I thought this is a quick and easy video to make, but end up I've been working on it for 1.5 months as I keep tweaking/adding/removing some of the tips I shared in this video. So anyway I hope you can learn something new and useful from this video. And if you have any cool tips or tricks about Lumix cameras, please share them with us!
I know it's hard to put all these ideas or as u called tips together plus add r6 comparison...wow , still my point is that I'm so confused with auto focus there specially with multiple humans running around .....big thanks for your effort take care
This video should be compulsory learning for every Lumix user. I'm one of those people that read the user manual cover to cover, but I know I'm a minority and different people learn in different ways. You covered the topics that typically lead to questions on user forums like the real-time preview and the custom modes. Some reviewers complain about the Lumix cameras still not having a dedicated stills-movie switch like you nowadays see with some brands but I think the Lumix approach is superior. With custom modes it's like having (at most) 13 cameras in one which can be switched using the mode dial each with their own quick menu setup and function button assignments. Each can act as a dedicated stills or movie mode. And you can even specify when the custom mode should forget any changes you made to it and reset to its initial values. I love the customization possibilities of these cameras.
I’m so grateful for this video. I’ve been using Lumix cameras for 4 years but I learn something new every day thanks to great content like this. Thank you.
Constant preview has SO much more depth than I realized. I keep it on for my needs, but I love that they thought of everyone in the design of the settings
Yes indeed. Constant Preview is one of the feature that confused a lot of people, myself included. Maybe it's the name "Constant Preview" that is the problem?
@@TheRealRichardWong I use it for both. I added a moment cinebloom in front for most shots. Occasionally I use the tiffen Smoque filter too. I’ve seen moire from some extreme circumstances, but haven’t had many issues. For photos I haven’t noticed
Thanks Richard, I just bought an S5II and this video was great for helping me set up some shortcuts and menu options. Love watching your videos, they're so jam packed with information and helpful tips.
I think it's great that you explain why there's an off switch for some features that seem like everyone would want to have enabled at all times. I often wonder this about some features. For example, you can force lower ISO on some cameras/lenses and I wonder why it's not able to go that low by default. I assume it affects image quality in some way. But thanks for explaining constant preview! Very helpful.
Great video with real life examples and usage! The tip with the grid lines and frame marker preview to have two framing markers at the same time, when filming open gate @24:14, is really great! Including, the custom frame marker for 65:24 aspect ratio, @26:44, for high resolution photos shows you really put a lot of work into this video! Thank you for the tips!!! I didn’t know about the constant preview either.
hey @MoonFisherman, glad it was helpful! I really did spend quite a lot of time working on this video. My original (1st draft) script was so different to the final version and that's what i took my 1.5 month to get this video done. Thank you very much for watching this video :)
Excellent video for beginner users and potential new users! I have a couple of tips. When relocating the focus area (eg. by tapping the screen), pressing resets the focus rectangle to the center. On newer Panasonics one of the control dials is used to jump between main menus, the other one is used to change the page inside one of menus, and the thumb wheel (or up and down keypad buttons) is used to select the next/previous menu item. On older Panasonics, it's the that can be used to jump to the next page on the menu.
Richard this one is full of critical info and it's gold. Wow. You out did yourself. Just when I thought I knew it all. LOL. THANK YOU. I use GH6 and for years GH5
Congratulations! It is the first that tell the Constant Preview must be off in Night Sky photos. When i pic my S5 this constant preview makes me crazy in night sky photos. Its very hard for me discover that i must turned off this funcion. Very good tip. From Brazil
Hi Richard, I'm new to dual iso and don't understand it very well. This video was so precise and clear. Have you done one like this, explaining so clearly, for "how to implement and use the dual iso in Lumix S5ii cameras. Thank you.
