![]() ![]() What they found is people liked the following: Panasonic has been doing a lot of market research into what people liked and didn’t like about the S series. In some regards, the S5 is probably the camera the S1 should have been. The S1H has been a big success for Panasonic, but the S1 didn’t catch on and it hasn’t enjoyed the same success as its bigger brother. Panasonic told me that the GH line isn’t being discontinued or phased out. To be absolutely crystal clear, the S5 isn’t a GH5 replacement, it is simply a new camera. In a lot of ways the S5 is a full-frame version of the GH5, hence the name S5. Read as many different reviews as you can and try and get hold of a camera yourself to see if it works for you. ![]() Never make a gear decision based on a single review. Reviews can only tell you so much and my thoughts on certain aspects of the camera are just an opinion. I encourage anyone who is interested in the S5, or any other camera for that matter, to get a hold of one and try it out before buying. There may well be small changes (probably firmware) that will make there way into the production version of this camera. Please take this into account when reading this review. The camera I was testing is not a full production shipping unit. What do you think of the EVA1 and its new firmware update? Are you an EVA1 user? Let us know in the comments underneath the article.This is a first look at a pre-production unit of the S5. These frequent free firmware updates are one part of it. I own an EVA1 myself and one of the reasons I decided to invest in the camera was the good customer relationship which Panasonic is providing. The EVA1 already is much cheaper in stores, so maybe we can expect another price drop? It is not the first price drop this camera received and I can only speculate what it means – is the camera not selling quite as well as Panasonic expected? Lastly, Panasonic has announced a reduction in pricing of the EVA1 by €500, with a new RRP (recommended retail price) of €6,790 (excl. Additionally, the camera now allows two auto white balance presets, a focus indicator in the LCD head-up display, and SDR monitoring when shooting in HDR (HLG). ![]() Other functionality added as part of the upgrade include still image capture in playback mode, enabling the EVA1 to capture still JPEG images and store them on to the SD card. The following video demonstrates the pain of switching the shooting modes. I hope this new feature will work correctly to significantly cut down that time. In this (kind of extreme) example it took about one minute (!) to change the shooting modes. This is a very welcomed feature since EVA1 users were complaining how complicated and time consuming it is switching from – say – 4K 25fps ProRes to 1080p 240fps slow motion ProRes RAW with the Atomos Shogun Inferno. This enables EVA1 live multicam control with the advanced integration of CyanView Cy-RCP remote control panel.įurthermore, new functions can be assigned to user button for quick switching of shooting modes & framerates which simplifies system menu change. Thank you, Panasonic.Īnother feature is the support for a third party’s USB-LAN adapter with internet protocol control. A week ago, after Panasonic introduced their new flagship handheld camcorder AG-CX350 with the H.265 4K 50p/60p mode, many EVA1 users were hoping their camera will get it too. Compared to the existing H.264 codec, this allows up to twice the amount of compressed data, while maintaining the same high quality resolution. Key feature of the new update is HEVC H.265 codec that can record in 4K 50p/60p video with 4:2:0 10bit video sampling. The free upgrade is available today through the official Panasonic firmware update page. Now it is time for another firmware update – the version 3.0. Their super35 cinema camera EVA1 already got two firmware updates since its introduction in 2017 ( firmware 2.0 and firmware 2.5). ![]() In reaction to user feedback, they frequently release firmware updates for their cameras fixing issues and bringing new features. Panasonic certainly takes a good care of their customers. ![]()
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