Panasonic Lumix S5 FullFrame Mirrorless Camera with Lumix S 20-60mm Lens, DC-S5K, 3x Optical Zoom, Black

I guess we are in the Sony era of cameras for mirrorless bodies - with great lens options and autofocus making it hugely popular with YouTube content creators. This has also meant that Sony can command a price premium for features - a7c which is a 3 year old a7iii in a smaller body is more expensive than a Lumix s 5. Yes, the Sony E mount lens selection is amazing ( Finding Panasonic L mount lenses is expensive and sometimes impossible, at least online in India), and the autofocus works like the subject had magnetic powers on the Sony. But the image?I've been blown away by the Panasonic. It offers 10 bit 422 upto 60fps in camera, in v-log. Grading it in resolve is a breeze(you need to buy resolve studio for editing 10 bit footage). Has excellent ergonomics and touch menu system, with rugged build. And the autofocus though not magic, is not bad at all. For photography, it is excellent, and for videos, it's more than enough for amateurs like me. Maybe for a commercial do or die shoot one wouldn't trust it, but is otherwise perfectly normal. But this isn't the clincher for Panasonic. The clincher is the company's support via firmware updates.They add features to a 5 year old gh5 through firmware updates, to make it even more powerful. The 2 year old Lumix s1 got updates to get vlog on it, and then to match the S5's latest specs. The 8 month old Lumix S5 has got an update to Blackmagic Raw recording via an external recorder, in 6K 12 bit 444 raw, apart from the January update which gave it the same capabilities in Prores Raw. Except for the 30 minute time limits on 10 bit footage, it has identical recording specs(same sensor too) to the twice as expensive S1H, which is a Netflix approved camera! And except for 4k in higher framerates, it matches the A7s3's recording specs too, at half the price. Panasonic is a company a) dedicated to video b) dedicated to video quality (that's why they do not adopt the phase detect AF since it requires dedicated pixels on the sensors. They would rather use it for the image) and c) they do not use the 'cripple hammer'. Brands generally want to keep their highest priced cameras differentiated (reason why Sony a7c still has only 8 bit), but Panasonic is mad enough to give the S5 the same features as the S1H and piss off the S1H owners who paid twice the cost :D.In my opinion the only reason to not go Panasonic is the L mount. Their lenses are very high quality, and therefore very expensive and availability is limited in India. I went for only the S5 body and got the 24-105 ois f4 lens which is the kit lens for the S1 and S1H. It has a wide focal range, constant aperture, OIS(no gimbals for me!) and is parfocal for video shooting! It's expensive, but can be the only lens you will ever need.The S5 then became a no brainer. Loving it.

Best 4k 60fps camera in its price, 6k over hdmi and 10 bit colors, full frame censor, flip out screen, anamorphic support what else one could want.... crazy stabilization and AF has been improved in this model.