing... err, unacceptable. Now I can manage 95% of my shooting day (weddings) with manual focus for video, but there are times when I need AF so I can mount one camera on my freestanding monopod and let 'it' shoot the video whilst I shoot stills. Entrances, exits, first kiss, confetti, cake cutting. Total capture time not much more than a minute in total and end up being maybe 30 seconds or so of the final production, but KEY parts of the final production. Struggling to get my head around a workaround now as the camera ticks boxes everywhere else. Maybe I should have gone with the Sony A7Siii after all... Maybe I should see what the Z6S is going to be... Hmmm... This background pulsing issue. Other than manual focus, there's no fix is there. Could I live with and continue to invest in a system with this potential pulsing if it's only for 5 parts of the day if I switched to AF just for those 5 parts? Dilemma... I was happy with my XT3's except for lack of IBIS so maybe XT4 is the answer?

This, but I shoot much higher frame rates and don't bother with an ND, mostly because I'm shooting hybrid and the ND has a benefit for the video side, but at the same time, a negative on the stills side. 1/1000th + quite often and never noticed anything that bothers me with the resulting footage.

Well if it exists for the Panny S5, I can't work out how. Stills I'm there now, though not having the crop in raw means I'll probably just buy the longer lens. Might be useful for video, but then pretty happy with the standard focal lengths with the lens I have.

Hmmm, I think 9/10 is stretching it a bit!! From my testing yesterday shooting about 10 clips, it was a bit hit & miss. I was shooting at default settings and am now going to try his -3 +2 and some of the alternative AF options. I shoot 4k 50p so have to shoot crop mode and that is supposed to be better with this AF system and one thing is for sure (from my very brief testing), the tighter the lens crop, the more sticky that AF is. I only have the 20-60 lens at this point and it's least sticky at 20mm and so far pretty good at 60mm in some of my tests. I'd go with 10/10 when it's working and 0/10 when it's not.

OK, that worked. If set to M on a function button, the S5 essentially becomes a Jpeg version of the Sony A7Siii 😉

My project for today actually with my new S5. I have been shooting video in cropped APSC format for years so continuing to do so on this FF body is ‘normal’ to me and something I like because I generally prefer a tighter crop and the medium wide zooms and primes have been perfect in that regard. But for stills, I sometimes need a bit longer reach but at the same time would rather not use zooms and would prefer not to switch lenses. Enter shooting FF but with the ability to switch to a crop such as making an 85mm become like a 125/130mm at times. Never had a FF camera before so testing this today...

I’m only interested if it’s going to be sponsored by Sony and Squarespace.

OK, will have a play with that. I don't know why they don't just have a simple 'crop' mode you can assign to a function button?!

I wonder if this is because virtually all, if not all, of the initial reviews were with pre-production models? Though folks only had their units for a few weeks prior to 2nd Sep and production units started arriving 20th I believe. Still setting mine up as a hybrid and it’s a bit of a transition from Fuji in that regard! Menu is very good, muscle memory terrible, but that will come with familiarity and making use of custom modes that I have never used before for one switch hybrid use. I have discovered...or at least cannot find, a way to switch from FF to crop mode for stills with a FF lens which is something other cameras can do. Is it even possible with FF Panasonic?

Indeed. They all seem intent on crippling their product in at least one area and not achieving global domination. It makes no sense to me, but what do I know...

Kaboom, it's arrived! Sorry, no YouTube unboxing video or reading of spec list, just an initial impression whilst the battery is charging. I've come from 8-9 years of Fuji as my main cameras with some dabbling in 1" Sony and M4/3 Panasonic but have otherwise never owned a full frame mirrorless before. I had Nikon DSLR prior to Fuji for stills with a D7000 for filming...but things have moved on since 2010! First of all, it feels superb in the hand. In terms of size for handling and my use, just about perfect. Weight, perfect and I currently have the 20-60mm 'kit' lens attached I bought it with which will become my personal travel lens and my stills work wide angle. Build quality. Well all my old gear has now been sold but I'd say it's all a step up from Fuji and I had no complaints about that, but the build and finish are superb and the way the dials click and operate etc. Next up, some stills and video tests to get a feel for how it all works etc and that all important AF test..., but so far, it's all looking good!

Je suis aussi en France (Gers) mais je suis Anglais 😉

Well I just made my balance pre-order payment with CVP in the UK so it must be on it's way very shortly... Obviously I will do my own testing, but on the basis that the AF works best (for video) at a higher frame rate, APSC crop, longer rather than wider focal lengths and higher shutter speeds, that bodes well as that's how I shoot! I can always send it back if it's not up to par but I have a feeling, especially for my needs, it's going to be. Better be as I sold off everything I have in advance to raise the funds and it's my only big shift in kit in 9 years! I will find out soon enough...

Or just inserted the word SONY before camera. Or perhaps it’s a deliberate snub in regard to the FP because it doesn’t have a mechanical shutter?

Everybody 'thinks' they do because so many people say so. The reality though is that because 99.9999999999999999% of everything is on-line, it's virtually impossible to know what anything is shot on unless you are told or in certain situations where there is a discernible difference. A friend of mine put up some stuff the other day and said, "hey look at the quality of my new Leica!" And he's a pro so should know better that maybe yes, on your 30" screen at home in Lightroom, the pics look amazeballs, but once they have been re-sized and compressed to a web friendly 150kb, they could have been shot on a 1" sensor compact for all anyone would know. I don't know about this new Sony... It looks OK to me, as in visually, but it's not really pushing any boundaries and is it anything the market was after? I dunno because I made my decision recently what i was getting in regard to new kit (second fundamental/brand change after 20 years so VERY considered!) so not as interested in anything new coming out as I was a few weeks back...

Funny you should ask that as I asked myself the same question the other day which was rather than have 2x S5 + Sigma FP, why not just go for 3x S5? And the scientific conclusion I came to was nah. I like the little bugger because it is little and because it’s not anything else. Even if it does not have a tilt screen. Or 4K 60p. Or IBIS. Or EVF. Or mechanical shutter. But apart from that... 🙂

Yup. It’s one of those cameras you can’t judge ultimate quality on based on rear screen or EVF but in editing on a larger pc/laptop/Mac screen. I shot an entire project of stills and video on one in the Faroe Islands over 3 days and I was impressed with the quality it could produce.

You go first, test it out and then be the importer and fixer for Europe 🙂 When I get mine (hopefully next month), I can then send it to you as it's the number one thing I'd like to see.

Well actually, my list would be: 1: Leica Q2 2: Leica QP 3: Fuji X100V But none are really that 'compact'. A compact for me would need to fit in my pocket and that's exactly what the Sony RX100V I had did. I used it for B roll at weddings and it was good for that, just not great above 800 iso. My last 'personal' camera was the Fuji X100f but that was dual purpose as I also used it as a 35mm lens at weddings, but for the last 2 years my personal camera has been my iphone. That is now changing and my new personal camera (again dual purpose as I will be using it at weddings for both stills & video) will be the Sigma FP with 45mm f2.8 lens and that is relatively 'compact', but only pocketable for jackets.