Panasonic Lumix S5 is a Full-Frame Hybrid mirrorless camera. It is a 24MP camera with a 1/8000 sec Max Shutter Speed. It has a full-frame CMOS sensor that can record up to 4K-quality video and able to shoot up to 7fps in stills. It has a 20-60 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens with Dual native ISO technology. The S5 has a 2.36m-dot OLED electronic viewfinder and has a free-angle 3.0” 1.84-dot touchscreen LCD. This Panasonic Lumix S5 has 5-axis sensor-shift image stabilization to minimize the appearance of camera shake.  

Pros:

  • It has a well-rounded, sleek, and lightweight design.
  • This camera features a full-frame 24.2MP CMOS sensor and Dual Native ISO for high-resolution images.
  • Panasonic has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for wireless connectivity
  • This has Dual SD card slots for flexible file storage.
  • The body of this camera has a splash- and dust-sealed design for working in different conditions.
  • It has DFD [ Depth-From-DeFocus ] technology that can quickly calculate the distance to subjects and adjust itself within 0.08 seconds.

Cons:

  •  The compact body lacks a pop-up flash, which requires an external hot-shoe speedlight for on-the-go fill flash.
  • Among the dual SD card slots, only one card supports faster speeds up to UHS-II; the second is limited to UHS-I.
  • It has Depth-from-Defocus detection mode, which does not compete with the accuracy of Canon’s dual pixel and Sony hybrid phase autofocus.

Best For:

This Panasonic Lumix S5 hybrid camera is best for travel vlogging, even during the day or night, because it has the feature of Depth-from-Defocus, which can quickly adapt itself accordingly to the subject within 0.08 seconds.  A professional commercial video maker can record 4K-quality videos with  5-axis sensor-shift image stabilization to minimize the appearance of camera shake.  This camera is suitable for portrait photography, landscape photography, and travel photography with amazing image-stabilising features. There are many camera’s in market with heavy, but this Lumix S5 camera has a light-weight and sleek design, which makes it easy to carry.