IMO getting into the Lumix ecosystem was the best the decision I ever made when I comes to my wedding videographer career. Thanks for doing this videos Cam. love your content
Wow. You completely sold me on the S5iix. I've looked at a lot of cameras. But, the fact that the S5iix can preview anamorphic and has IBIS for anamorphic, it's a game changer. Thank you!
Gave me more reasons to love my S5iiX and S5ii. Currently using them to film a documentary. Switching to Lumix was the best decision I ever made. Great Video.
I love all of the anamorphic options in my Z Cam F6. Full frame 3:2 6K open gate, 4:3 5K o.g., 6:5 5K open gate, 3:2 4K, 4:3 4K or S35, and 6:5 4K... and all of those in vertical anamorphic as well! I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but it's awesome.
I bought into the Sony FF system. But if I had known what I know now, it’d definitely be Panasonic. I have the GH6 because I got into M4/3 and I’m blown away. The features on these LUMIX cameras are insane. I especially love the IBIS. With full stabilization, you can become a human tripod; when trying it out I thought my screen was frozen! All the features carry over in the full frame cameras with the added benefit of low light and cleaner readout noise.
Cam, you have me pulling so much closer to the LUMIX S5IIX more and more everyday!!!! And the Blazar Remus’. Your setup honestly lives in my head rent free, I can’t stop thinking about it.
@@TvBoxHead I barely shoot in 60p, but if I do then I just treat it like s35. S35 has been the standard for like 80 years, full frame is a nice luxury. Rolling shutter hasn’t been an issue for me.
@@TvBoxHead Super 35 has been the standard for cinema and Anamorphic specifically forever. Full frame is a recent development so it's really no big deal. Rolling shutter is better on Lumix cameras, (all cameras) in S35 modes anyway. 1.5x is a modest punch in when shooting slow motion that It's honestly not that big a deal. The Sony ZV-E1 punches into the 16:9 crop another 1.8x or so when dynamic active stabilization is turned on. People shoot amazing stuff on Lumix GH cameras all the time with a tiny M43 sensor.
The original S5 while it does not have open gate and it ofc lacks ALL-I it does have the same anamorphic desqueeze options, the same 4:3 S35 anamorphic mode and the same anamorphic ibis options plus it's below $1000. Pretty insane for the price and especially as the S5's internal image processing pipeline is better than the S5II/X which has the new processing which adds much much more noise reduction and artificial sharpening. ProRes RAW however looks identical between the original and the newer while BRAW is better on the newer models.
The S1H does the same since 2020 and has an OLPF. But I‘m using 5.4K on it which is almost Fullframe Open Gate (3:2). It helps reducing vignette on certain anamorphics. I just wish this mode would work for 50/60p too and the rolling shutter would be a bit less, so I could turn off stabilization more often. Sometimes you want the shakes. Love your grade & lighting!
Yeah, I'm obsessed with using the 1.25x Sirui adapter on fast spherical lenses with my s5IIX. The 1.3x de-squeeze mode is close enough to shoot 1.25x and know what you're doing and gives you about a 2:1 shooting open gate!
I have enjoy shooting anamorphic with my fx30 but I wish this video was made before I bought it. Great breakdown and explanation. I want this in my camera now.
Yeah, you're stuck with 1.33x stretch lenses basically on 16:9 Sony cameras. Anything wider and you are just throwing away the sides on an already maxed out 3840x2160 resolution cropped in from the full 3:2 sensor.
@@d2suarez Oh right, 4.7k raw is a lot better with the Ninja. Still though, why shoot 1.5x and then throw away so much of the sides when cropping to a standard aspect ratio? If you shot 1.33x on the Atomos you would get an almost perfect 6144x2614 which is 6k Anamorphic 2.35:1 format. Or crop in a little more for true 2.39:1 Scope. With a 1.5x you are getting some extra lens character but then you get a super wide 7008x2628 image and then chopping off the sides anyway and loosing it again.
