Lumix S5II

Panasonic

Lumix S5II

547 positive 9 neutral 82 negative

Based on 638 Reddit mentions

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Which full-frame should I buy? Nikon Z6 III, Panasonic Lumix DC-S5IIX, Canon EOS R6 Mark II, and Sony Alpha 7 IV.I often shoot portraits (fast AF, great bokeh), travel (compact, versatile lenses), and groups (good sharpness, dynamic range).

Well it's good you mentioned affordable lenses because that cuts out Canon. The Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 G2 is a great fast lens that's well priced and light. Should help keep the price down from getting zooms and primes. They're for Sony or Nikon. Lumix have the kit lens 20-60mm and the new 24-60mm F2.8

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tjalek in r/Lumix

June 11, 2025 5:49 AM

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Viltrox 16mm 1.8 L

High frame rates on the S5II which require an APS-C crop, selfie/vertical videos, Astro & landscape photography. Plenty of uses for a 16mm prime, especially a quality one with AF. Much more accessible than the sigma 14mm or 15mm Art lenses, wider than the lumix 18mm or Sigma 20mm primes.

windycitychi_ in r/Lumix

February 13, 2026 4:23 PM

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LUMIX S5III Speculation

I love my S5II, but the only thing that I can see wanting in the future is more resolution. I don't know what Lumix' sales are like, if there's enough to justify all s5 competing with the S1, or not. In my mind, the S1IIe is basically the updated S5II, they'll just need to drop the price a bit when

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AWScreo in r/Lumix

November 9, 2025 4:42 PM

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Color science: why the discrepancy?

It really is the sensor. And the markets desire for crisp low noise video. All the processing and IQ stuff that is different is a byproduct of the sensor. They are working with the tech they have. For example, with the S5ii, even within firmware updates they changed the sharpening and noise reductio

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Quiet_Orbit in r/Lumix

June 3, 2025 3:32 AM

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Shoot horizontal & vertical?

I shoot wide and crop most of the time with my real estate clients. For any parts where they're talking on camera, I shoot in 6K Open Gate (Lumix S5iiX), which gives me plenty of options for cropping vertical or horizontal. For the b-roll, I shoot wide then crop. And honestly with how short the vert

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inheritor in r/videography

September 13, 2025 6:14 AM

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Lumix S 70-300 or 100-500 for casual wildlife / birding?

Yep I hear ya, they dropped the ball with discontinuing the GX line. I sold my GX9 about 2 years ago and then got into L-mount with S9, then added S5ii shortly after but I top out at 70-300 on L-mount as far as long tele needs go and let m43 handle that. That said, my favorite L-Mount lens is actual

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YourselfInOthrsShoes in r/Lumix

April 11, 2026 11:54 PM

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Lumix s5m2 high res mode vs canon r5m2 45mp

"left canon, right Lumix" This is just mind blowing. To all who purchased the(I purchased S5iiX) S5ii or S5iiX, you are really smart. The feature of being able to do 96MP raw file is what closed it for me. Just use that tripod you purchased years ago, the raw files are insane in detail. I purchased

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Sharp-Bandicoot674 in r/Lumix

November 26, 2025 1:01 AM

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LUMIX S9 VS S5 II (vs FUJIFILM alternative) for a first camera with "cinematic" as leisure and professional

You are saying Fuji X-S20 offers open gate compared to Lumix lineup? Lumix offers open gate on all of their mirrorless lineups. Apart from that I'd vote for S5II, it has mechanical shutter and built in fan when compared to S9 and still relatively compact. For video work Lumix footage will look with

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PrinceGorilla in r/Lumix

September 7, 2025 4:52 PM

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Starting fresh, in search of camera

Check out LUMIX S5ii/S5iix. Both have best ibis, solid low light, and autofocus is solid. 4k 60 has aps-c crop which is something to note if that is a deal breaker. VLOG footage is pretty easy to color grade and is flexible. Bodies are cooled via fans so there’s no overheating.

flanneldaddy69 in r/videography

July 24, 2024 1:59 PM

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Gerald changed the gh6 review title after the gh7 release and the "I was not invited" video.

Did Toneh Northrup and Jared Polin get invited to any Lumix events since the S5II and G9II? They always trash talk micro four thirds and take digs at Panasonic for not having Sony levels of AF in the past every chance they got lmao. They probably get real quiet when none of the Lumix cameras overhea

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DayTraditional2846 in r/Lumix

July 12, 2024 3:24 AM

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