Canon R6 Mark II vs Lumix S5 Mark II vs Sony A7IV Comparison - Best Hybrid Camera In 2023?
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- In this video I compare three of the best hybrid cameras on the market, the Canon R6 MKII, the Lumix S5 MKII and the Sony A7IV. I test the cameras in both photo and video, looking at image quality and usability.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Natural Light Portraits
2:05 - Studio Portraits
3:20 - Landscape
5:09 - High ISO Photo
5:52 - Photo Dynamic Range
6:30 - Lens Image Quality
7:09 - Video Intro
7:26 - 4k 25p Compared
8:24 - 4k 50p Compared
9:00 - 4k 50 Crop
9:13 - IBIS Compared
9:42 - Video High ISO
10:20 - Video Dynamic Range
11:07 - Overheating
11:40 - Video AF
12:39 - Build & Ergonomics
15:28 - Conclusion
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Color & Ergo & Screen : Canon > Lumix > Sony
IBIS & Built : Lumix > Canon > Sony
Video features : Just Lumix
I prefer to listen to your comparison videos than any other UA-camr. You are very unbiased and give it to you as it is. It always seems that Sony is flawless and there are no downsides to it when we know that all of them have their flaws. It comes down to what you prefer and what flaws you can live with.
That means a lot, I appreciate the kind words!
I'm all about Lumix. Other then the AF history, they try to put as much features into their cameras as they can without put a 'Cannon/Sony tax' on it. In the end, the tool you have and are comfortable is the best. More about where your lens are at. They all do the job.
I have owned Nikon and Canon DSLR's over the years..and then a few years ago made the jump to Lumix. The S1 is still the best camera I have ever owned. Love it to death. It's a master of everything.
@@TrollMeister_ My first camera was a Cannon. Went with the marketing hype at the time. After using it for a year I learnt that Cannon is like iphone, they don't make the best things, they market the best things. They love new inexperienced youtubers promoting their products because they know they will invest in the glass that will keep them with their bodies. I will never buy Canon ever again.
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Great comparison. Simple and what you want to know.
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make this I imagine it was a lot of work! Have downloaded the files for some pixel peeping but am happy in the Canon ecosystem and was good to see the strengths and weaknesses of these 3
Thank you for watching, I’m really glad the files helped!
Thank you for your more than interesting videos. And this is very generous to provide the RAW files and it's a key difference with other reviews : I really appreciate to be able to make my own assessment of what very cares for me.
Thank you for watching, really glad you find the files helpful.
Outstanding review! As a former Z6ii owner I went A7iv for the customization and lens options and price-to-performance of Tammy and Sigma glass. At heart I'm a Canon guy that adores Nikon colors. The color science on the A7iv and it's 33mp sensor was a great middle ground and easy to work with in post. With the exceptional customization options and "My Menu" on the Sony, I never have to deep dive into the menu architecture, but it is less confusing than the Nikon to me personally. Not quite as intuitive as Canon, but vastly improved over the A7iii. Canon is losing a generation of Camera shooters by not allowing 3rd Party lens development (me included). With a family of 8, I just can't justify the $$$ for Canon RF glass. I could buy EF mount adapted (and the adaptors are excellent), but that seems retroactive. IF Canon opens their mount, I'll be selling the Sony. The lower end options of Canon's lineup (including used RPs) are very attractive options for my kids. Would LOVE to see a series on the best adapted EF glass for Canon RF mounts. If you can't take phenomenal images with all today's offerings, it's not the camera that's the problem ... that coming from someone who made a living off the 1st EOS body and a darkroom :D>.
Great review and comparison, really helpful. Only missed information on the viewfinders, but good to see someone comparing these camera’s on all the other aspects.
Brilliant overview, which basically answered all of my questions. Well done, sir!
Thank you for watching!
I really appreciate this review and so much work behind all these comparisons, without a doubt a very extensive and complete work. Thank You
For landscapes, especially the scene you shot, you could have put them into "high resolution mode". The Lumix also can suppress movement. On the GH6, you can shoot high res handheld. For video, dynamic range is especially important, but only the Lumix offers proper tools to getting the exposure correct- Lumix all the way!
my exact thoughts!
