IMO getting into the Lumix ecosystem was the best the decision I ever made when I comes to my wedding videographer career. Thanks for doing this videos Cam. love your content
Gave me more reasons to love my S5iiX and S5ii. Currently using them to film a documentary. Switching to Lumix was the best decision I ever made. Great Video.
Wow. You completely sold me on the S5iix. I've looked at a lot of cameras. But, the fact that the S5iix can preview anamorphic and has IBIS for anamorphic, it's a game changer. Thank you!
@@TvBoxHead I barely shoot in 60p, but if I do then I just treat it like s35. S35 has been the standard for like 80 years, full frame is a nice luxury. Rolling shutter hasn’t been an issue for me.
@@TvBoxHead Super 35 has been the standard for cinema and Anamorphic specifically forever. Full frame is a recent development so it's really no big deal. Rolling shutter is better on Lumix cameras, (all cameras) in S35 modes anyway. 1.5x is a modest punch in when shooting slow motion that It's honestly not that big a deal. The Sony ZV-E1 punches into the 16:9 crop another 1.8x or so when dynamic active stabilization is turned on. People shoot amazing stuff on Lumix GH cameras all the time with a tiny M43 sensor.
I love all of the anamorphic options in my Z Cam F6. Full frame 3:2 6K open gate, 4:3 5K o.g., 6:5 5K open gate, 3:2 4K, 4:3 4K or S35, and 6:5 4K... and all of those in vertical anamorphic as well! I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but it's awesome.
I have enjoy shooting anamorphic with my fx30 but I wish this video was made before I bought it. Great breakdown and explanation. I want this in my camera now.
Yeah, you're stuck with 1.33x stretch lenses basically on 16:9 Sony cameras. Anything wider and you are just throwing away the sides on an already maxed out 3840x2160 resolution cropped in from the full 3:2 sensor.
@@d2suarez Oh right, 4.7k raw is a lot better with the Ninja. Still though, why shoot 1.5x and then throw away so much of the sides when cropping to a standard aspect ratio? If you shot 1.33x on the Atomos you would get an almost perfect 6144x2614 which is 6k Anamorphic 2.35:1 format. Or crop in a little more for true 2.39:1 Scope. With a 1.5x you are getting some extra lens character but then you get a super wide 7008x2628 image and then chopping off the sides anyway and loosing it again.
I bought into the Sony FF system. But if I had known what I know now, it’d definitely be Panasonic. I have the GH6 because I got into M4/3 and I’m blown away. The features on these LUMIX cameras are insane. I especially love the IBIS. With full stabilization, you can become a human tripod; when trying it out I thought my screen was frozen! All the features carry over in the full frame cameras with the added benefit of low light and cleaner readout noise.
Finally watched this entire video, this videos is so amazing! As a S1 and Black Magic Cinema 6k owner, everything you said is 100% the truth and i hope everyone understand exactly what's going on with these cameras! Great content and this is one of my favorite channels!
Cam, you have me pulling so much closer to the LUMIX S5IIX more and more everyday!!!! And the Blazar Remus’. Your setup honestly lives in my head rent free, I can’t stop thinking about it.
Love my Lumix S5II and Sirui 1.6x Venus lens set (50, 75, 150) with the 1.25x adapter for 2x. Yeah, I know that newer lenses are available, but it's getting the work done! If I get another lens, i'll be the Nanomorph zoom.
Fantastic video, the best possible guide to this camera. Slowly and in stealth mode, Panasonic claims more and more of the cine camera landscape. Wouldn't be shocked if they buy ARRI eventually.
Yeah, I'm obsessed with using the 1.25x Sirui adapter on fast spherical lenses with my s5IIX. The 1.3x de-squeeze mode is close enough to shoot 1.25x and know what you're doing and gives you about a 2:1 shooting open gate!
The original S5 while it does not have open gate and it ofc lacks ALL-I it does have the same anamorphic desqueeze options, the same 4:3 S35 anamorphic mode and the same anamorphic ibis options plus it's below $1000. Pretty insane for the price and especially as the S5's internal image processing pipeline is better than the S5II/X which has the new processing which adds much much more noise reduction and artificial sharpening. ProRes RAW however looks identical between the original and the newer while BRAW is better on the newer models.
You're the best filmmaking TH-camr out there, setting the new trends. Your style, your coverage. Keep shouting Panasonic from the rooftops. You're right, their builds are a step above vs being software locked like Sony for years. My S9 is a game changer- coming from owning Gemini, Dragon-X, A7SI-III, FS7 etc, fav camera ever. Also own a Mercury / Orion so I might be baised to anamorphic ;)
Yeah I think a lot of the other brands could learn a lot from lumix. I find it weird the S5IIx is one of the most affordable 6K full frame cameras and yet it has more useful features than the more experience brands.
