Panasonic LUMIX S9 First Hands-On Look 

There are literally 1inch sensor cameras that cost more then this FF camera and yet folks have the Nerve to brag about that.

Although I'm impressed with this camera, I think the Lymix S9 is primarily video centric. However, as a stills shooter, I am looking forward to an S7 photo centric camera with a mechanical shutter in the same sleek body design. That seems like an ideal camera to me. Especially if the sensor will allow you to use Leica M Mount lenses.

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At £800 with a pancake 35mm or 28mm, this might be viable. At £1500, it’s a problem because you can get an A7c for just over £1300 or good APSC for £800 up that will be small and do more. The alternative would have been to have a fixed lens and a leaf shutter.

Everywhere I look today, conservative photo people don't seem to comprehed what and who this camera is for, and tirelessly demand it to be S5 II.

The cold shoe is wild to me. I’m interested as a little gimbal camera, especially with open gate. I wonder if you can monitor audio through the USB-C port with an adapter. I can’t justify buying it new at that price point, but I’d be game once it hits the used market or has some holiday discounts applied.

I think this camera was conceived by Panasonic to be a hardware extension of an app, for people whose creative/work life revolves around a smartphone. But, that market is also driven by the “cool” factor, and I’m not sure the S9 embodies that enough for buyers to go for the price. It’ll be interesting to see how the LUT angle plays out.

I have never been so underwhelmed by a camera release. The cost is way to high! They dumbed down things and then made other things complex. Positive: stabe and focus. Electronic shutter...cough, rolling shutter...cough... Overheating in HD mode after 20 min. The luts is just colour profiles and sims. The camaera point it to be small and then the only lens they give you is a manual pancake lens???? I wanted to be more positive!

what will the resolution be if you use L-Mount apsc lens on it?

As a content creator open gate in most cameras is useless to me. It never seems to appear in a slow-motion format. Most of my clips are taken at 50fps or 100fps just in case I need to slow the footage. Also I rarely get asked to shoot for YT its all FB Insta and Tiktok nowadays. So Im constantly in vertical mode as per the brief. Also the image is bigger on my rear screen if I hold my camera vertically, plus its easier to frame esthetically instead of trying to judge two sets of frames markers intersecting. I really do think open gate is over sold, and a lot of content creatorors will buy the camera and end up reverting to vertical shooting. I think its YT reviewers that cant see this.

great video :) , am wondering what camera is used to shoot this video as the colours are so pleasing.

Only in Dave's hands does this actually look compact!

Love the red and blue boy colors but a cold shoe, no headphone jack, and no EVF are bad features.

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That's the perfect camera for active social media users or individuals who aim to create high-quality content using a dedicated social media camera and app.

Why is no one talking about the lens?

Thanks. Fully understand that #PanasonicLumix is aiming at the "vloggers market". Hope the #lumixS7 will be a full frame version of the GX8 for example with the tilting EVF, but an upgraded body to today standards... but for photographers first in mind. The Sigma contemporary lenses will look great Lumix rangefinder FF.

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Not for me. (1) price seems a little high considering the paired down features. (2) Inability to add an EVF when shooting in very bright sunny days when the rear screen is likely to be washed out is not handy. (3) I tried the S5II and found the menus very confusing since I don't shoot video other than clips with family. I suspect this camera has similar menus. A BIG plus is the weight. I'm sure there will be many buyers… just not me.

Little steep on the pricing imo

Ok list for selfish me. Weather sealing Ibis Micro 4/3 BSI 25 mp Rangefinder Built-in ND Filter 4k 60 120 slow mo Cool retro design Hot shoe Luts Star ⭐ ✨ tracker Photo stacker high mega pixel Two SD cards Microphone 🎤 and headphone jack Long battery life New prime lens weather sealed 35 mm 1.8 and 85 mm portrait 1.8 and 200mm 2.0 for wildlife

No EVF is an instant dealbreaker for me

Is it weather sealed

Somebody will do this properly, because there's a good idea going to waste here. I think this is a mess. How hard would it have been to include a hotshoe, thereby giving the user the option of an EVF and other accessories? I also can't see that the 'full-frame look' is likely to be so very attractive to content creators. Not being one, I'm happy to be wrong about this.

From a photo standpoint, it would have been nice to see a 45mp sensor in there, a hot shoe to add a viewfinder if desired, and better stills quality (I've heard electronic shutters degrade quality). The 14-28mm and 28-200mm look like a nice and light 2 lens set-up, just needs a better sensor. The A7Cii and A7CR seem like better bodies for photos, but Sony doesn't have comparable lenses (still waiting for a 14mm zoom that takes filters (all the other manufacturers have them) and a 24-200mm (the Tamron 28-200mm can work in a pinch, but it's not wide enough for a walk-around lens)).

amazing camera that gets my attention with Panasonic, but that pancake lens...

om system where is the best retro designes full frame ever seen?????

How can this camera be better from Sony A6700?

It's a content creator camera that is not meant for RU-vid content creators? oops.

Congrats to panasonic who just made an A7c with less functionality 4 years later.

Super niche product.. This might become the worst camera release of 2024, if that award exist.

Guys, the number 1 question, when it comes to new Lumix camera, is how god is autofocus?

Images look overly brown and colors off

F8 manual focus lens?? LOL! Embarrassing...

Is it April Fools Day? What a joke.

Ah, 2024... When you still have to pinch-grip your new and overpriced camera...

I can't believe that's a full frame camera. It looks like a cheap point and shoot.