I had the Sony a7III and wanted to upgrade to the a7IV when it was launched. At the camera shop, I handled the new a7IV, took a few shots and didn't feel excited about it. The shop owner recommended me to try out the Canon R5 and RF 24-70L. I was blown away by the images produced by the Canon combo, and bought them instead of the a7IV, I agree with James' observation that images straight out of the Sony camera, in particular, human skin tone are not so flattering and I often required more time to correct them. Thanks for the great review of these 3 fantastic cameras.
R5 is not the same price range and A7 IV can only be fairly compared at the same resolution (or through cropping). But either camera is great.
The idea that a particular brand has some "magical" color science which fixes everything is a complete myth. Every damn camera for decades can shoot raw and thus anything can be made to look like anything. Everyone should simply buy what they like or use what they've got because the camera you use means very little.
He up sold you and you fell for it.
@@Yupthereitism On the contrary, I should thank the camera shop sale person for the good recommendation. I have never been happier and I am still enjoying my Canon R5 and lenses, and gradually discovering new things. My Canon R5 is getting better and better with each firmware update and the upcoming update is rumored to be huge.
@@zenscape i was a former r5 owner but couldnt fall in love with the system. I felt the lenses were overpriced and inferior to every sony lens I tested. The final straw was when I tried a sony 70-200 f2.8 ii on the sony a7rv. the sony lens was lighter, internal zooming, and more accurate at focusing. The sony images were sharper and easier to edit. I just cant figure paying top dollar for canon lenses when sony is making objectively better stuff for much better prices. The tamron 35-150 is a GAME CHANGER. I use that lens exclusively for events now and it is amazing. Canon has nothing of the sort, and even if they did create a similar lens it would cost 3k.
Anyway, im still trying to sell a few canon lenses and held onto my eos r because I enjoy using it as a travel camera, but professionally I dont think there is any reason to go with canon.
I also wanted to thank you for this great comparison and especially for providing us with the photos and footage to play around with! Probably gonna buy the S5II.
Thank you for watching! You’ll love the Lumix.
Fantastic comparison. Thanks mate
Wow man I was waiting for such a video compao
Usually I don't subscribe for just one video, but yours was amazing and I think you deserve much more! So here you have a new one! Congratulations :) And smile to the camera, you both look great
Great video, super unbiased and well done. Just subscribed! Keep up the great work
Thank you Rafael!
Super detailed. Thank you.
Thank you ,a very informative video. Lots of questions have been answered.
Thank you for watching!
That’s how a comparison needs to be done, super useful. Thanks & subbed.
Thank you so much!
Excellent comparison, thank you for this!
Thank you so much!
How strange to be browsing camera reviews and come across shots of the Peace Gardens! Hello from someone who also frequents Sheff.
Cheers for a comprehensive breakdown, and for sharing RAW files too - they're particularly helpful
100% agree with you 👍
Thanks for the video 😊
Your review is flawless, thanks.
Wow, thank you. I appreciate the kind words.
Very nice video! I am trying to choose between the Canon and the Sony. I like Panasonic cams for video, but I'm not sure about stills. I noticed the change in screen position for the comparisons. First Canon, Sony and Lumix, then Canon, Lumix, Sony. Was that intentional? Thx.
Doing the best comparison videos ever!!!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for this great video!!! I have been thinking about buying one of those three cameras, I'll go with the Lumix S5 Mark II !!
Great work, thank you🍿🙏
James, what you are doing is fantastic. I am delighted every time I watch your materials. Thank you very much for your work. Mirek
Thank you so much!
Good afternoon. I thank you very much for this review. You described all the cameras so well without missing a single detail.
Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot for the comparisson, it helped me make a decision.
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For the landscape comparison I think is not apples to apples, as the Lumix wasn't shot in the exact same light conditions as you can see in the far. This should have been made with the 3 cameras taking the picture at the same time.
For the rest of the test comparison, it's a pretty good one you made. Very informative, thanks for it!
This really helped me in picking up my next camera. Thanks😊
I’m really glad it helped, I’d love to know what you’ll be picking up?
@@JamesReader I’m using canon from past 10 years and I was thinking to go with sony but with the help of this video. I see no reason to switch in Sony at this budget. (R6 Mark ii)
Hi James.. very interesting review .. I'm waiting for my s5iix and I was pleased with the results from the s5ii in your review and can't wait to get my hands on my new lumix. BTW where is Malham as I would love to go take a few shots of that lone tree.. it looks an amazing place to visit. Keep up the good work n looking forward to your next vlog 👍
Thank you Kenneth! Malham is in North Yorkshire, UK. The lone tree is just outside of Malham village, if you send me an e-mail I can send over details of how to find the tree. Great place and I certainly didn't capture it to it's full potential.
