As someone who’s used the Lumix S1 since its launch in 2018 and the original Lumix S5 since 2020, I’ve watched Lumix full-frame steadily grow into a system that has every right to be revered among photographers and videographers. The one thing holding it back from capturing the attention of the masses was the contrast-based Depth-from-Defocus autofocusing system that Panasonic developed and championed for years, despite much of the competition adopting phase-detection-based AF setups.
Uncharacteristically late to the innovation party, Panasonic is aiming the phase hybrid AF-powered Lumix S5 II squarely at “creators” – that annoying tribe of people who make content for a living or a pastime, in the hope of someday turning it into a career. People like me. To tick the right boxes the S5 II needs to be able to deliver beautiful stills that are easy to edit and transfer from the camera on the go. It also needs to be able