Hi David, thank you. Re dual ISO, I haven't done any video about it. But unless you want to extract the absolute best from the sensor, just leave it "auto" is fine and that's what I use myself. While you maybe able to get better image quality if you manually change the Dual ISO setting, the difference is usually not that big, and it only affects a small range of ISO. But in return there is a lot of hassle as you have to remember to switch the ISO mode as you are changing ISO value. Hope that helps
It was a great video! I just got mine few days ago (coming from Sony) and I was perplexed with a some things. Now I’m a bit clearer than before (and wow! 10 customizable options in custom mode?! 🤯)
excellent video ,loving my S5 with all the features so this video is extremely helpful, thx for putting this together for us !!! zen billings in canada
Very informative video 🥲 thank you 🙏🏾 just wanted to ask do you have any input on the problem about transferring videos from the camera to the phone it does not allow me to transfer videos either using Bluetooth or with my lumix app😟 I’m using lumix s5iix
I love the video! Will you keep us updated when a new firmware update comes for the Lumix s5ii? And also do you know when there will be a lens firmware update for the Panasonic L mount 24-105 f4 ?
Yes i will definitely keep you guys updated! If there is any major changes i will work on a video, or at least i will post something on this channel to let you guys know of the changes. Re the 24-105mm, I believe there will be a new FW coming.
hey Kris, Panasonic has just released new firmware for a few lenses, including the 24-105 f/4 av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/index4.html
Strange how they didn't try to make m43 and l mount compatible/ cross platform. Normally a camera brand would try to make their proprietary mount compatible
It should be noted that Cretive Video Combied Set is a feature available only in S series and the newest (GH5ii or newer) G series cameras. And of course the focusing part is relevant only for the S5ii. And on the other hand, I do believe even much older cameras have that (G9, FZ82)... Is it true that no other brands do high res in camera?
I have set creative combine set to video Now I have two different setting thats OK but as u say if we are in photo mode and press the red button for take video all settled is applied as per photo mode not as video setting what is going wrong???
in normal photo modes, pressing REC button would change to auto exposure by default. But on some cameras there is an option "Auto Exposure in P/A/S/M" in the "gear" screen that allows it to use your exposure value instead.
Hi essiturbo, do you mean the Auto ISO value could change? i'm not 100% sure, but the metering can be affected by the picture profile you choose so I won't be surprised if LUT would affect metering (and therefore auto ISO)
Here is one of the most important tricks of pro photographers. Take (10 or more) shots of the subject. Throw all but the best one away. NEVER let anyone see those you threw away!
Hi Richard, I am using the original S5 camera and I shot exclusively photos before, however now I shoot more and more short videos for models etc. My question is what is the best setting for video for my scenario? I struggle with keeping my subject (model) in focus when I try to make footage with them where they are stationary and I move around them and move closer or further from them and move the camera up and down shooting face, bodyparts etc. And after I have the focus e.g.: on their face and I move back the camera instantly loses focus and ruins the footage. I would at least expect the camera to keep focus on the face if I move away or closer to the model. What setting do you recommend to use on the S5, not the S5II.
when you say loses focus, is it that the autofocus response too quickly? or it drift to background? what is the AF Setting you use? I usually use Full Area AF with human detection. and that works quite well with me. If i want the AF to be smoother (for slow moving scene) i would dial down the AF Sensitivity/speed. if i want faster AF speed, i would dial up those settings, but the transition would not be as smooth. it's really hard to say what's wrong, if you show me some test footage, maybe i can help a bit more.
@@TheRealRichardWong When I say it loses focus, what happens is. I have the focus on the face of my model, I move back and the face gets out of focus, and the camera starts focusing and need to wait until it latches focus again. I did not change anything in sensitivity or speed, because I don't know what would be better to slow down the speed or crank up the sensitivity? Or the other way around. I could send you footage.
if it takes one or two second for camera to catch up the focus, it sounds like your camera movement was a bit too fast for the autofocus system to catch up (DFD autofocus is not the fastest) You can try shoot with a smaller aperture, or increase the autofocus speed setting, or shoot at faster frame rate (eg 30fps, 50fps or 60fps) and see if that helps?
@@iammz81 You probably shooting in 24fps (don't think you can shoot in 40fps on the S5 :) ) If you want to shoot in f/1.8 with S5, and you want the target in focus, you need to make any movement (subject or camera) in slower speed. It should work ok, but S5's autofocus is not really fastest. S5II is much much faster in comparison.
I thought this is a quick and easy video to make, but end up I've been working on it for 1.5 months as I keep tweaking/adding/removing some of the tips I shared in this video. So anyway I hope you can learn something new and useful from this video. And if you have any cool tips or tricks about Lumix cameras, please share them with us!