If My Red Gemini wasnt heavy af it be my preffered way to shoot with my 3 Blazar Remus lens 45-85-100mm Open gate 1.71 gives me a massive wide image and I like it better without chopping the sides off for 2:40:1 I still typically wind up tossing PL and shooting on my EOS R5 to my V+ in 5k60 PR raw since it gets me clog 2 that way I get my s35 look and the sensor has stabilization its not as good as Gemini but the size and stab are a tradeoff
It's pretty complicated given the stretch, focus distances and barrel distortion. The Rokinon AF cinema lenses with the Anamorphic adapter is getting close but still not there yet. It uses the lenses and adapter together to calibrate and coordinate the movements. Pretty wild.
Bro, you need to create a full online anamorphic school for every single anamorphic parameter that you think is important for filmmakers to know. I would buy that in a heartbeat. Also, an interesting and fun video might be the absolute cheapest barebones anamorphic setup that you would be willing to use on a professional production.
It DOES make your work stand out. At least to me. My original S5 does all of this minus the higher codecs. (And crap autofocus but who cares about that?) I know its not “real” open gate in my camera supposedly, but I get all the same options including 4:3 so I’m not sure what the difference is with that, but i know it always looks awesomely unique and gives me so much more room vertically. Same options to de squeeze anything, ibis, etc. Amazing. I’m shooting a film now using 2 lenses. Sirui 35mm f1.8 and 75mm f1.8, both 1.33 and APSC. The character is the bomb… Great video as always.
The difference is the S5II and S5IIX has 6K 3:2 open gate in full frame while the S5 only does DCI 4K 16x9 in full frame so you lose a lot of coverage. For example in cinemascope with a 2x anamorphic lens you would lose about 68% in 16x9 compared to 3:2 open gate so there's a big difference. Basically you lose a lot of the top and bottom of your image like Cam showed in the video but that's only an issue for anamorphic glass that covers full frame, if it does not cover full frame the result will be the same as the S5, S5II and the S5IIX all have the same 4:3 S35 anamorphic mode.
@@phoenixprjct Well, inte IQ in the S5II is worse, the new way Lumix does is image processing is not as good. They use a lot more noise reduction and artificial sharpening on internal (and external) non-RAW codecs which isn't great. Hopefully this changes in the future but as of now it's not something you can turn off so the original S-series like the S1, S5 and S1H has better IQ.
Amazing! So if you have a f.e. R5C and want to shoot 2x anamorphic then it is better to use s35 lenses on fullframe mode because you will mostly cut the vignette (instead of cutting valuable lens characteristic content). I think this is another great topic for a yt video. Because we barely have cam body w/ opengate, also literally we have no camera body w/ 60fps no crop opengate. So s35 lens on 16:9 fullframe is a great alternative. I think this topic should be covered more deeply, and I am pretty sure no one covered this in youtube🎉
what about BMC 6K FF ? You can even work in true anamorphic 6:5 at much higher resolutions than other cameras using anamorphic lenses in 4.8K 24 fps at 4832 x 4032. You have open gate 3:2 and you can shoot Super 35 4:3 . Not to mention the color science and the raw files , plus dynamic range. But I will give a try to this Panasonic. Question when the Cato will be released ?
I said mirrorless* the S5IIX requires zero rigging and can do crazy anamorphic filmmaking. Great battery life.. swivel out screen.. ibis.. it’s night and day. Different tools man
Hey cam. I'm a big bmpcc guy. But starting a fitness clothing brand and am leaning towards the s5iix buttherolling shutter worries me for action based video. Also lack of raw. But what you reckon Still worth selling the 4k
I just came from MFT anamorphics to APSC on my S1 and whay noticed when i compared them. The APSC has a wider shot but they both have the same minimum focus distance, the MFT crops in but somehow it has more bokeh. So you get less FOV with MFT but more bokeh, and that's only with these Sirui lenses. with a spherical lens we can get closer while using a APSC camera so then the APSC would get better bokeh. I was blown away by this, it's really about knowing your tools.
