Panasonic LUMIX S5IIX Review: 10 Reason's You'll Love it! 

Hi everyone, I hope this video is helpful. I wanted to list the things I really like about it, some downsides, and whether you should get the S5II or the S5IIX. Thanks to Panasonic for the loan of this S5IIX. Check it out here 🛒 B&H - bhpho.to/3oacOJn 🛒 Walmart USA - bit.ly/3GrYzWI 🛒 Amazon AU - amzn.to/41Srtqe 🛒 Amazon UK - amzn.to/454si22 🛒 Amazon Canada - amzn.to/3Ip9YHf 🛒 Amazon DE - amzn.to/45dDOIp (affiliate links)

Loving your Lumix content, mate...the perfect balance between informative and accessible! Keep up the great work! :) I'm considering a move up to Lumix full frame options (coming from the G9 and GH5 Mk.ii) for video and your vids have given me a lot to consider...thanks and best wishes from Scotland! :)

Epic review! Thanks for sharing such an in-depth review that we all needed :)

Thank you Shane.I am waiting for a detailed video of S5IIx from you.

I hope and pray that you have fully recovered and I will love to see a lots of S5IIx videos from you.Thank you Shane for this video.

Thanks Panasonic. I can now use this camera in hot, hot Jamaica with no fear of overheating. No more overheating Sony a7iv or other poorly designed Sony mirrorless cameras.

Best video info on the S5 II and the S5 IIx onRU-vid. Packed full with information! You can watch it 3 times and you will learn something new each and every time!!! Great video Shane, great big thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Nice Video! I'm mostly a stills shooter but looking at a video centric camera to add to my bag. Been looking at this camera for a while now, I think I may have to take the plunge.

Thank you very much for your presentation.

Once they are readily available I'll rent the S5ii x to make sure I know if I like it or not. I've haven't used a camera other than Canon and Sony over the past 10 years. I think this camera has what I need to make photo and video fun again.

Superb camera and lenses. I’ve got the S5 and the S5iix with most of the lenses. I can’t recommend it enough! Thanks for the great video.

Weirdly, your community post about this video showed up, RIGHT above this video 😂 Watching now lol

Your videos are terrific: please keep up the good work. Have you tried adjusting settings for any of the filming modes (for example, natural)? If so, would you be willing to share them with us? Thank you...

Thanks for NOT hypeing the all black design of the camera like all the other reviewers in the world. You are focussing on the important things. 👍

Many thanks for your detailed review! I own the original S5 and recently bought a Lumix S5 II and S5 IIx. Unfortunately I had to return both units, because they had exactly the same audio issue: If you connect an external microphone via the jack audio input, there is a high frequency pulsating sound that doubles its frequency when you switch the frame rate from 25p to 50p. This annoying sound can only be heard very quietly, but it is disturbing in quiet passages during interviews, for example. And yes, it does not go away as soon as you hit record. This is a step by step guide to reproduce the problem: 1. Set the camera to movie mode in a quiet room 2. Connect an external microphone to the Mic-Port (if it is a battery powered device, you can leave it switched off) 3. In the audio menu, set the „Sound Rec Gain Level“ to „Low“ (in „Standard“ the issue is less pronounced) 4. Set the Audio Level to Zero or + dB to emphasize the issue 5. Put your low impedance headphones on (e.g. EarPods) and note a pulsing high pitched interference sound 6. Press the lens lock/unlock button to make the sound disappear for some seconds 7. Toggle the Movie Recording Options from 25p to 50p to double the speed of the pulsing sound 8. Switch the dial “Movie Mode“ to Manual "M“ to hear the sound change it’s frequency Please note: This interference do not occur using the onboard mics or the DMW-XLR1 unit.

Great info! For a RU-vid talking head camera, would you recommend the S5ii or Sony FX 30?

Thank goodness its not just me...I couldn't understand why my footage had so many audio tracks, and now I know. Great vid as usual Shane.

Thanks for the review, Shane. Aside from your Into the Blues channel, what other channels do you have on youtube??? Mark in Marin County

Great camera, great video. Tempted by S5ii and S1 prices, but the black+ssd is worth the extra. (I hope the big S1 line keeps going, though.)

