Panasonic's S1 II is its most powerful creator camera yet

After dropping a uncommon photography-oriented camera precocious with the S1R II, Panasonic is going backmost to its creator roots. The institution conscionable unveiled the S1 II, a 24-megapixel full-frame mirrorless camera with a partially-stacked sensor (like the Nikon Z6 III) that tin seizure 6K ProRes RAW video internally with minimal rolling shutter wobble. At the aforesaid time, Panasonic is pitching it arsenic a comparative worth adjacent to afloat stacked sensor cameras.

With the aforesaid assemblage arsenic the S1R II, the S1 II is considerably smaller and lighter than the archetypal S1 portion inactive offering a ample grip and afloat complement of manual controls. It besides comes with a show that some tilts and flips out, a high-resolution 5.76 million-dot physics viewfinder, CFexpress Type B and SD UHS-II paper slots and optional enactment for Panasonic's 32-bit interval audio.

Photographers get up to 70 fps burst shooting speeds successful physics shutter mode and 10 fps with the mechanical shutter (along with 1.5s pre-burst capture). They tin besides instrumentality 96MP precocious solution shots (with nary tripod needed), on with unrecorded presumption composites, aggregate exposures and timelapse animations. Autofocus is via Panasonic's latest AI Phase Hybrid AF with Eye/Face AF, AF tracking and detection of animals, vehicles and a caller category, "urban sports" (ie breakdancing).

On paper, though, this is much of a video-oriented camera camera. You tin sprout ProRes and ProRes RAW video astatine up to 5.8K and 3:2 "open-gate" video astatine 5,952 x 3,968 resolution, on with 4K astatine 120 fps. It supports V-Log / V-Gamut seizure with dual autochthonal ISO astatine 640/5000 and up to 15 stops of dynamic range. In addition, you get anamorphic video modes positive outer RAW HDMI signaling successful either ProRes oregon Blackmagic formats.

Panasonic boosted in-body stabilization to 8.0 stops via it's Dual I.S.2 system, portion besides offering the cropless IBS mode introduced connected the S1R II. Optical smoothing tin can beryllium enhanced with physics stabilization erstwhile much assertive smoothing is required for walking oregon speedy camera movements.

Other cardinal features see video monitoring tools similar mendacious colour and vulnerability review, unrecorded streaming, wired webcam supports via USB-UVC/UAC (a archetypal for Panasonic) and enactment for the Lumix Flow app that lets you bash things similar creator storyboards and changeable lists for quicker editing. And arsenic with different caller models, the S1 II supports existent clip LUTs and the Lumix Lab app, letting you download creator designed movie looks that tin beryllium baked successful to your video oregon added aboriginal successful post. Panasonic volition besides present ARRI LogC3 truthful that the S1 II, S1R II and S1 IIE tin beryllium utilized successful conjunction with ARRI integer cinema cameras.

The Panasonic S1 II is present disposable for pre-order astatine $3,199 (body only) with shipping acceptable to commencement connected June 16th. That terms is precocious adjacent to its main competition, the Nikon Z6 III, which retails for $2,497 and is often connected sale.

Panasonic does person an reply to that: the $2,499 S1 IIE that has the assemblage and features of the S1 II but lacks the stacked sensor and high-speed photograph bursts. Panasonic besides introduced an absorbing lens, the Lumix S 24-60mm f/2.8. It offers the features and astir of the scope of its $2,000 Lumix S 24-70mm f/2.8 lens but successful a smaller and lighter size and astatine a little $1,200 terms tag. I've had the S1 II for a abbreviated clip present and person been impressed truthful acold with its velocity and capabilities, truthful enactment tuned for a afloat reappraisal with last firmware.