Cam, I would love to see your take on LivePhotos. For personal use, I prefer to use iPhone over any other camera because of how much extra information you're getting. It's like Harry Potter in real life. I'm looking to see if I can get a set up for my DSLR where my iphone will be mounted, and take photos the same time I shoot on my DSLR
10:05, welp where is that pesky 1.6 desqueeze then? ; ) Great video as usual! Lumix needs that 1.6 (I am being a picky asshat) We have so much nowadays, and i love my Lumix s5iix... I'm just hesitant on WHICH anamorphic to buy. In fine arts I dabbled with video, and now really want to make short films. That anamorphic look .. oh bb. Blazar is tempting me a little more than Sirui rn...
9:22 is my biggest gripe with switching to the black magic full frame 6k. Yes it has all the desqueeze but to get 1.5 you have to shoot at 6k full frame and no other stretch will be avaliable at that resolution but I found I LOVE shooting at 4k super 35 4:3 on the camera with the blazar Remus because the texture shooting at that resolution feels the most like film. BUTTTTT the only option you are given in camera in super 35 mode is 1.8. So Im looking at a funky image in the monitor and have to go into the fusion tab in resolve to fix the desqueeze. (Wich is a easy fix. Add a Resize node. Click "Change pixel aspect" and change 1.8 to 1.5 and VIOLA!) I am really HOPEING when the pyxis comes out the 6k full frame will get a firm ware update that lets us pick any stretch factor at any resolution.
I got hooked up with an S5iix with a 50mm 1.8 with just 50 actuations on the body for $1475!!!!! Can you do a review on the Sirui Venus 35mm if you have one? New subscriber, I watch your videos while I drive for my day job. Keep doing what you’re doing!
I've owned the Lumix S5ii since launch and absolutely love it! I haven't used any anamorphic glass.. You showed a bunch of lenses but is there maybe an anamorphic lens you'd recommend first? Thank you love your channel!
I'm thinking of getting the S5IIx, when using 6k open gate, you are limited to 420, has that ever been an issue for you, Cam? I would really prefer 422, but maybe it's not actually a big deal? My other question is, you have to shoot internally right to get 6k Open Gate, what codecs are available, I was curious about shooting BRaw, but you are limited to 4k?
Majority of my videos for the past 6 months have been shot on 3:2 4:2:0 ;) So you tell me! I don’t think most people are actually doing technical enough color grading to really see the difference between 4:2:0 and 4:2:2. There’s def a difference if you’re someone who does super technical grading. And I think open gate is only available internally
@@cammackey one other question, do you find the "x" variant to be that much better than the regular S5II? I assume you don't record externally? I think its probably worth it just in case, maybe even for the blackout design...
I have the S52x and yeah all of those features and incredible. I want to get the Cato 85 2x when it comes out but I also wanted the ninja v to shoot in prores raw. It sucks cause there’s no full frame open gate when you shoot externally so I’ll have to crop in a lot. Great video dude can’t wait for the Cato’s to come out!
@@trashbag8124 no there is just not when shooting externally when you shoot on like a ninja v for prores raw. There’s just 5.9k 16x9. You do still get super 35 4:3
I would love to have a 3:2 mode on my cameras, i am always super close to switching but idk so far i loose slow motion because so many affordable camera only offer 30fps at open gate :/ ... I hope this changes in the future.
just checked and it doesn't output the full sensor height in external mode, that leaves only bmcc ff 6k and then it's the big boys venice & raptor if you need raw
4k, 6k, 8k has nothing to do with any of this. Anamorphics are a totally different beast than spherical tho. Too much to say in this reply. I highly recommend to do a deep dive on TH-cam tho! Just search spherical vs anamorphic
Does 420 / bit bother you even a bit ? And the fact that it can be only recorded in Longop and no raw support or even pro res on external SSD ? what is you take on this .
Nope. I rather have open gate than all of that. All my stuff from the past 6 months at least, had been shot on this camera. Haven’t heard a peep from anyone that the color looks like it’s lacking. Obviously, it would be amazing if they could do that..
@@cammackey the colors won’t suffer much because of the 6K pixel data , it’s just the codec that is not professional, if they get that Lumix cameras will be unstoppable , especially with black magic new pocket giving 6K open gat Raw
The S1H does the same since 2020 and has an OLPF. But I‘m using 5.4K on it which is almost Fullframe Open Gate (3:2). It helps reducing vignette on certain anamorphics. I just wish this mode would work for 50/60p too and the rolling shutter would be a bit less, so I could turn off stabilization more often. Sometimes you want the shakes. Love your grade & lighting!
Shot a client project on my s5iix and Aivascope though I knew I should have shot spherical FX3. Fuck it I'm an "auteur" :D I love my anamorphic hand held look. Debating shooting BRAW since we only have Long-Gop internal, your thoughts"
Blazar Remus 1.5x set. It's got the right amount of anamorphic character for solo shooters, not too much like 2x and not too little like 1.33x. Not too expensive as well.