I actually live the red accent on the s5ii. I just finished a full cine rig with the s5ii. I have a sigma 24-70 and the irix 40mm cine lense, amazing combo

thank you for thsi great review. :)

I have the s pro 24-70 sitting on my desk right now just waiting for my S5iix so I can actually use it lol. I was going to go with just the primes but when the price dropped $500 it was enough of a discount to justify it. As a narrative filmmaker that lens is perfect (aside from the weight and size). Manual focus clutch, par focal, no focus breathing and easily reframe when filming 60p without swapping lenses. One thing that is never really talked about is when you see that Roger Deakins likes a 28mm or Spielberg sees the world in 21mm they are talking about super 35 which is a 1.44x crop compared to the S5. So the s prime 35 turns into 24mm and the S prime 24 turns into 16.5mm. I love that I can actually set the 24-70 to 30mm and know I have the field of view of 21mm on a cinema camera. This lens lets you film an entire feature film without ever having to change the lens. It is essentially a cine lens.

Wow. I'm impressed about how the market is blooming after the pandemics and chip shortage. From mid 2022 to (i suppose) end of 2024 the camera market has been and will be crazy. It started with Fuji XH2 and XH2S, and doesn't seem to stop. Nikon Z8, Panasonic S5IIX and S5II, Canon cheapo entry level R50, R10 and R8, etc. And we wait for next Nikon cameras, Panasonic new S1 lineup (i think will be incredible cameras), Canon R5 replacement, etc. For me it's even more difficult to decide for one system 😅😅😅😅😅. I think i will sell my Z50, Z30 and lenses and i will stay with Nikon and Canon DSLR until the market settles 😊

Wish their S-Pro primes are similar to their S Prime lens but with much much much much superior quality and optics. Not that I'm complaining about the S Lenses but with just a little bit more money and you can get the Sony GM 1.4 primes. It's kinda hard to justify the price difference. Other than superficial stuff that I spoke about, the S series of prime is a great set

I am still deciding between this S5IIX and the FX30 or the ZV-E1, but I am more attracted by the Lumix. Uf! Thanks for the video!

GREAT video! Looking for holiday deals on Lumix gear. Is there any way to stop the corner warping on >20mm lenses when handheld? Does the 18mm Lumix prime suffer from it as well?

thx for the helpful and breezy review. dang, was considering getting a sony fx30 but the panny s5iix seems to do everything better except AF, which i never use. yurr, av owned the sony a73 and now the fx3. jus the 24-70mm gmaster v1 for a lens. i used to own x2 panny g85's and x1 gx85. loved using those for walking around stuff and mounting to the inside of a car window w a ram suction mount. great ibis, affordable lenses, but mft lowlight is rough. seems like brandwise, sony and panny are kings in the $2-4kish mirrorless range. w sony specializing in beast lowlight performance and a great selection of 1st/3rd party lenses that arent too out of reach. panasonic seems to specialize in good ibis, 2nd-best lowlight at this pricepoint for mirrorless, better menus, more weatherproof type features/funner to shoot with. my only gripes w the panny cameras are the skintones look too red/yellow, and the lens selection is, as u said, pricey & limited. id probs save a couple bucks re-using my sony npfz100 batteries from my fx3/a73, and the possibility of swapping lenses if theyre full frame. that bein said, for a walkaround or car window mounted camera, the s5iix seems superior bcoz of the ibis. (fx30 ibis and lowlight perhaps lesser bcoz 6k oversampling and not fullframe) and the price seems fair for a feature rich camera. but idk, hesistant, long term, idk about panny lineup of lenses. leica be pricey. plus i like getting goofy samyang dumblenses and not usin AF anyway. but yeh both brands are great in this price range. and def the gx85 was my fave camera. so fun as a travel camera. but the fx3 feels pro, w the recording time, fan, beefy workhorse vibes. caged w a 98wh battery + atomos, its a pretty solid indie film reliable little camera. zcam seems interesting too but seems plagued by a thousand little issues, and reliability is king in filmmaking. crazy how far cameras have come in the past 10 yrs. movin beyond the canon t5i fosho😂

Does the Lumix s5ii record audio with an on board microphone or is an external microphone required. Thanks to your videos I too will own a Lumix s5ii with the 20-60mm lens. I love your channels 😊

Who doesn't love Panasonic cameras? This is a working professional tool, and has features the other 'Big names' don't have.