It's pretty complicated given the stretch, focus distances and barrel distortion. The Rokinon AF cinema lenses with the Anamorphic adapter is getting close but still not there yet. It uses the lenses and adapter together to calibrate and coordinate the movements. Pretty wild.
Finally watched this entire video, this videos is so amazing! As a S1 and Black Magic Cinema 6k owner, everything you said is 100% the truth and i hope everyone understand exactly what's going on with these cameras! Great content and this is one of my favorite channels!
You're the best filmmaking RU-vidr out there, setting the new trends. Your style, your coverage. Keep shouting Panasonic from the rooftops. You're right, their builds are a step above vs being software locked like Sony for years. My S9 is a game changer- coming from owning Gemini, Dragon-X, A7SI-III, FS7 etc, fav camera ever. Also own a Mercury / Orion so I might be baised to anamorphic ;)
Yeah I think a lot of the other brands could learn a lot from lumix. I find it weird the S5IIx is one of the most affordable 6K full frame cameras and yet it has more useful features than the more experience brands.
I just came from MFT anamorphics to APSC on my S1 and whay noticed when i compared them. The APSC has a wider shot but they both have the same minimum focus distance, the MFT crops in but somehow it has more bokeh. So you get less FOV with MFT but more bokeh, and that's only with these Sirui lenses. with a spherical lens we can get closer while using a APSC camera so then the APSC would get better bokeh. I was blown away by this, it's really about knowing your tools.
Fantastic video, the best possible guide to this camera. Slowly and in stealth mode, Panasonic claims more and more of the cine camera landscape. Wouldn't be shocked if they buy ARRI eventually.
10:05, welp where is that pesky 1.6 desqueeze then? ; ) Great video as usual! Lumix needs that 1.6 (I am being a picky asshat) We have so much nowadays, and i love my Lumix s5iix... I'm just hesitant on WHICH anamorphic to buy. In fine arts I dabbled with video, and now really want to make short films. That anamorphic look .. oh bb. Blazar is tempting me a little more than Sirui rn...
It DOES make your work stand out. At least to me. My original S5 does all of this minus the higher codecs. (And crap autofocus but who cares about that?) I know its not “real” open gate in my camera supposedly, but I get all the same options including 4:3 so I’m not sure what the difference is with that, but i know it always looks awesomely unique and gives me so much more room vertically. Same options to de squeeze anything, ibis, etc. Amazing. I’m shooting a film now using 2 lenses. Sirui 35mm f1.8 and 75mm f1.8, both 1.33 and APSC. The character is the bomb… Great video as always.
The difference is the S5II and S5IIX has 6K 3:2 open gate in full frame while the S5 only does DCI 4K 16x9 in full frame so you lose a lot of coverage. For example in cinemascope with a 2x anamorphic lens you would lose about 68% in 16x9 compared to 3:2 open gate so there's a big difference. Basically you lose a lot of the top and bottom of your image like Cam showed in the video but that's only an issue for anamorphic glass that covers full frame, if it does not cover full frame the result will be the same as the S5, S5II and the S5IIX all have the same 4:3 S35 anamorphic mode.
@@phoenixprjct Well, inte IQ in the S5II is worse, the new way Lumix does is image processing is not as good. They use a lot more noise reduction and artificial sharpening on internal (and external) non-RAW codecs which isn't great. Hopefully this changes in the future but as of now it's not something you can turn off so the original S-series like the S1, S5 and S1H has better IQ.
If My Red Gemini wasnt heavy af it be my preffered way to shoot with my 3 Blazar Remus lens 45-85-100mm Open gate 1.71 gives me a massive wide image and I like it better without chopping the sides off for 2:40:1 I still typically wind up tossing PL and shooting on my EOS R5 to my V+ in 5k60 PR raw since it gets me clog 2 that way I get my s35 look and the sensor has stabilization its not as good as Gemini but the size and stab are a tradeoff
I still think a used S1H is better with its stellar OLPF, especially considering none of the anamorphics use the big new feature of the S5IIX: Autofocus. The S1H still has full VLog and all the Open Gate goodness.