I have an S9 but I feel "afraid" of shooting anamorphic...even though I possess the knowledge to pull it off and the experience. I'm 35 years old, I'm getting tired of not giving it a try because of limiting mentality....so I would love to know if a cheap-to-decent anamorphic lens exists? One that I could buy just to play and not feel guilty at the purchase price? Ty
Well sadly lenses are expensive period. Expensive enough to feel guilty for fun. The Blazar Remus is the best affordable option out there hands down tho.
@cammackey Nonsense. Sirui Saturn 1.6X FF T2.9 lenses work fine on the S9 and are cheaper and more compact. Squeeze factor also is constant with distance to subject, unlike other cheap anamorphic lenses.
I honestly regret buying my blackmagic 6k full frame and not an s5iix. Blackmagic immediately dropping the price after buying it has really made me loose faith in the brand and the lack of de-squeeze options in a camera that's marketed as something good for anamorphic is depressing. Such a simple thing to add in firmware but nope -_-
Yeah it’s kinda wild when I found that out as well. I know the PIXYS has all the desqueeze options and I asked the BM engineer if that’ll come to the CC6K.. they said in time it should
I still think a used S1H is better with its stellar OLPF, especially considering none of the anamorphics use the big new feature of the S5IIX: Autofocus. The S1H still has full VLog and all the Open Gate goodness.
@@247.mp4 the biggest attraction for anamorphic is the waterfall bokeh and barrel distortion! You are getting a hell of a lot less of both with MFT. Also the s5 has more dynamic range
Sony shooter here, I'm so frustrated with with that company to the point where I'm on the verge of boycotting them. Their software sucks ass. Panasonic does software waaaay better. Excited to see what they release next, I might switch over entirely. Great video bro!
I have the Lumix S5 IIX with Sirui saturn 50 / 75 mm and I no longer feel like using my spherical lenses. I love your channel.
I got 35mm, wish they support 1.6x squeeze
Absolutely killed it with the lighting here.
My S1H has Anamorphic. A lot of the features that are in the S5IIX were already in the S1H and it came out in 2019.
True. S1H was literally a camera that came from future. Far ahead of all his competitors in 2019.
The only thing I wish the S1H had was the S5IIX’s lack of texture and crappy color science.
IMO getting into the Lumix ecosystem was the best the decision I ever made when I comes to my wedding videographer career. Thanks for doing this videos Cam. love your content
Gave me more reasons to love my S5iiX and S5ii. Currently using them to film a documentary. Switching to Lumix was the best decision I ever made. Great Video.
I have the S5II and no doubt the S5IIX is even better! No doubt you are honest at the time of giving your opinion!
Wow. You completely sold me on the S5iix. I've looked at a lot of cameras. But, the fact that the S5iix can preview anamorphic and has IBIS for anamorphic, it's a game changer. Thank you!
Same. Cam is a big reason why I’m pulling more and more towards it everyday
I'm so hoping lumix puts anamorphic desqueeze option in photomode in a future firmware update 🤞
I want vertical support!
yes!
I really love this recent run of Lumix cameras. I recently make the switch to all Lumix.
My S5ii has been a game changer for my career!
Can’t wait to get into anamorphics next year
How do you live with the crop and rolling shutter? Kinda hard paying full price for a lens when you cant use the full focal length.
@@TvBoxHead I barely shoot in 60p, but if I do then I just treat it like s35. S35 has been the standard for like 80 years, full frame is a nice luxury.
Rolling shutter hasn’t been an issue for me.
@@TvBoxHeadit doesn’t crop in 24p, it’s a full frame camera. Unless you’re talking about 60p?
@@walrusgumboot yeah I meant 60fps
@@TvBoxHead Super 35 has been the standard for cinema and Anamorphic specifically forever. Full frame is a recent development so it's really no big deal. Rolling shutter is better on Lumix cameras, (all cameras) in S35 modes anyway. 1.5x is a modest punch in when shooting slow motion that It's honestly not that big a deal. The Sony ZV-E1 punches into the 16:9 crop another 1.8x or so when dynamic active stabilization is turned on. People shoot amazing stuff on Lumix GH cameras all the time with a tiny M43 sensor.
I love all of the anamorphic options in my Z Cam F6. Full frame 3:2 6K open gate, 4:3 5K o.g., 6:5 5K open gate, 3:2 4K, 4:3 4K or S35, and 6:5 4K... and all of those in vertical anamorphic as well! I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but it's awesome.