Thanks for the work you put into this review! Can either the S5ii or the S5iix be continuously powered to allow for unlimited recording? I want to shoot video for multiple hours outside.

Such a bummer about the 1080P 50/60FPS with no PDAF. I also agreed about the audio channels, I wish you could turn them off. I wish they would fix this too. I really wanted the S5iix but I think I'm going to stick with the S5II.

Im curious if you don't mind testing, with the USB port supporting SSDs this also takes away the option to power the camera via PD. Are you able to connect a USB hub with ones that have pass through charging to the device so that you can in fact connect an SSD and charge at the same time.

Now all I need is an M43 version of the Lumix S5IIX😅

I’m pretty close to buying the X as my first Panasonic. Great video.

All the years of us b!tching about PDAF finally paid off! And both the S5 II & S5 II X are even better than i hoped for! Cant wait what a S1H II or a GH7 will look like! Also so great to see that Panny is giving you some love with review units Shane! :)

would it be possible for me to use the internet of the mobile operator of the cell phone to do the live on youtube?

can you do a video on how long it will take to fill up 1TB SSD with the different recording formats. S5IIX?

Have you experienced a little delay between hitting record and the recording actually starting? On the screen the delay translates into a little stutter/jump but it isn't in the actual footage as it seems to happen when the timer/recording actually starts. It happens in mov and prores but doesn't seem to be an issue in MP4. S5iix on the latest fw with 2 64g prograde v90ii 250mb cards. Any input would be great!

Do you suggest any zoom lens for wildlife photography for lumix 5iix2

any info about phase auto focus , on all rec modes

I'm considering both cameras and would appreciate your insight. If I were to simply shoot at 4K24 frames 10 bit 422 and wanted the convenience of recording to an SSD for workflow would you suggest the X? The only reason I would be upgrading to the X model would be that convenience .Appreciate your thoughts in advance.

People complain about the 1.5x crop on the S2II & S2IIX, but forget that all other cameras in that price range have either a crop or quality just goes down to 1080p at 60fps+. I’ll take a 1.5x crop because it’s just like shooting from a APS-C camera that comes with a crop. The big thing for me is how it doesn’t overheat and the IBIS is probably the best one out there. The low light performance is also a deal breaker. Canon can’t compete with this unless you get a lens for low light shots. You can get a little better results with Sony but you have to step it up and spend way more for an FX30 😐

hi Geeky! Is there a big difference in image quality between the Lumix Pro 24-70 f2.8 and the Lumix 20-60? At maximum relative aperture, which is sharper?

Does anyone know if the autofocus works normally in FHD?

Hi Shane, question. Are the audio features/specs/settings the same between the S5II and the S5IIX?

With an Update you can Record in Blackmagic RAW 👌🏼

I just received my S5IIX - yay! I think I have discovered a firmware bug when using a vintage lens - Takumar 50mm f1.4 - with an SSD connected. The usual start-up selection dialogue box you see confirming focal length etc., of the lens is absent when starting from SSD. It only seems to appear when using internal SD storage. Otherwise an incredible camera - pleased I waited for the s5IIX.

I feel like the X is overkill for 90% of people. Being able to record to SSD would be nice

I'm waiting for the S1Hmk2

I need your help. I recently sold my sony a7iv and bought panasonic s5ii and sigma 24-70. I noticed that when changing the aperture, no matter in what mode, there are sharp jumps on the screen and on the video. It's like when you change the aperture for a split second, a huge black vignette appears around the edges, it's very noticeable. On Sony, this is not the case, and when changing the aperture from one extreme value to another, only the blurring of the background changes, and the exposure changes smoothly and imperceptibly. I'm trying to figure out if this is a lens problem or a feature of Panasonic cameras.