Just what I needed Richard. I’m expecting my s5iix soon so I need this info… thanks v much.
@@ThePistonPit Enjoy your S5IIx very soon!
@@TheRealRichardWong can’t wait
I know it's hard to put all these ideas or as u called tips together plus add r6 comparison...wow , still my point is that I'm so confused with auto focus there specially with multiple humans running around .....big thanks for your effort take care
Very helpful! Thank you for your hard work!
This video should be compulsory learning for every Lumix user. I'm one of those people that read the user manual cover to cover, but I know I'm a minority and different people learn in different ways. You covered the topics that typically lead to questions on user forums like the real-time preview and the custom modes.
Some reviewers complain about the Lumix cameras still not having a dedicated stills-movie switch like you nowadays see with some brands but I think the Lumix approach is superior. With custom modes it's like having (at most) 13 cameras in one which can be switched using the mode dial each with their own quick menu setup and function button assignments. Each can act as a dedicated stills or movie mode. And you can even specify when the custom mode should forget any changes you made to it and reset to its initial values. I love the customization possibilities of these cameras.
Hi Michael, thanks for watching. Not many people read the manual these days! Me included haha, well at least not cover to cover.
I’m so grateful for this video. I’ve been using Lumix cameras for 4 years but I learn something new every day thanks to great content like this. Thank you.
Great to hear!
Thank you! Got tired of point and shoot, but the best I had was a Lumix, I made the plunge and bought new S5II. You're a lifesaver.😊
Glad it helped, I have many Lumix videos on my channel in case you haven't check them out yet :)
Constant preview has SO much more depth than I realized. I keep it on for my needs, but I love that they thought of everyone in the design of the settings
Yes indeed. Constant Preview is one of the feature that confused a lot of people, myself included. Maybe it's the name "Constant Preview" that is the problem?
@@TheRealRichardWong I just got the s5ii. Your channel has been so helpful. Wish there wasn’t the moire issue, but everything else is perfect
do you use it for photo or video? If for video, you could consider adding a weak black mist/diffuse filter at front to avoid moire pattern
@@TheRealRichardWong I use it for both. I added a moment cinebloom in front for most shots. Occasionally I use the tiffen Smoque filter too. I’ve seen moire from some extreme circumstances, but haven’t had many issues. For photos I haven’t noticed
Thanks Richard, I just bought an S5II and this video was great for helping me set up some shortcuts and menu options. Love watching your videos, they're so jam packed with information and helpful tips.
Enjoyr your S5II!
perfect video. Lumix user here since 2009. never looked back
thanks Andreas! Wow since 2009!! you are a long time Lumix user!
Wow, thank you so much! I can only imagine how much work goes into these videos. Cheers from Western Australia!
thanks Rod! haha yes this video took me way longer than i thought i need to spend
Really useful video for people new to Panasonic cameras. Thank you for all the effort put into this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think it's great that you explain why there's an off switch for some features that seem like everyone would want to have enabled at all times. I often wonder this about some features. For example, you can force lower ISO on some cameras/lenses and I wonder why it's not able to go that low by default. I assume it affects image quality in some way. But thanks for explaining constant preview! Very helpful.
if you go below native ISO, the camera basically just use software to lower the exposure and you are giving up the highlight
Great video with real life examples and usage! The tip with the grid lines and frame marker preview to have two framing markers at the same time, when filming open gate @24:14, is really great! Including, the custom frame marker for 65:24 aspect ratio, @26:44, for high resolution photos shows you really put a lot of work into this video! Thank you for the tips!!! I didn’t know about the constant preview either.
hey @MoonFisherman, glad it was helpful! I really did spend quite a lot of time working on this video. My original (1st draft) script was so different to the final version and that's what i took my 1.5 month to get this video done. Thank you very much for watching this video :)
Excellent video for beginner users and potential new users!
I have a couple of tips. When relocating the focus area (eg. by tapping the screen), pressing resets the focus rectangle to the center.
On newer Panasonics one of the control dials is used to jump between main menus, the other one is used to change the page inside one of menus, and the thumb wheel (or up and down keypad buttons) is used to select the next/previous menu item. On older Panasonics, it's the that can be used to jump to the next page on the menu.