I have enjoy shooting anamorphic with my fx30 but I wish this video was made before I bought it. Great breakdown and explanation. I want this in my camera now.
Yeah, you're stuck with 1.33x stretch lenses basically on 16:9 Sony cameras. Anything wider and you are just throwing away the sides on an already maxed out 3840x2160 resolution cropped in from the full 3:2 sensor.
@@phoenixprjct I have been using 1.5 nanomorphs but to an external recorder. We get a bit more that way
@@d2suarez Oh right, 4.7k raw is a lot better with the Ninja. Still though, why shoot 1.5x and then throw away so much of the sides when cropping to a standard aspect ratio? If you shot 1.33x on the Atomos you would get an almost perfect 6144x2614 which is 6k Anamorphic 2.35:1 format. Or crop in a little more for true 2.39:1 Scope. With a 1.5x you are getting some extra lens character but then you get a super wide 7008x2628 image and then chopping off the sides anyway and loosing it again.
@@phoenixprjct I wanted a wide image with distorted edges. Looks great
Super well presented and amazing reinforcement of the killer job that Lumix is doing right now! Thanks for sharing.
I bought into the Sony FF system. But if I had known what I know now, it’d definitely be Panasonic.
I have the GH6 because I got into M4/3 and I’m blown away. The features on these LUMIX cameras are insane.
I especially love the IBIS.
With full stabilization, you can become a human tripod; when trying it out I thought my screen was frozen!
All the features carry over in the full frame cameras with the added benefit of low light and cleaner readout noise.
Preach brother, I love these! The understanding of process and thought that goes into these are awesome! Keep on bro! 🙌🏾💜
Finally watched this entire video, this videos is so amazing! As a S1 and Black Magic Cinema 6k owner, everything you said is 100% the truth and i hope everyone understand exactly what's going on with these cameras! Great content and this is one of my favorite channels!
Guh damn will Cam ever stop delivering information gold 🙏
That infectious enthusiasm tho! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Nice work and insightful as always.
Cam, you have me pulling so much closer to the LUMIX S5IIX more and more everyday!!!! And the Blazar Remus’. Your setup honestly lives in my head rent free, I can’t stop thinking about it.
This made me want to get a LUMIX!
Love my Lumix S5II and Sirui 1.6x Venus lens set (50, 75, 150) with the 1.25x adapter for 2x. Yeah, I know that newer lenses are available, but it's getting the work done! If I get another lens, i'll be the Nanomorph zoom.
Fantastic video, the best possible guide to this camera. Slowly and in stealth mode, Panasonic claims more and more of the cine camera landscape. Wouldn't be shocked if they buy ARRI eventually.
Dude same!!!
Yeah, I'm obsessed with using the 1.25x Sirui adapter on fast spherical lenses with my s5IIX. The 1.3x de-squeeze mode is close enough to shoot 1.25x and know what you're doing and gives you about a 2:1 shooting open gate!
The original S5 while it does not have open gate and it ofc lacks ALL-I it does have the same anamorphic desqueeze options, the same 4:3 S35 anamorphic mode and the same anamorphic ibis options plus it's below $1000. Pretty insane for the price and especially as the S5's internal image processing pipeline is better than the S5II/X which has the new processing which adds much much more noise reduction and artificial sharpening. ProRes RAW however looks identical between the original and the newer while BRAW is better on the newer models.
You're the best filmmaking TH-camr out there, setting the new trends. Your style, your coverage. Keep shouting Panasonic from the rooftops. You're right, their builds are a step above vs being software locked like Sony for years. My S9 is a game changer- coming from owning Gemini, Dragon-X, A7SI-III, FS7 etc, fav camera ever. Also own a Mercury / Orion so I might be baised to anamorphic ;)
Yeah I think a lot of the other brands could learn a lot from lumix. I find it weird the S5IIx is one of the most affordable 6K full frame cameras and yet it has more useful features than the more experience brands.
Gotta say since Lumix added PDAF i don't see a reason to get any other camera brand in the sub 5k range.
You handed me the red pill and now there is no going back. Well Done Brother!
4:3 with a 1.5x anamorphic lens gives you a perfect, even 2:1 aspect ratio, which is probably my favourite aspect ratio.
Some of these shots are beautiful! Just make a movie already!
I hope that Sony implements Open Gate on their FX cinema camara or even in their Alpha Camaras.
