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Lumix S5II
$1797.99
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Based on 121 Reddit mentions
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AF is great! depending on your usage it can be on-par with sony in my tests. IBIS is bad. unusable for cinema or big screens in general, wobbly image. i have the a7sIII and FX3
hexxeric in r/NikonFilmmakers
December 19, 2025 7:36 AM
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I own Sony A7IV which has little better AF than A7S3/FX3 and it also struggle in condition like this., but even on S1II AF change to (worse) DFD autofocus above 12800.
NoNegotiation2167 in r/Lumix
March 6, 2026 3:59 PM
2
Unless you are a tech nerd - what’s the real benefit of buying a new camera? […] But real question is: how can you as a filmmaker benefit? Sony’s latest AI autofocus goes hard. As on ZV-E1. But it’s missing from the FX30, FX3, FX6, and A7S III. You said “filmmaker”, and maybe a lot of that work is s
...synth_this in r/FX3
April 2, 2026 7:52 PM
1
AF is great! depending on your usage it can be on-par with sony in my tests. IBIS is bad. unusable for cinema or big screens in general, wobbly image. i have the a7sIII and FX3
hexxeric in r/nikon_Zseries
December 19, 2025 7:40 AM
0