Panasonic S full frame mirrorless system

Introduction

formerly announced Sept 2018 (available April 2019) and uses the Leica L mount
cameras for this lens mount:
- Panasonic as outlined below
- Leica SL-system full frame mirrorless digital camera system
- Sigma L mount full frame cameras
lenses for this L mount are listed:
- L mount lenses for Panasonic S, Sigma L and Leica SL full frame mirrorless cameras
Panasonic and will partner with both Leica and Sigma (the L-mount alliance) and thus will be able to fully utilize the Leica L mount lenses from Leica or Sigma
new features:
- HLG Photo Mode which captures photos with high dynamic range using the Hybrid Log Gamma profile. Photos are saved as HSP files, which can be viewed on HLG-compliant devices
  - These will be among the first cameras to be able to take advantage of the latest HDR displays: showing a natural-looking image with a wider dynamic range (not squeezing a wide dynamic range into the limitations of older, standard-DR monitors)
- multi-shot sensor-shift high-resolution mode with an option to suppress motion blur
- AI-based AF system which not only detects eyes (including animals) and faces but also human bodies for when their face is not visible or they are behind objects, and the user can select which one when there are multiple by using the touch screen.
- when you turn the top LCD screen lamp on, the rear buttons light up as well.
- if you open the card door whilst it is writing to the card an audible alarm will occur.
Panasonic has said that it aims to launch an 8K camera by 2020 that allows photographers to extract 33-megapixel still photos

Cameras

Panasonic S9

announced May 2024
compact version w/o an EVF
24MP BSI CMOS sensor with on-sensor phase detection
$US1499

Panasonic S5 IIx

announced Jan 2023
as for the S5 II but adds:
- raw video output
- video recording to SSD over USB
- All-I compression modes
- internal ProRes capture
- wired/wireless IP streaming
- $US2199

Panasonic S5 II

announced Jan 2023
finally adds phase detect AF - a 1st for Panasonic cameras - about 10yrs after everyone else!
24mp sensor
dual conversion gain sensor with explicit 'Dual Native ISO' gain selection
96MP multi-shot high-resolution mode
fully articulated 3“ LCD screen
video:
- 6K 3:2 open-gate video capture up to 30p (4:2:0 10-bit)
- 6K or DCI/UHD 4K from full sensor width up to 30p
- DCI/UHD 4K up to 60p (S35), unlimited record times thanks to a cooling fan
- optional paid upgrade for Raw video output
dual UHS-II card slots
740g
$US1999

Panasonic S5

announced Sept 2020
smaller (smaller than the GH5), budget version of the S1 with the same 24mp sensor
includes updates to Panasonic's DFD autofocus system, new creative photo modes, and video features that come close to matching both the GH5 and the much more expensive S1H
AF system now has much less background wobble in C-AF than the S1H but it now has a 30min record limit
up to 4K/60p (super-35), full-frame oversampled 4K/30p all with 4:2:2 10-bit color
1080HD up to 180p
2.36M dot OLED EVF w/ 0.74x magnification
3” 1.84M dot fully articulating touchscreen
Dual SD card slots (1x UHS-II, 1x UHS-I)
96MP high-res mode
5fps burst with C-AF, 7fps without C-AF
up to 30fps with electronic shutter in 6K 18mp jpeg only mode with optional pre-buffer
dust and splash resistant
714g
new BLK22 battery giving 470 shots with EVF
$US1999

Panasonic S1H

announced May 2019
24mp sensor with AA filter, 225 CDAF points, and dual-native ISO sensitivity of ISO 640 and 4000 which can be switched manually giving ISO ranges of 640-5000 for LOW and 4000-51200 for HIGH
fully articulated LCD 2.3mdot touch screen and 5.76mdot EVF with 0.78x magnification
9fps burst; 1/320th sec flash sync; shutter to 1/8000thsec in mechanical or electronic modes;
world’s first digital interchangeable lens camera to offer 6K/24p video recording
- 6K/24p with a 3:2 aspect ratio or 5.9K/30p with a 16:9 aspect ratio
- world 1st full-frame digital interchangeable lens system camera to allow for 10-bit 4K/60p recording
- V-Log/V-Gamut with 14+ stops of dynamic range
- dual card slots (XQD + SD), a 3.2-inch triaxial tilt screen, a 5.76-million-dot OLED EVF with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 225-area DFD AF system, a 3100mah battery, a USB-C port, an HDMI port, a 2.5mm port, and 3.5mm microphone and headphone jacks
- unlimited recording time in all recording modes thanks to Panasonic’s unique heat dispersion technologies which includes a fan
- HDR (High Dynamic Range) video recording is an option, which reproduces both the bright and dark parts of an image, creating images identical to how they are perceived by the human eye.
- 1052 g (2.32 lb / 37.11 oz)
- 151 x 114 x 110 mm (5.94 x 4.49 x 4.33″)
$US4000
see https://www.dpreview.com/news/0172573999/panasonic-officially-launches-video-centric-lumix-dc-s1h