Bro, you need to create a full online anamorphic school for every single anamorphic parameter that you think is important for filmmakers to know. I would buy that in a heartbeat. Also, an interesting and fun video might be the absolute cheapest barebones anamorphic setup that you would be willing to use on a professional production.
Cam, I would love to see your take on LivePhotos. For personal use, I prefer to use iPhone over any other camera because of how much extra information you're getting. It's like Harry Potter in real life. I'm looking to see if I can get a set up for my DSLR where my iphone will be mounted, and take photos the same time I shoot on my DSLR
9:22 is my biggest gripe with switching to the black magic full frame 6k. Yes it has all the desqueeze but to get 1.5 you have to shoot at 6k full frame and no other stretch will be avaliable at that resolution but I found I LOVE shooting at 4k super 35 4:3 on the camera with the blazar Remus because the texture shooting at that resolution feels the most like film. BUTTTTT the only option you are given in camera in super 35 mode is 1.8. So Im looking at a funky image in the monitor and have to go into the fusion tab in resolve to fix the desqueeze. (Wich is a easy fix. Add a Resize node. Click "Change pixel aspect" and change 1.8 to 1.5 and VIOLA!) I am really HOPEING when the pyxis comes out the 6k full frame will get a firm ware update that lets us pick any stretch factor at any resolution.
Amazing content as usual. I have a Blazar Nero 1.5x adapter that I've tried and really liked, and now I'm looking for a camera body to use it with... (I know, one usually looks for lenses after having the camera but-). Initially the S5II and S5IIx looked really attractive to me, but since I want it strictly for video / filmmaking and those bodies are pretty expensive locally (3rd world), I'm currently looking at the ZCam S6 and the BMPCC 6K Pro that I could get for much less money used. I'm leaning towards the ZCam since it's the cheapest option and have 3:2 OG, 4:3 and 6:5 modes. Would you recommend any of those options in 2024 or should I save more and go with the S5XII?
Amazing! So if you have a f.e. R5C and want to shoot 2x anamorphic then it is better to use s35 lenses on fullframe mode because you will mostly cut the vignette (instead of cutting valuable lens characteristic content). I think this is another great topic for a yt video. Because we barely have cam body w/ opengate, also literally we have no camera body w/ 60fps no crop opengate. So s35 lens on 16:9 fullframe is a great alternative. I think this topic should be covered more deeply, and I am pretty sure no one covered this in youtube🎉
I got hooked up with an S5iix with a 50mm 1.8 with just 50 actuations on the body for $1475!!!!! Can you do a review on the Sirui Venus 35mm if you have one? New subscriber, I watch your videos while I drive for my day job. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Blazar Remus 1.5x set. It's got the right amount of anamorphic character for solo shooters, not too much like 2x and not too little like 1.33x. Not too expensive as well.
I have the S52x and yeah all of those features and incredible. I want to get the Cato 85 2x when it comes out but I also wanted the ninja v to shoot in prores raw. It sucks cause there’s no full frame open gate when you shoot externally so I’ll have to crop in a lot. Great video dude can’t wait for the Cato’s to come out!
@@trashbag8124 no there is just not when shooting externally when you shoot on like a ninja v for prores raw. There’s just 5.9k 16x9. You do still get super 35 4:3
I've owned the Lumix S5ii since launch and absolutely love it! I haven't used any anamorphic glass.. You showed a bunch of lenses but is there maybe an anamorphic lens you'd recommend first? Thank you love your channel!
I would love to have a 3:2 mode on my cameras, i am always super close to switching but idk so far i loose slow motion because so many affordable camera only offer 30fps at open gate :/ ... I hope this changes in the future.
