The Panasonic DC-S5 joins the Japanese brand's still small ranks of full-frame mirrorless cameras in 2020. It is a good example of a well-balanced semi-professional camera that borrows a lot from Panasonic's flagship DC-S1 model.
Back-illuminated matrix
The camera has a 24 MP full-frame BSI sensor with a standard ISO range from 100 to 51200 ISO units with its older brother. Matrix stabilization system in the armament of the model works out up to 5 steps of shutter speed or exposure, coupled with unstabilized optics, and as much as 6.5 stops in Dual IS mode. In the Hi-Rez shooting mode, thanks to the micro-shifts of the sensor, the mirrorless camera can do multi-frame stitching with a final resolution of 96 MP.
Advanced equipment
The Panasonic DC-S5 is equipped with an all-axis swivel screen with convenient touch controls, an OLED viewfinder eye, and a complete wireless communications package (including an NFC chip). Its body is made on a magnesium chassis. But that's not the point. Much more interesting are advanced autofocus with the function of determining the main object in the frame, as well as advanced video recording capabilities. More about this.
advanced video shooting
The camera records videos in maximum 4K resolution. With a 1.5x crop, you can shoot 10-bit 4:2:0 video at 60 fps. From a full-width sensor, the mirrorless captures 4K at 10 bits, 4:2:2 subsampling, and 30 fps. V-Log / V-Gamut and HLG gamma curve profiles are supported. In addition, the operator has access to connectors for connecting a microphone and headphones. To store the material, it is proposed to resort to the services of two SD cards. However only one of the two slots supports the installation of fast drives such as UHS-II. In the medium class of full-frame cameras, the potential of the Panasonic DC-S5 is really huge.