Panasonic S1R

47mp
world's first support for 4K 60p/50p video recording in a full-frame mirrorless camera
UHD 4K/60p video capture with 1.09x crop and pixel binning and 30min limit
5.7mdot 120Hz EVF
6EV dual IS
dual card slots - XQD and SD cards
C-AF burst 6fps, S-AF burst 9fps to 90 shots
8-shot 187mp HiRes mode
rugged triaxial tilt 2.1mdot LCD
WiFi, Bluetooth
Flash sync: 1/320
380 shots/charge using LCD; USB charging;
148.9 x 110 x 96.7mm (5.9 x 4.3 x 3.8″)
$3,697.99
opt. battery grip (DMW-BGS1) will also be available for around $350
firmware updates:
- v1.2 July 2019:
  - extra 0.5EV IBIS performance = 6EV with non-OIS lenses and 6.5EV in Dual Sync IS2 with OIS lenses
  - improved AF tracking during video
  - new AF-ON: Near Shift biases toward close subjects, while Far Shift does the opposite
  - Live view display during auto focusing is now easier to see
  - Operational stability when using an XQD memory card has been improved
- v1.3 Nov 2019:
  - CFexpress Type B card can be used.
  - Expanded compatibility with Profoto wireless transmitters
  - possible to assign function to the Fn buttons of Sigma L-Mount interchangeable lenses.
  - support for Lns Fn on LUMIX S PRO 70-200mm F2.8 O.I.S.
  - possible to set [AF+MF] in AFC mode.
  - possible to manually set the exposure according to the video exposure mode (P/A/S/M) in High Speed Video mode.
  - other improvements
- v1.5 April 2020:
  - Prograde Digital CFexpress Type B card can be used.
  - 50p/25p video frame rate option is available on all LUMIX S1R cameras including models for the NTSC broadcast format regions
  - touch-control is disabled for [Delete All] operation in playback mode
- v1.6 Nov 2020:
  - Tracking and recognition performance of AF have been improved with an addition of head recognition.
  - Human/Animal recognition can be set ON or OFF when the AF mode is set to [1-Area] or [1-Area+].
  - [AF+MF] can be used during video recording.
  - The following 5K(4992×3744) video recording mode in MOV format has been supported:
    - 5K30p/25p/24p, 4:2:0 10bit LongGOP, 200Mbps, LPCM
  - [Like 2100(HLG)] has been added in [Photo Style] to support 10-bit HDR video recording.
  - [Luminance Level] function supports the 10-bit mode.
  - High-Resolution audio recording using an XLR Microphone Adaptor DMW-XLR1 is available and it can be controlled with [XLR Mic Adaptor Setting] menu. * MOV only
  - 4K 60P/50P 4:2:2 10-bit video output over HDMI has been supported.
  - [SS/Gain Operation] function has been added.
  - [Red REC Frame Indicator] is available.
  - It is possible to play back vertical videos vertically.
  - 4K video files can be transferred to a smartphone via Wi-Fi.
thanks to the firmware update, it is basically the Leica SL2 at less than half the price
advantage over the S1 and S1H in offering full frame 4K/60p (rather than only in APS-C crop mode) and a better AF system in stills mode
for video making it is better than the Nikon Z7, much more reliable than the Canon EOS R5, doesn't have the crippled functionality of the Canon EOS R6, offers more advanced professional handling with a bigger and much higher resolution EVF, illuminated buttons, top panel LCD display and all the pro bells and whistles and very few cameras offer its full frame 4K/60p with no crop.¹⁾

Panasonic S1

24mp
5.7mdot 120Hz EVF
225pt CDAF DFD AF to -6EV
world's first support for 4K 60p/50p video recording in a full-frame mirrorless camera
UHD 4K/60p video capture (1.5x crop); Oversampled 4K/30p with no crop, but no time limit to recording!
10-bit HLG built-in, optional 4:2:2 V-Log
180fps 1080p
anamorphic shooting aspect ratios in 6K photo mode at 30fps with no black out
6EV dual IS
dual card slots - XQD and SD cards
C-AF burst 6fps, S-AF burst 9fps to 90 shots
8-shot 96mp HiRes mode
rugged triaxial tilt 2.1mdot LCD
Flash sync: 1/320
WiFi, Bluetooth
380 shots/charge using LCD; USB charging;
148.9 x 110 x 96.7mm (5.9 x 4.3 x 3.8″)
1021g (2.25lb)
$2,497.99
opt. battery grip (DMW-BGS1) will also be available for around $350
firmware updates:
- v1.2 Aug 2019:
  - improved video C-AF
    - 4K 25p not quite as good as Sony a7III 4k25p C-AF but 4K60p or 1080 60p significantly better than Sony a7III 4k25p C-AF, esp. when subject moves away, plus gives soother focus transitions than the Sony ²⁾
- v1.1 July 2019:
  - extra 0.5EV IBIS performance = 6EV with non-OIS lenses and 6.5EV in Dual Sync IS2 with OIS lenses
  - improved AF tracking during video
  - new AF-ON: Near Shift biases toward close subjects, while Far Shift does the opposite
  - Live view display during auto focusing is now easier to see
  - Operational stability when using an XQD memory card has been improved
  - use of extended functions using the Upgrade Software Key DMW-SFU2
with the latest firmware updates the S1 is practically an S1H albeit with no internal fan and thus capped video file lengths however the video image quality is close to the Alexa LF and compared to Sonya7Siii it is half the price, has superior codec (better colour science, more dynamic range 6K 10bit 200Mbit vs Ultra HD 8bit at 100Mbit) has better IBIS, better EVF, rear screens more readable in sunlight and below ISO 12,800 the S1 has the advantage in terms of creamy smooth low light results in 10bit V-LOG but the main disadvantage is the lack of PDAF autofocus on the S1. It is a more reliable video making camera than the Canon R5/R6 ³⁾
reviews:
- S vs GH5 vs GH5S high ISO video
- https://www.eoshd.com/2019/02/clearing-up-the-utter-bull-in-this-tony-northup-panasonic-s1-video
- Youtube hands on review by Three Blind Men and An Elephant Productions
- why the S1 is a top camera of the year 2019 contender
- EOSHD Panasonic S1's 10 bit 4:2:2 V-Log reviewed
  - Panasonic is again raising the bar first of all the manufacturers, when it comes to video quality in the mirrorless and DSLR world.
- https://fstoppers.com/originals/most-unexpected-surprise-panasonic-lumic-dc-s1-393358
  - “close to being perfect”