Al Dolega

Has waveform too! Looks like Nikon isn't reserving the video goodies for the FF/higher-end bodies.

OTA is actually generally better quality than streaming, at when comparing HD to HD.

Mmmmmno it didn't. I'm 44 and only have vague memories of smog in Detroit from my childhood in the 80's. And that is not a few years ago. Sure, to a white, male, boomer, in America.

Agreed that it seems this will be the last round of IMX410-sensored cameras, in a year or two the rolling shutter and framerate performance will just be so far behind the competition that it seems it wouldn't be worth it. Maybe on some super-budget model. BMCC6K and Pyxis have an OLPF don't they? That was the only tempting aspect of those cams for me. When the S5ii/X was teased I hoped that they would have figured out a way to get a FF 60fps, >1080p mode out of the IMX410. We know it can't do 4K/UHD at 60p but I think a 2.5K or 2.8K or 3K mode would have made the camera much more competitive, even if it had to use some binning and wasn't absolutely pristine quality. I wouldn't expect any of the other Japanese companies to consider this as it would be a "weird" resolution, but Panasonic already does open gate, 5.8K, 6K, etc so I don't think they'd have any of those reservations. Hopefully they did try and it's just a hardware restriction.

I really hope so. I think it would be a big mistake to not port everything from the S9 to the S5ii/X as soon as possible.

If L-mount's flange distance had been made just .75mm shorter, it would be the same as m4/3. Then they could have avoided the whole which-system-for-a-compact-camera debate, and the S9 could have just come with an adapter for m4/3 lenses. But then we'd have nothing to complain about!

That's true, I have definitely noticed the different processing in my S5iiX. But model/lineup-wise, the S5iiX is the intermediate model you mentioned. I just hope the new camera isn't super expensive, or if it is, they do an S1 successor that meets my wants and is $2500-ish.

That's exactly what the S5iiX is. The formats/capabilities from the S1H, same sensor, plus PDAF. Different body style of course but the large body style of the S1H was not super popular so it made sense to stay with the S5 body. Personally I love the S1/S1R/S1H bodies' handling, I understand they are a bit unwieldy for those with smaller hands though. I think a midpoint between them and the S5 would be perfect for the new high-end cameras, plus if they could make the combo tilt/flip screen mechanism a bit lower-profile like it is on the Sonys.

Yes that could definitely be an issue. Sony isn't the only option, for instance the 47MP S1R sensor was from someone else I believe; but it seems Sony is the most realistic choice. Their pricing is probably better than other suppliers because they do so much volume, but if they aren't allowing the existing 24MP Z6iii sensor or whatever will be in the A7v to be sold to anyone else yet, and the old rusty-trusty IMX410 is the only other thing they have available, Panasonic might be in a very tough spot. I dunno, when you narrow the scope a bit to lenses that mortals need and can afford (no superteles, no exotic zooms, no super-high-end primes, etc), the RF mount has a fairly limited selection too, and that doesn't seem to hurt Canon much. I think it's mostly name recognition (as a camera brand, not for toasters) and familiarity that hurts Panasonic. We spend a lot of money on this stuff and for many people that makes them less logical and more conservative in their evaluation of the non-big-3 brands.

The S5 must have continued to sell well enough past the S5ii/X release that they want to keep it in the lineup, I imagine the new model name has more to do with part availability. If it's only an EVF upgrade, the original EVF panel is probably out of production now, remember the S5 came out 4 years ago, who knows how old that EVF already was at that point. You can't just make the new EVF a running change to the S5 model, you'd have people bothering dealers to check serial numbers to figure out which stock has the new EVF, and there are certainly code differences for running the new panel so you need a separate firmware. So you're stuck with making the update technically a different model number and SKU just to keep things straight. Sony did the same thing with the A7RIIIa, it was an older model at the time and just had an updated LCD screen, I don't recall anyone getting as upset over that as they seem over the S5D. Which is of course just due to frustration with the wait for the S1Hii. Firmware update is probably just the app/LUT stuff from the S9 for the S5ii/X. Hopefully more, maybe more AF tweaks. The pancake zoom should have been out at the same time as the S9, not sure how Panny got that whole release so wrong.

The rumor lists all of those modes as FF, though, not a crop.

I wonder what "dot-to-dot" in that Weibu rumor means. Pixel binned? Lineskipped? It can't be pixel-to-pixel, the math is way off for a 61mp sensor.

Looking forward to USB-C becoming the standard for connecting monitors/EVFs etc.

Res can stay right at 24MP IMO, it is the perfect goldilocks resolution. The Z6III has sub-10ms rolling shutter, if Panasonic can do similar without sacrificing DR or getting the weird flashing shadow effect I think it would be a big seller.

They are definitely the juggernaut in the room, at least the L-mount room. When DJI does something it seems to usually be leagues past competitors, in the tech itself and the execution and usability; or at least they get to that point very quickly, within a product generation or two. Maybe that hamstrings them though? Many of their products have no real competitors, perhaps they would shy away from making a "normal" camera and having to compete directly. I had forgotten about their buying Hasselblad, not sure how much that would really add to an L-mount product but it's good marketing at least. Having Hasselblad and Leica in L-mount would certainly up the prestige factor. Although I wonder if Leica would object to Hasselblad joining? As they are more of a rival to Leica in the rich-boy/dentist cam space.