Panasonic’s new mirrorless camera gets the autofocus overhaul we’ve been waiting for
It’s a black camera, but trust me when I say it could be blacker. And thankfully Panasonic will soon do something about that.Panasonic’s new cameras are finally making the leap to a new autofocus system, potentially putting them in line with the latest offerings from Sony, Canon, and Nikon.
Unsurprisingly for Panasonic cameras, the S5II pair have a lot of video features, like 6K recording with real-time LUTs. This year, they ditch the dated and clunky contrast-detect autofocus for a new hybrid phase-detect system Panasonic claims can track multiple people. That might make these new cameras more reliable and up to the task for fast-action stills, which has been a sticking point of Lumix cameras for years now.
The S5II also features unlimited video recording with a new internal fan design that Panasonic says should keep it rolling without much fear of overheating in heat up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Its electronic viewfinder has been improved to an OLED panel with 3.68 million dots of resolution, reaching parity with many other cameras out there. And in addition to a new eight-way rear joystick, the HDMI port is now a full-size connector instead of Mini HDMI.
While this release shows Panasonic finally giving its users the tech everyone has been asking for, there are still some strange oversights in its camera lineup to address. For example, the S1 and S1R cameras of 2018 first jumpstarted the full-frame offerings for the Lumix line, and yet they’ve been left to languish while a more recent model now gets the big autofocus upgrade first. And while the
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