Pmon, thanks!! and yes those are some great tips you shared with us!!
Thanks Richard. I've just got an S5ii and am learning shooting and producing using vlog and waveform exposure.
Awesome! Enjoy your S5II!
Excellent video, I just got the Lumix S5 about a week ago, my first "real camera" ever, and this is incredibly helpful
Enjoy your S5! It's a very cool camera and excellent value for money as well. Check out some of the other Lumix content on this channel as well :)
Superb video that helped clarify various features. Thank you!
Great to hear! thanks for watching :)
Awesome overview, Richard! Nice work mate.
thank you Shane! btw i haven't receive any email from you yet? no worries if you haven't sent it. but just let you know in case you sent already
Richard this one is full of critical info and it's gold. Wow. You out did yourself. Just when I thought I knew it all. LOL. THANK YOU. I use GH6 and for years GH5
oh thank you so much SUTV!!
thank you for making such a video very informative for lumix brand owners. I didn't know any of these that you presented.
Glad it was helpful! :)
Congratulations! It is the first that tell the Constant Preview must be off in Night Sky photos. When i pic my S5 this constant preview makes me crazy in night sky photos. Its very hard for me discover that i must turned off this funcion. Very good tip. From Brazil
Thanks André!
Another amazing video Richard!
Especially on 24:52
Thanks for the Constant Preview Examples. I was struggling a bit with it.
Thanks again Boyan! Yes constant preview can be a bit confusing so I hope this video helped
this Tips is ablutely great useful for new s5 user like me . thank you so much
@TheSoPhar, glad it was helpful!
I have been using Lumix Cameras since the GH4, and you had tips in here I never knew. Thank you so much, love your channel!
Hey Obie, thank you! Glad to hear a long time Lumix user like you can also learn something new from this video :)
Only bummer is that Lumix tether doesn’t seem to work with Zoom, it doesn’t seem to recognize the software sadly.
If you want to use zoom/video calls, you should use the Lumix webcam software and that should work with zoom I believe
I just tested the Lumix webcam with Zoom and it works for me (on Mac)
Hi Richard, I'm new to dual iso and don't understand it very well. This video was so precise and clear. Have you done one like this, explaining so clearly, for "how to implement and use the dual iso in Lumix S5ii cameras. Thank you.
Hi David, thank you.
Re dual ISO, I haven't done any video about it. But unless you want to extract the absolute best from the sensor, just leave it "auto" is fine and that's what I use myself.
While you maybe able to get better image quality if you manually change the Dual ISO setting, the difference is usually not that big, and it only affects a small range of ISO. But in return there is a lot of hassle as you have to remember to switch the ISO mode as you are changing ISO value. Hope that helps
What an amazing video! 😊 You make every UA-cam moment invaluable! Its a treasure of knowledge. Love you. 😊
Oh thank you so much Nandhu!
It was a great video! I just got mine few days ago (coming from Sony) and I was perplexed with a some things. Now I’m a bit clearer than before (and wow! 10 customizable options in custom mode?! 🤯)
excellent video ,loving my S5 with all the features so this video is extremely helpful, thx for putting this together for us !!!
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hey Zen Billings, thanks! i hope this video helped
Excellent video. Your tutorials are the best.
Thank you very much ttbirds!
I am a micro four thirds fan since I first bought my Lumix G1 in 2009 !
G1!!!
🙋🏻♂️🇪🇦 He aprendido mucho sobre la Lumix gracias a ete video. 👍🏻👏🤗🤗
thanks for watching!
Very informative video!
Thank you SON!
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cheers Ofi Genko! 😀
Great video rich. You're legendary
Thank you Ali!
Very informative video 🥲 thank you 🙏🏾 just wanted to ask do you have any input on the problem about transferring videos from the camera to the phone it does not allow me to transfer videos either using Bluetooth or with my lumix app😟 I’m using lumix s5iix
Can you please tell me what's the format of the video you shot? codec, bit rate, resolution?
Very informative video ❤
Glad you liked it
I love the video! Will you keep us updated when a new firmware update comes for the Lumix s5ii? And also do you know when there will be a lens firmware update for the Panasonic L mount 24-105 f4 ?