Same 🥲
still missing 1.6 disqueeze.... but so many options compared to other cameras
If My Red Gemini wasnt heavy af it be my preffered way to shoot with my 3 Blazar Remus lens 45-85-100mm Open gate 1.71 gives me a massive wide image and I like it better without chopping the sides off for 2:40:1 I still typically wind up tossing PL and shooting on my EOS R5 to my V+ in 5k60 PR raw since it gets me clog 2 that way I get my s35 look and the sensor has stabilization its not as good as Gemini but the size and stab are a tradeoff
Would love to see a line of AF anamorphiclenses- would be a great compliment to this kind of setup
It's pretty complicated given the stretch, focus distances and barrel distortion. The Rokinon AF cinema lenses with the Anamorphic adapter is getting close but still not there yet. It uses the lenses and adapter together to calibrate and coordinate the movements. Pretty wild.
Your enthusiasm is infectious :)
Bro, you need to create a full online anamorphic school for every single anamorphic parameter that you think is important for filmmakers to know. I would buy that in a heartbeat. Also, an interesting and fun video might be the absolute cheapest barebones anamorphic setup that you would be willing to use on a professional production.
I have the S5iix and just picked up the Sirui Saturn Kit. Which stabilizer setting would be best for that 1.6x squeeze, 1.5 or 1.8?
It DOES make your work stand out. At least to me. My original S5 does all of this minus the higher codecs. (And crap autofocus but who cares about that?) I know its not “real” open gate in my camera supposedly, but I get all the same options including 4:3 so I’m not sure what the difference is with that, but i know it always looks awesomely unique and gives me so much more room vertically. Same options to de squeeze anything, ibis, etc. Amazing. I’m shooting a film now using 2 lenses. Sirui 35mm f1.8 and 75mm f1.8, both 1.33 and APSC. The character is the bomb… Great video as always.
The difference is the S5II and S5IIX has 6K 3:2 open gate in full frame while the S5 only does DCI 4K 16x9 in full frame so you lose a lot of coverage. For example in cinemascope with a 2x anamorphic lens you would lose about 68% in 16x9 compared to 3:2 open gate so there's a big difference. Basically you lose a lot of the top and bottom of your image like Cam showed in the video but that's only an issue for anamorphic glass that covers full frame, if it does not cover full frame the result will be the same as the S5, S5II and the S5IIX all have the same 4:3 S35 anamorphic mode.
@@LiamMarskog oh, great information, thanks so much. I appreciate that.
@@LiamMarskog If you traded the S5 in for a S5ii you would be all set.
@@phoenixprjct Well, inte IQ in the S5II is worse, the new way Lumix does is image processing is not as good. They use a lot more noise reduction and artificial sharpening on internal (and external) non-RAW codecs which isn't great. Hopefully this changes in the future but as of now it's not something you can turn off so the original S-series like the S1, S5 and S1H has better IQ.
Wish I could shoot photography in anamorphic.
You can. if you shoot 3:2 aspect ratio in stills with a 1.5 or 1.6x lens you will get the right aspect ratio in post. Just desqueeze in Photoshop.
Let's see your full s5IIx rig build!
What cages do you use for the s5ii that works with the mofage poco? Seems like there’s trouble mounting it with the vnd wheel protruding
Amazing!
So if you have a f.e. R5C and want to shoot 2x anamorphic then it is better to use s35 lenses on fullframe mode because you will mostly cut the vignette (instead of cutting valuable lens characteristic content).
I think this is another great topic for a yt video. Because we barely have cam body w/ opengate, also literally we have no camera body w/ 60fps no crop opengate.
So s35 lens on 16:9 fullframe is a great alternative.
I think this topic should be covered more deeply, and I am pretty sure no one covered this in youtube🎉
The Beast 🎥
what about BMC 6K FF ? You can even work in true anamorphic 6:5 at much higher resolutions than other cameras using anamorphic lenses in 4.8K 24 fps at 4832 x 4032. You have open gate 3:2 and you can shoot Super 35 4:3 . Not to mention the color science and the raw files , plus dynamic range. But I will give a try to this Panasonic. Question when the Cato will be released ?
I said mirrorless* the S5IIX requires zero rigging and can do crazy anamorphic filmmaking. Great battery life.. swivel out screen.. ibis.. it’s night and day. Different tools man
@@cammackey Thank You for your reply 👊
Such a great video Cam!
I love my S5iix with Sirui 35mm 1.6x squeeze and 1.25x adapter, but they don't support those squeeze factors yet. Panasonic, please!
Hey cam.
I'm a big bmpcc guy.
But starting a fitness clothing brand and am leaning towards the s5iix buttherolling shutter worries me for action based video.