Great to see Sheffield on UA-cam 📸 nice video, very helpful
Thank you George!
Great work! Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Amazing video! I just purchased a second body (R6 M2) and appreciate the intelligent contrast between ecosystems!
Great work, appreciate it!
Thank you!
Thank you for this great review! I'm not sure if you had the opportunity to test the Fuji X-H2S, but if you did, in terms of video quality and features for run and gun situations, which one would you choose between the Fuji X-H2S and Lumix S5II? Cheers
Great video, thanks.
Awesome review comparison! One of the most detailed, unbiased and comprehensive review! Video quality production is top notch, you mentioned stuff that most reviewers I’ve watched didn’t even mentioned like the AF example, didn’t know about that issue till now. easily one of the best review comparison videos of these products out here! Thanks for the wonderful review video fam! I’m getting the Canon R6 Mark II soon!
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words. Really glad to hear it was helpful, I have no doubt you’re gonna love the R6 MKII.
Awesome vidéo! Im curious about the 1080p quality, who of the 3 has the sharpest 1080p 60fps ?
Perfect video thank you!
Thank you Alex!
When comparing chromatic aberrations check if you have corrections enabled in Lightroom. By default they are enabled for Canon and diabled for Sony.
i believe he checked it. Ive tried that RF in so many scenarios and their optics is just so phenomenal.
The S5II is the best choice out of all three. Only downside is the AF is not up to par with R6II and A7IV but its good enough.
you need to shoot with the Lumix s-series 24-70, not with the Sigma. The results will be different.
This is the best comparison i have seen yet of R6 vs S3-IV. Thanks!
Thank you Jesper!
Its crazy to me that other brands have no functions like waveforms.I use Lumix and I would be totally lost without the waveforms, such nice tool to nail exposure!
When you have a proper LCD/EVF you don't need that at all, I never use them on my C70 and my image is always spot on. All those things are derived from the times when LCDs and EVFs were crap and somehow many cameras still have them. Having the ability to just look at the LCD/EVF and set a proper exposure and white balance is the key for efficient workflow, and Sony people had never heard about that obviously :) :)
excellent comparison, the best out there, thanks for all your work on this video. zen billings in canada
Thank you Zen!
Every well done review!
Thank you!
Good work!
How did you grade the pictures? I'm a Lumix user and I find the colors vastly improve when changing out the adobe profiles for the native Lumix ones in Lightroom (I mostly go for cinelike v and vivid). I'm always amazed how much better they look when doing that. This might be applicable to the Canon and Sony as well.
These were all started in “Natural” colour profile, it was always my favourite on the S1. I’ll give some of the other profiles a try, it’s a little awkward at the moment because you still can’t open the S5 II RAWs in light room.
@@JamesReader Ahh I was talking about developing Raw pictures in Lightroom. I thought that was possible with the S5ii files by now. Straight out of camera "Natural" is really nice indeed.
THE BEST COMPARISON VIDEO IN THE INTERNET . THANKS FOR YOUR WORK .
Thank you!
I use my cameras more for video, and went with Panasonic S5II. Very happy with it, looking forward to adding a good value 35mm prime to the kit lens. The build quality is very reassuring. Any thoughts on the Panasonic 35mm f/1.8 compared to the Sigma f/1.4, for video? Leaning toward the lighter / smaller / cheaper Panasonic f/1.8, as have been very happy with my Panasonic MFT 50mm f/1.8. I'm based in Valencia, Spain, so felt the overheating would be a real problem in Summer with Canon or Sony A7IV. And I did want for it photography too, so EVF-less FX-30 was not for me. Other considerations were price/value. Canon is pricey in Europe and Panasonic had good Summer offers, making it 800 euros cheaper! Kit lens deal was a bargain for starters, and lenses, like Panasonics own primes and the Sigmas are better value propositions. But also IBIS is decisive for me, full HDMI is essential, 6k leaves me room to grow, am more comfortable with Panasonic ergonomics, familiar menus, great video tools. Already was on GH5, which am keeping as secondary camera. Even if I had $1000 more, I wouldn't have chosen Canon. I'd have sold the GH5 and MFT lenses, and budgeted for a second S5II with kit lens. With video, that price difference multiples when you will tend to buy more than one camera. So, I expect Panasonic will sell many S5IIs with budget conscious videographers.
