s5ii

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s5ii

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Struggling to love Lumix photos after Fuji — anyone else?

I didn't use Fuji before but also just didn't like the colors out of my new S5II at all, even when editing my raws, compared to my old Canon. Then I found this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lumix/comments/1p1rm30/i_mathematically_hacked_panasonic_vlog_to/ and now I pretty much shoot exclusively jpgs wit

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N_F_X in r/Lumix

April 5, 2026 1:04 PM

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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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Over-processed image of the S5iix / S1ii ?

By all accounts you can get a more organic image by shooting Pro-Res and Raw formats, but these come with huge file sizes. H264 and H265 file sizes are so much more reasonable for so many workflows - and I have also noticed the difference going from an S1 / S1H to an S5II. Up-voting this because its

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Old-Round-9585 in r/Lumix

October 8, 2025 5:53 AM

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Problems with the S1II

I have most Panasonic cameras but also the A7CII and the Z6III. I agree with you about the video processing in H265/H264/Prores. Since the S5II the video engine is pretty bad. The A7CII is just much better. What you said about the people skin is true, when cropping inside the videos, it has smoothed

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redempt61 in r/Lumix

December 20, 2025 5:16 AM

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Anyone else finding the S1II can give some weird colours at times?

I own or owned lot of Panasonic full frame and m43 cameras. To my eyes, the S1II has the worse colors, by example a lot of time when I look at my footage, I think the greens look off and it is not only because of the white balance.The S5II had nicer colors on my opinion, the first firmware of this c

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redempt61 in r/Lumix

March 7, 2026 9:16 AM

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Lumix still an underdog?

Autofocus has improved considerably but Lumix is still behind major brands. The inability to set custom brackets is baffling, especially if you shoot real estate. In order to get +-3 stops you have to shoot 7 pictures which is extremely annoying. The TTL flash performance is slightly sluggish compar

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SpookyRockjaw in r/Lumix

December 5, 2025 10:32 AM

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Problems with the S1II

If compared to cameras like the A74, Panasonic looks overly processed since the S5II. You can shoot in 6K to avoid most of the oversharpening, the the chroma filtering will still be there

55Media in r/Lumix

December 20, 2025 8:23 AM

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Overthinking: G9ii vs S5ii vs GH7 traveling and indoor shooting at higher frame rates

The S5II kit 20-60 isn't the sharpest wide open. It also isn't the fastest. The difference in DOF between Full frame and MFT is 2 stops of aperture. A Panasonic 10-25 F1.7 would actually give you a shallower depth of field and more light than the 20-60. But that is a big expensive lens, and the GH7

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ElDuro_Tuco in r/Lumix

January 27, 2026 11:30 PM

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Convince me not to buy the Lumix 35mm S Prime Lenses for the Lumix S5ii and S9

I feel like you can fix most optical flaws in post nowadays. And the 35mm samples I've seen are not optically better enough compared to the zoom to justify the purchase. The only real difference is going to be bookeh, by a very marginal amount. Why not leverage your s5ii's features and get yourself

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themindbreaker1995 in r/Lumix

March 14, 2026 8:57 AM

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Can anyone provide Lumix S1II H.265 & Prores RAW footage?

It's not only a problem of oversharpening, it's mainly a problem of detail filtering and temporal noise reduction.It can be fixed by a firmware update yes, but Panasonic never fixed it on the S5II and S5IIX.

redempt61 in r/Lumix

November 14, 2025 10:41 AM

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