Lumix S5 IIX with Lumix 20-60mm is a versatile combination catering to full-frame content creators, the kit offered by Systec includes the Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX Mirrorless Camera along with 20-60mm and 50mm lenses. This package brings together the second-generation mirrorless camera body with the Lumix S 20-60mm zoom lens and the Lumix S 50mm f/1.8 prime lens. The Lumix S5 IIX Mirrorless Camera is tailored for professional content creators seeking robust stills, advanced video options, and live streaming functionality. Equipped with new features, including a sensor design and processing engine with L2 technology, the S5 IIX introduces Phase Hybrid AF for fast and precise autofocusing. Utilizing a 24.2MP sensor and enhanced processor, the camera records 6K video for up to 30 minutes and offers unlimited 4K video capture. Optimized for video, the S5 IIX features a new Active I.S. system for enhanced image stabilization during video recording.
Exclusive to the advanced Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX, this model includes pre-loaded sophisticated video features for professional users, such as HDMI RAW video data output, USB-SSD recording, ALL-Intra recording, and ProRes recording. Live streaming functionality is standard, with options for Wireless IP streaming, USB tethering to smartphones, and Wired IP streaming. Additionally, the Lumix S5 IIX camera showcases a refined all-black design, a first for Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX cameras. The Lumix S5 IIX boasts an upgraded full-frame 24.2MP CMOS sensor with a Phase Hybrid AF system, providing 779 phase-detection points for improved subject tracking. The sensor offers a useful ISO range of 100-51200, expandable to ISO 50-204800. The Lumix S5 IIX is the first Lumix mirrorless camera to adopt a Phase Hybrid AF system with 779 phase-detection points, ensuring fast and precise focusing for outstanding AF accuracy. Whether capturing stills or video, the Phase Detection AF system enables reliable subject tracking in challenging scenes, such as those involving multiple people in backlit or low-light environments.
Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX 6K and 4K Video Recording
Aside from capturing stills, the Lumix S5 IIX with Lumix 20-60mm boasts highly capable video recording capabilities. It supports full-frame 6K30p recording with 4:2:0 10-bit color for up to 30 minutes, and there is the option for unlimited video recording in DCI and UHD 4K60p 4:2:2 10-bit mode. The camera facilitates 120p video capture, enabling videographers to create high-resolution slow-motion videos. For those seeking RAW HDMI output, this feature is available through an optional license upgrade. The Lumix S5 IIX camera comes pre-installed with V-Log, capturing a flat, neutral gamma curve with an equivalent 14+ stops of dynamic range, allowing precise control of color data in post-production and seamless editing with footage shot using VariCam cameras.
Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX Pro-Level Video Features
• Enhancing performance and usability, the Lumix S5 IIX with Lumix 20-60mm offers HDMI RAW video data output.
• For videographers aiming to enhance efficiency in data backup and post-processing, the camera supports recording and playback using an external SSD via USB. It also supports ALL-Intra recording and ProRes recording.
• Lumix S5 IIX Catering to modern users and content creators, the camera facilitates Wireless IP streaming, USB tethering to smartphones, and Wired IP streaming.
Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX Phase Hybrid AF System
The Lumix S5 IIX stands out as the first Lumix mirrorless camera to embrace a Phase Hybrid AF system, featuring 779 phase-detection points for swift and precise focusing, ensuring outstanding AF accuracy. In the realm of autofocus, reliability is paramount, and the Phase Detection AF allows for comprehensive subject supplementation and tracking in six different challenging scenarios. Whether capturing stills or video, this means the S5 IIX with Lumix 20-60mm consistently captures the intended subject in demanding scenes, including those with multiple people in backlit or low-light environments.
Panasonic Lumix S 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens
This Lumix 20-60mm Lens is a distinctive zoom lens designed for full-frame L-mount mirrorless cameras, offering an ultra-wide to short portrait-length range of focal lengths. It combines a sleek and versatile design with flexible focusing capabilities, allowing for close-up shots as near as 5.9″ with a 0.43x magnification, achieving near-macro performance. Optically, the lens incorporates various elements, including aspherical, high refractive index, and low dispersion elements, effectively controlling a range of aberrations and ensuring high clarity and sharpness. The front element is coated with fluorine to minimize smudging and facilitate easy cleaning. Moreover, the Lumix 20-60mm Lens features a weather-sealed design, making it suitable for use in challenging environmental conditions. Catering to both photo and video applications, it is equipped with a stepping motor that enables fast, precise, and near-silent autofocus performance.
Panasonic Lumix S 50mm f/1.8 Lens
Crafted for use with full-frame L-mount mirrorless cameras, the Panasonic Lumix S 50mm f/1.8 stands as a sleek and compact standard-length prime lens. Its 50mm focal length makes it well-suited for capturing portraits, landscapes, and versatile shots, featuring a moderately bright f/1.8 maximum aperture for effective depth of field control. The inclusion of an extra-low dispersion element and an ultra-high refractive index element works to minimize chromatic aberration and color fringing, enhancing overall clarity and color accuracy. The lens excels in sharpness and is equipped with a linear autofocus motor that effectively suppresses focus breathing, ensuring smooth, precise, and nearly silent focusing performance.