I'm always impressed by your reviews but this one was on another level.
I think your channel has the potential to become one of the best photography channels on UA-cam.
The images are smooth and pleasant. The music and voice acting are great.
Most importantly, you maintain the best possible balance between technicalities and real-world experience in your videos
WELL DONE
Thank you for the amazing comment Nathan. Very encouraging, I really appreciate the kind words
Great comparison, thank you! With regards to Sony front focusing, how do you have "Priority Set in AF-C" configured? By default it is "balanced" but it may result in less than perfect focus. I suggest setting this to "AF".
I seem to remember this was set to Balanced so perhaps that could be why the focus was off.
@@JamesReader One more thing: "aperture drive". In studio set it to "Focus Priority". Canon by default focuses wide open and closes to aperture you set just to take photo. Sony focuses stopped to aperture you set. This gives you full-time depth of field preview. Downside is that in studio, where it is dark until flash fires, AF system has very little light. Setting "aperture drive" to "Focus Priority" makes Sony work like Canon - it opens aperture to help with AF and stops down just to take photo. Helps *a lot* in studio.
Great video. Just one thing, which one is better weather sealed?
It’s impossible to tell without tear downs of each, but my money is on the Panny. The R6 only has mid-grade sealing, and while Sonys have gotten better, they still suffer from crap doors and the hot shoe problem. Panasonic had to compete with Olympus for over a decade, and so got really good at building bodies.
Hey man, thanks for the vid.
I'm about to pull the trigger and buy the lumix s5 ii. I'm looking at the sigma 24-70 that you use here. It looks like a great lens, but what is the balance like with the s5ii weight wise? Does it feel a bit front heavy? Cheers mate
I found the Sigma to balance really nicely on the S5 II. I think you'll be very happy with that lens!
@@JamesReader, that's exactly what I wanted to hear! It looks awesome but was worried with the size. Its hard to find anywhere to go and see the lenses in person these days so thanks for getting back to me on that. Keep up the good work James. Cheers mate 😎.
Great review!
Thank you!
Have used A7IV & R6ii. Can’t go wrong with either. Went with R6ii for AF & build. Canon feels like a curvy smooth brick in the hand. I know RF lenses are pricey but they’re really good.
Agreed.
However, you can use EF lenses with a good adapter, so it seems like lens choice is not an issue for Canon R6 m II at all…
@@grigormarch9109 does it have wobble effect at 24mm??
Was the Firmware updated on the Sony A7IV I found with the update it improved the eye auto focus.
The landscape was a good opportunity to just test the high-resolution sensor shift from the Lumix S5 II and compare the resolution bump, how much difference there is.
For some reason the S5 II has extra red/magenta not just compared to the Sony and Canon but also to previous iterations from Panasonic. The Sony always look more dead, for skin-tones the Canon looked better.
The skin tones on Canon looked indeed amazing
S5 looks the cleanest to me. I paused on the ISO frame grabs around 5:09 and I disagree on your assumption of NR for the S5II. I’ve seen mixed reviews all over the place on ISO. tests on all three of these cameras. Your examples show the hair detail on the model is as good if not better than all in these examples. Also, when shooting 6k, the noise is even finer. The S5II 6k open gate 3:2 is one clincher for myself- especially mated with the SIRUI 50mm 1.6x anamorphic for 2.4:1 CinemaScope aspect ratio. I’ve seen the raw footage from this combo and it’s outstanding.
The S5II "appears" noisier, but is preserving more detail, whereas the Canon looks cleaner, but is definitely employing noise reduction - reducing graininess at the expense of fine detail. (This said as an R6 owner)
In your iso video tests, did the R6 II had the noise reduction set to high? It's usually way more noisy than the Sony at the base iso in their log profiles. Thanks!
Everything set to default in the video settings.
very good review, thank you
Thank you!
Can you give an opinion for video footage for sports and dance at 4k60(from relatively close)? How is the rolling shutter?
I’m wondering if the s5ii actually have better highlight rolloff than the S5 and other older s line cameras. It looks like it in the video but I’m not sure
great video thanks :) you have access to beautiful cameras and models :D
Thank you !