Active cooling is SUCH a cheap addition for them to add they should really add it to any camera that has potential to overheat. Instead, manufacturers selectively include it to differentiate models and for marketing etc etc. it’s a situation where the market has failed. Look at the ZV-E1 as a perfect example. $3k body that didn’t have the budget for active cooling? You have to cough up extra $3k for the FX3 😂😂😂

This is probably a subjective opinion, but I feel that your B-roll since you are using the S5II and Gh6 looks significantly better, don’t know how, maybe “reacher” in color tones, or maybe you are using different Luts? The thing is that those clips look beautiful!

GREAT VIDEO, GH6 or S5IIX?

Hi mate, the part starting @9:19 100fps in 1080 did you lose pdaf while recording or could you still use pdaf? Thanks for feedback greetings from Germany

I'll probably start with lumix 5-2 and then time will tell I hope they will accept me into the panasonic family

I am on the verge of buying the X, I meant to ask you b/4. does the battery door have the same slot as the GH-6 FOR A DUMMY BATTERY CABLE?

I have no idea why the Live Crop never made it into the GH6.

How big would you say the difference in autofocus reliability is between the Lumix S5ii and a Sony camera like the A7siii for complex situations, such as weddings, backlit subjects, lowlight, crowded places, etc..?

Have you found a way to get the HDMI latency down to the normal ~50ms? A 120-300ms delay is an absolute deal breaker for me as I always use an external monitor, never rely on autofocus, and often have a 1st AC pulling focus.

There is still the heavy chroma NR (and the heavy sharpening in 6K) with the regular profiles like standard or natural on the X ? I sold the S5II because of that. My S1 has not this issue with these profiles, much better details in low light when cropping.

Applaud the video, how to use it with phone plz

what camera do you use? like to shoot this video

What about webcam function over USBC? If one want to buy a large sensor live streaming camera what would you recommend?

Great review. Yes, the contrast only AF in 60p is a bummer. But, for me, I hardly shoot any slow motion. I know a lot of people complain about such limitations. But, how often to they really shoot that way? I saw someone post in a Facebook group for the ZV-E1 complaining that his camera overheated after 24 minutes filming in 60fps. I asked him what he was filming. He said he was filming himself working on his car engine. I asked him why he needed to film in 60fps for that, his reply was, "Cuz, I wanted to." I would be curious as to who would be interested in watching someone work on their car for 24 minutes in slow motion.

wait, it’s my first time seeing this channel… Is this the same Shane from “Intheblues”??

So will the apsc crop at 60fps still give you phase detect AF?

The ladies funny little moments... cute

Can you change language japanese to english?

And does mode Full HD 25p have PDAF?

Does it have 4k 120fps?

What about photography this camera ❤

No 4k 120fps?

Give me 50% of its features for 50% of the price please! Let me choose what features I want and customise the camera for my needs. If I need something extra I can buy a software upgrade later.

I’m not gonna blame the camera… But I went to my local Camera store and they let me put my card in the camera and test it out in the store. When I got home, it was some of the crummiest images I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m sure it’s the person who set the camera up, and not the camera. The images were blurry, and there was no ibis whatsoever. So I can’t blame the camera. I need to test it again before I rag on it. Everybody on the Internet is raving about this camera, so I’m sure whoever set the camera up for me didn’t know what they were doing. It’s a shame because it’s left a bad taste in my mouth.

“Reasons”. You don’t use apostrophes for plurals. 😊

Them disadvantages 😢

Let’s start with the fact that it doesn’t come with a charger, a battery charger… This camera is so cheap do you really expect them to also give you a charger?. And you say the X is overkill… Sometimes you don’t know what you’re talking about. The X is never overkill. For a measly $200 more why would you not want the extra benefits??

For me, All-I and ProRes are unnecessary since BRaw can be smaller while higher quality. I shoot in the dark a lot, so having buttons which I can see helps. Hopefully they don’t make the raw upgrade too expensive! 🥲