Yes i will definitely keep you guys updated! If there is any major changes i will work on a video, or at least i will post something on this channel to let you guys know of the changes. Re the 24-105mm, I believe there will be a new FW coming.
hey Kris, Panasonic has just released new firmware for a few lenses, including the 24-105 f/4
av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/index4.html
Great video!
thank you Ovalord
Strange how they didn't try to make m43 and l mount compatible/ cross platform. Normally a camera brand would try to make their proprietary mount compatible
It should be noted that Cretive Video Combied Set is a feature available only in S series and the newest (GH5ii or newer) G series cameras. And of course the focusing part is relevant only for the S5ii. And on the other hand, I do believe even much older cameras have that (G9, FZ82)...
Is it true that no other brands do high res in camera?
OMD/Olympus also does pixel shift/hi res.
Hi Aoyagi, what i said is only full frame camera that do high res in camera :)
Brilliant.
thanks for watching Colin!
I have set creative combine set to video Now I have two different setting thats OK but as u say if we are in photo mode and press the red button for take video all settled is applied as per photo mode not as video setting what is going wrong???
in normal photo modes, pressing REC button would change to auto exposure by default. But on some cameras there is an option "Auto Exposure in P/A/S/M" in the "gear" screen that allows it to use your exposure value instead.
can you ask the people from Panasonic why they don't put memories in cameras like in phones? this technology exists and they don't apply it.. why?
Hi richard!Is it right that the ISO rise when you make a photo with a LUT adjustment?
Thanks and best regards from germany.
Hi essiturbo, do you mean the Auto ISO value could change?
i'm not 100% sure, but the metering can be affected by the picture profile you choose so I won't be surprised if LUT would affect metering (and therefore auto ISO)
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Here is one of the most important tricks of pro photographers. Take (10 or more) shots of the subject. Throw all but the best one away. NEVER let anyone see those you threw away!
What aspect ratio do I need to shoot for vertical instagram posts please
There are a few formats depends on how you want to post it. You could check the correct resolution listed by Instagram
@@TheRealRichardWong Thankyou
Hi Richard, I am using the original S5 camera and I shot exclusively photos before, however now I shoot more and more short videos for models etc.
My question is what is the best setting for video for my scenario?
I struggle with keeping my subject (model) in focus when I try to make footage with them where they are stationary and I move around them and move closer or further from them and move the camera up and down shooting face, bodyparts etc. And after I have the focus e.g.: on their face and I move back the camera instantly loses focus and ruins the footage. I would at least expect the camera to keep focus on the face if I move away or closer to the model.
What setting do you recommend to use on the S5, not the S5II.
when you say loses focus, is it that the autofocus response too quickly? or it drift to background?
what is the AF Setting you use?
I usually use Full Area AF with human detection. and that works quite well with me.
If i want the AF to be smoother (for slow moving scene) i would dial down the AF Sensitivity/speed.
if i want faster AF speed, i would dial up those settings, but the transition would not be as smooth.
it's really hard to say what's wrong, if you show me some test footage, maybe i can help a bit more.
@@TheRealRichardWong When I say it loses focus, what happens is. I have the focus on the face of my model, I move back and the face gets out of focus, and the camera starts focusing and need to wait until it latches focus again. I did not change anything in sensitivity or speed, because I don't know what would be better to slow down the speed or crank up the sensitivity? Or the other way around. I could send you footage.
if it takes one or two second for camera to catch up the focus, it sounds like your camera movement was a bit too fast for the autofocus system to catch up (DFD autofocus is not the fastest) You can try shoot with a smaller aperture, or increase the autofocus speed setting, or shoot at faster frame rate (eg 30fps, 50fps or 60fps) and see if that helps?
@@TheRealRichardWong I use the lens on 1.8 that is why I bought it.. and 40 fps if Im not mistaken.. :)
@@iammz81 You probably shooting in 24fps (don't think you can shoot in 40fps on the S5 :) ) If you want to shoot in f/1.8 with S5, and you want the target in focus, you need to make any movement (subject or camera) in slower speed. It should work ok, but S5's autofocus is not really fastest. S5II is much much faster in comparison.
Great video, important tips and explanations🤍
Thank you Gershon Portnoy!
U run like duck😂 thanks for the video!