What really stood out to me, was how dull the Lumix looked in the nature pictures. It did lose many vibrant colors which the Canon and Sony did capture. For video however, the Lumix colors are very good, I think they are the most filmic out-of-the-box. Also, I really liked the contrasty look of the Canon for a commercial look. They look straight from a fashion ad or something.
real-time lut is the key
If you take a look at the 3 nature pictures, the sun is totally covered in the Lumix one, that's why there's no contrast at all, and colors are gone. Sun is gone, while in the Canon and Sony is still pretty there, is not a good comparison in that matter.
He didn't use a native Panasonic lens. That may be where the problem is
To be fair, he was using native lenses for Sony & Canon and a 3rd party lens for the Lumix. That's not the best way to compare the brands imo. He still did an amazing job with the video though, and ya gotta use what you have, I understand.
Thanks james
for a first time buyer ( and potentially last time purchaser) what would you get? The canon or the sony? I will be vlogging outside as well as in a lowlight garage for fitness videos. Ive been using ipgone 13 but all the videos come out dark or grainy no matter what lighting I use. Thank you for the video, its been a great wealth of information!
Thank you for this video…👍
Thank you for watching!
This is very odd. I've never have any issues with the A7IV focusing system like you do. What firmware version do you have ?
thanks for your review and those sample RAWs. I've been looking for a new Hybrid system and have been leaning toward the Sonys as I love all the lens options with that system. Then the S5ii came out and made the choice even more confusing. (as I'm a fan of the Sigma contemporary lenses, which both systems use) But after playing around with the Raw files in Lightroom, I can't not unsee how good the canon colours are, especially skin tones. Even when trying to match all three, the Sony image just looks like the model is ill, (very pale) Lumix does skin tones a little better, but seems to have more Cyan, but when trying to fix that, the face becomes too yellow. Canon just looks right, even without any correction. A shame, as it's the system that doesn't allow for the new Sigma glass.
Great video! Very very informative with accurate and clear pros and cons. It really helped me decide which camera to buy.
Btw, I really liked the jacket in the video that you’re wearing. I would appreciate it if you could let me know the brand?😅
Thank you so much Suman! The jacket is from REISS here in the UK. Unfortunately they aren’t selling the exact one any more but this one is very similar if you google search “REISS JERRY
INTERLOCK OVERSHIRT”. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much.
I’d be interested to see how the Lumix 24-70 holds up agains the Canon & Sony.
thanks for the files that you are shared.. it's very useful.. my only complain with r6ii is the dynamic range in video..but I think at the end I can live with that.. maybe Canon will make an update with clog2 :) I'm dreaming
Excellent! 👌
Great review. I tested the Sony A7R IV and RV gret AF and picture quality but I really don't like the ergonomics and it's too small. I'll have a try at the EOS R6 Mk II.
What camera would you choose, the Sony fx3 or the canon r6 mark 2? For documentary/vlog content, I also like to take pictures on occasion. great Content.
Tough one. FX3 has great lens options. I would guess it’s a little better in low light too. R6 MKII will take the better photos though (in terms of resolution at least).
great one
about the noise, it seems in photo lumix applies NR or is cleaner- but in video lumix has such a parameter, maybe playing with it would make noise equal to the others. I have the feeling all have basically equivalent sensors.
Lumix is 100% doing internal denoising here. 100%. That is very inorganic.
at 2:55 : the lens focusing on one eye rather than the other that's not at the same distance, isn't it normal while using shallow DOF?
Wow, I can't thank you enough for putting together such a fantastic comparison video! Seriously, it's been a game-changer for me. I've been on the fence between A7 IV and R6ii, but after watching this video, I'm sold on the Canon R6 II. Can't wait to get my hands on canon!
Thank you for the kind comment! I’m really glad the video helped.
Well done mate
I hope Canon gets the whole 3rd party lens situation fixed. Everyone has their own preference but that issue alone is changing the perspective of a lot of photographers/videographers. I will always have a bias towards Canon but the Sony and Lumix are amazing....