Also lack of raw. But what you reckon
Still worth selling the 4k
Gh7 has anamorphic as well
Yes, it’s a great m4/3 camera
I just came from MFT anamorphics to APSC on my S1 and whay noticed when i compared them. The APSC has a wider shot but they both have the same minimum focus distance, the MFT crops in but somehow it has more bokeh. So you get less FOV with MFT but more bokeh, and that's only with these Sirui lenses. with a spherical lens we can get closer while using a APSC camera so then the APSC would get better bokeh.
I was blown away by this, it's really about knowing your tools.
I just hope that the S5iix succesor can record 3:2 open gate braw internally or at least externally 🤞
Cam, I would love to see your take on LivePhotos. For personal use, I prefer to use iPhone over any other camera because of how much extra information you're getting. It's like Harry Potter in real life. I'm looking to see if I can get a set up for my DSLR where my iphone will be mounted, and take photos the same time I shoot on my DSLR
10:05, welp where is that pesky 1.6 desqueeze then? ; ) Great video as usual! Lumix needs that 1.6
(I am being a picky asshat)
We have so much nowadays, and i love my Lumix s5iix... I'm just hesitant on WHICH anamorphic to buy.
In fine arts I dabbled with video, and now really want to make short films. That anamorphic look .. oh bb.
Blazar is tempting me a little more than Sirui rn...
9:22 is my biggest gripe with switching to the black magic full frame 6k. Yes it has all the desqueeze but to get 1.5 you have to shoot at 6k full frame and no other stretch will be avaliable at that resolution but I found I LOVE shooting at 4k super 35 4:3 on the camera with the blazar Remus because the texture shooting at that resolution feels the most like film. BUTTTTT the only option you are given in camera in super 35 mode is 1.8. So Im looking at a funky image in the monitor and have to go into the fusion tab in resolve to fix the desqueeze.
(Wich is a easy fix. Add a Resize node. Click "Change pixel aspect" and change 1.8 to 1.5 and VIOLA!)
I am really HOPEING when the pyxis comes out the 6k full frame will get a firm ware update that lets us pick any stretch factor at any resolution.
Preach man. Hopefully someone will listen
I got hooked up with an S5iix with a 50mm 1.8 with just 50 actuations on the body for $1475!!!!!
Can you do a review on the Sirui Venus 35mm if you have one?
New subscriber, I watch your videos while I drive for my day job. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Great video, explainer, and just all round great time!!
I've owned the Lumix S5ii since launch and absolutely love it! I haven't used any anamorphic glass.. You showed a bunch of lenses but is there maybe an anamorphic lens you'd recommend first? Thank you love your channel!
The Blazar Remus!! I have another video in the works, stay tuned.
Thx C, Any good for canon?
May I know what camera are you using to shoot the S5iiX?
I'm thinking of getting the S5IIx, when using 6k open gate, you are limited to 420, has that ever been an issue for you, Cam? I would really prefer 422, but maybe it's not actually a big deal? My other question is, you have to shoot internally right to get 6k Open Gate, what codecs are available, I was curious about shooting BRaw, but you are limited to 4k?
Majority of my videos for the past 6 months have been shot on 3:2 4:2:0 ;) So you tell me!
I don’t think most people are actually doing technical enough color grading to really see the difference between 4:2:0 and 4:2:2. There’s def a difference if you’re someone who does super technical grading. And I think open gate is only available internally
@@cammackey thank you! I agree, if I really wanna push the image maybe it will be an issue, but I think in general it's probably not a major problem.
@@cammackey one other question, do you find the "x" variant to be that much better than the regular S5II? I assume you don't record externally? I think its probably worth it just in case, maybe even for the blackout design...
I have the S52x and yeah all of those features and incredible. I want to get the Cato 85 2x when it comes out but I also wanted the ninja v to shoot in prores raw. It sucks cause there’s no full frame open gate when you shoot externally so I’ll have to crop in a lot. Great video dude can’t wait for the Cato’s to come out!
There’s no full frame open gate on the S5iiX?
@@trashbag8124 no there is just not when shooting externally when you shoot on like a ninja v for prores raw. There’s just 5.9k 16x9. You do still get super 35 4:3
Great vid, sir!
I would love to have a 3:2 mode on my cameras, i am always super close to switching but idk so far i loose slow motion because so many affordable camera only offer 30fps at open gate :/ ... I hope this changes in the future.
just checked and it doesn't output the full sensor height in external mode, that leaves only bmcc ff 6k and then it's the big boys venice & raptor if you need raw
Good overview and rationale for the open gate and ana’s. Out of curiosity, what did you use to shoot the video? Some of those shoes of you are awesome
All S5IIX! I have a couple rn, and I use the S9 a lot too
Just picked up the s5ii I wonder if this camera has that anamorphic feature
Hey, amateur question. But other than oval bokeh and the flares, why don’t we shoot 8k on say Nisi Athenas and crop to this widescreen look?