Shot a client project on my s5iix and Aivascope though I knew I should have shot spherical FX3. Fuck it I'm an "auteur" :D I love my anamorphic hand held look. Debating shooting BRAW since we only have Long-Gop internal, your thoughts"
Does 420 / bit bother you even a bit ? And the fact that it can be only recorded in Longop and no raw support or even pro res on external SSD ? what is you take on this .
Nope. I rather have open gate than all of that. All my stuff from the past 6 months at least, had been shot on this camera. Haven’t heard a peep from anyone that the color looks like it’s lacking. Obviously, it would be amazing if they could do that..
@@cammackey the colors won’t suffer much because of the 6K pixel data , it’s just the codec that is not professional, if they get that Lumix cameras will be unstoppable , especially with black magic new pocket giving 6K open gat Raw
4k, 6k, 8k has nothing to do with any of this. Anamorphics are a totally different beast than spherical tho. Too much to say in this reply. I highly recommend to do a deep dive on RU-vid tho! Just search spherical vs anamorphic
what about BMC 6K FF ? You can even work in true anamorphic 6:5 at much higher resolutions than other cameras using anamorphic lenses in 4.8K 24 fps at 4832 x 4032. You have open gate 3:2 and you can shoot Super 35 4:3 . Not to mention the color science and the raw files , plus dynamic range. But I will give a try to this Panasonic. Question when the Cato will be released ?
I said mirrorless* the S5IIX requires zero rigging and can do crazy anamorphic filmmaking. Great battery life.. swivel out screen.. ibis.. it’s night and day. Different tools man
I have an S9 but I feel "afraid" of shooting anamorphic...even though I possess the knowledge to pull it off and the experience. I'm 35 years old, I'm getting tired of not giving it a try because of limiting mentality....so I would love to know if a cheap-to-decent anamorphic lens exists? One that I could buy just to play and not feel guilty at the purchase price? Ty
Well sadly lenses are expensive period. Expensive enough to feel guilty for fun. The Blazar Remus is the best affordable option out there hands down tho.
@cammackey Nonsense. Sirui Saturn 1.6X FF T2.9 lenses work fine on the S9 and are cheaper and more compact. Squeeze factor also is constant with distance to subject, unlike other cheap anamorphic lenses.
I'm thinking of getting the S5IIx, when using 6k open gate, you are limited to 420, has that ever been an issue for you, Cam? I would really prefer 422, but maybe it's not actually a big deal? My other question is, you have to shoot internally right to get 6k Open Gate, what codecs are available, I was curious about shooting BRaw, but you are limited to 4k?
Majority of my videos for the past 6 months have been shot on 3:2 4:2:0 ;) So you tell me! I don’t think most people are actually doing technical enough color grading to really see the difference between 4:2:0 and 4:2:2. There’s def a difference if you’re someone who does super technical grading. And I think open gate is only available internally
@@cammackey one other question, do you find the "x" variant to be that much better than the regular S5II? I assume you don't record externally? I think its probably worth it just in case, maybe even for the blackout design...
I honestly regret buying my blackmagic 6k full frame and not an s5iix. Blackmagic immediately dropping the price after buying it has really made me loose faith in the brand and the lack of de-squeeze options in a camera that's marketed as something good for anamorphic is depressing. Such a simple thing to add in firmware but nope -_-
Yeah it’s kinda wild when I found that out as well. I know the PIXYS has all the desqueeze options and I asked the BM engineer if that’ll come to the CC6K.. they said in time it should
@@247.mp4 the biggest attraction for anamorphic is the waterfall bokeh and barrel distortion! You are getting a hell of a lot less of both with MFT. Also the s5 has more dynamic range
Sony shooter here, I'm so frustrated with with that company to the point where I'm on the verge of boycotting them. Their software sucks ass. Panasonic does software waaaay better. Excited to see what they release next, I might switch over entirely. Great video bro!