Amazing rich review 👌
Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us! You're making me think about investing in an R6 MK2. Especially the way Canon renders the skin tones are convincing. I tested the S5 MK2 against my S5 MK1 for a few days. I noticed a slight oversharpening compared to the original S5. However, I found the color noise behavior more disturbing. The S5 MK2 shows significant green in the shadows, the MK1 shows a more natural black and white noise behavior. The real reason I returned the camera is a sound interference problem when connecting an external microphone to the jack audio port. There is a high frequency pulsating sound that doubles its frequency when you switch the frame rate from 25p to 50p. This annoying sound can only be heard very quietly, but it is disturbing in quiet passages during interviews, for example. I am waiting for the S5 MK2 X and hope that Panasonic will notice the issue in time and shield the audio signal path better.
Thank you for watching Martin! Very concerning to hear about the audio issues with the S5 II on such a video-centric camera.
I hear you about the noise colors, but even more shocking is the oversharpening and noise reduction on the standard profiles compared to the S5 and S1. Never seen such bad image quality on a Panasonic camera, the 6K is oversharpened and the 4K is full of details filtering (smoothing) in low light. The difference is huge when cropping. V-Log is the only profiles almost as good as before but we must deal with noise and the weird green tint in the shadows.
Lovely review, thanks for all that. I saw in a few forums that the colours on the r6ii have a yellow tint, especially on skin tones. have you noticed something like that? your samples look perfect. other reviews look horrible. like really yellowish. are you showing the jpegs? because maybe its only an issue with the raw files
Thank you so much! The photos used in the video are all RAW files, I haven’t noticed any yellow tint with the R6 II. The original R6 had this issue a little bit I feel the mark II has fixed that.
does doing manual focus fixes the problem for the A74?
Very detailed and unbiased comparison. I have used A7IV, but S5 is suprising good for its price.
The A7IV eye AF issue is one of the reasons I passed on it and got the R6 II. Mitch Lally was the only other UA-camr to mention this so I'm glad you found it too.
Issues like this seem to get buried by Sony sponsored UA-camrs and those that do quick reviews or only focus on video. There are mentions of this issue in some photo/Sony forums but most people get attacked and get called "noobs" if they bring this up. The same thing used to happen when people brought up overheating issues on the Sony mirrorless cams like the A7III and A7RIII/IV.
Also, as great as the IBIS is on the S5 II, it also suffers from corner wobbles/jello at ultrawide angles. I believe it was Casey at Camera Conspiracies that showed this along with one other person. It's not quite as bas as the Canon, but enough to ruin shots for sure.
I definitely didn’t expect to encounter this kind of issue with the Sony. If this is a common issue I certainly wouldn’t be happy, I’m totally open to it being user error such as a wrong setting but I had no issues with the Canon/LUMIX. I do remember Mitch Lally mentioning some eye AF issues with accuracy.
You’re right regarding the S5 II, unfortunately 24mm was as wide as I had access to so I couldn’t test how bad the wobble is at those super wide angles, but have seen from a few videos it seems to be an issue although already improved a little through firmware (somehow)
@77dris bro don’t you even act like you had any plans of choosing any other brand than Canon. It didn’t matter what the cameras were you were picking canon 😂😂😂
I had the issue as well even with GM lenses. Sold it for the R6 II.
@@RockyMaiviaMiami Ong, this guy is literally on every photography/videography related video preaching about his R6II and how the Sonys suck. I've never seen such bizarre, obsessive behaviour, like bro you love your Canon good for you lol.
@@TheDka1 I think he’s autistic, if you go to his channel he does anime art and some b-roll stuff.
Hi James. Would you recommend Lumix S5iix for real estate photography and videogtaphy? Thank you. ❤
Absolutely! Great IBIS and a good selection of wide angle lenses. Will be a great choice
@@JamesReader Thank you. What about Fuji XH2s? Do you know anything about it?
Mhmm when I shoot with my r6mark ii some shots have a lot of chroma noise even at base iso800, did you not experience sth like that?
I thought eye front focus on A7iv was over after a firmware update. I was surprised to see you had problems focusing on the eye.
Thank you love your comparisons and observations. I shoot primary with an R6 and a RF 24-70mm. I have invested in the Canon Rf mount. It’s $$ expensive. I was a tough call as I am still recovering from business loss during the pandemic. This video confirms I made a good choice. However all brands are pretty good these days
you didn't know anything about the eye AF issues? and the 2 FW version to help improve it?
would be great to see the Leica SL2-S here along with their 24-70mm lens to see how the others fair against each other !