4k, 6k, 8k has nothing to do with any of this. Anamorphics are a totally different beast than spherical tho. Too much to say in this reply. I highly recommend to do a deep dive on TH-cam tho! Just search spherical vs anamorphic
Does 420 / bit bother you even a bit ? And the fact that it can be only recorded in Longop and no raw support or even pro res on external SSD ?
what is you take on this .
Nope. I rather have open gate than all of that. All my stuff from the past 6 months at least, had been shot on this camera. Haven’t heard a peep from anyone that the color looks like it’s lacking. Obviously, it would be amazing if they could do that..
@@cammackey the colors won’t suffer much because of the 6K pixel data , it’s just the codec that is not professional,
if they get that Lumix cameras will be unstoppable , especially with black magic new pocket giving 6K open gat Raw
what adapter are you using?
Do you see any noticeable difference in rolling shutter between the FF vs APSC crop w/ the anamorphics?
I haven’t tested that myself
hopefully somebody will make 3X anamorphic lens
Oh man I can’t even imagine that hahaha
The S1H does the same since 2020 and has an OLPF. But I‘m using 5.4K on it which is almost Fullframe Open Gate (3:2). It helps reducing vignette on certain anamorphics. I just wish this mode would work for 50/60p too and the rolling shutter would be a bit less, so I could turn off stabilization more often. Sometimes you want the shakes.
Love your grade & lighting!
And the fx3 doesn’t have this !? Geez Sony
And I bet it’s coming to fx3 mark 2 but not the current model
Sony didn’t even put open gate on their $30k cinema camera that jsut came out….
Okay okay. Yes. But where do we find the pants?
Shot a client project on my s5iix and Aivascope though I knew I should have shot spherical FX3. Fuck it I'm an "auteur" :D I love my anamorphic hand held look. Debating shooting BRAW since we only have Long-Gop internal, your thoughts"
What is best anamorphic lens for newbies who wants to dip their toe in anamorphic video for first time?
Blazar Remus 1.5x set. It's got the right amount of anamorphic character for solo shooters, not too much like 2x and not too little like 1.33x. Not too expensive as well.
How about the blackmagic 6K full frame? Doesn't do exactly the same as the s52x?
Just no stabilization, autofocus, or small form factor, I sold my Blackmagic to get this camera and a video assist…best of both worlds
Will the camera shoot photos in anamorphic also?
I have an S9 but I feel "afraid" of shooting anamorphic...even though I possess the knowledge to pull it off and the experience. I'm 35 years old, I'm getting tired of not giving it a try because of limiting mentality....so I would love to know if a cheap-to-decent anamorphic lens exists? One that I could buy just to play and not feel guilty at the purchase price? Ty
Well sadly lenses are expensive period. Expensive enough to feel guilty for fun. The Blazar Remus is the best affordable option out there hands down tho.
@cammackey Nonsense. Sirui Saturn 1.6X FF T2.9 lenses work fine on the S9 and are cheaper and more compact. Squeeze factor also is constant with distance to subject, unlike other cheap anamorphic lenses.
Thanks for sharing.
I wish the R5MK2 had anamorphic desqueeze so I could use my blazars
I have the S5IIX I only wish it was open gate ProRes
"Nightmare" counter, please. = )
So I'm the ass for trying my anamorphics on all of my cameras EXCEPT my S5II? Gotta change that soon.
How big is your SD card, that you get 5.2hrs of recording in 6k? :D
Hahaha angel bird 512gb!!!!
Can GH7 do this?
Compare it to the a7s3 or fx3
Please do video how do you focus on this setup 🙏
Just lookup any DJI LiDAR video on my channel! There’s a few!
I honestly regret buying my blackmagic 6k full frame and not an s5iix. Blackmagic immediately dropping the price after buying it has really made me loose faith in the brand and the lack of de-squeeze options in a camera that's marketed as something good for anamorphic is depressing. Such a simple thing to add in firmware but nope -_-
Yeah it’s kinda wild when I found that out as well. I know the PIXYS has all the desqueeze options and I asked the BM engineer if that’ll come to the CC6K.. they said in time it should
great video
I still think a used S1H is better with its stellar OLPF, especially considering none of the anamorphics use the big new feature of the S5IIX: Autofocus. The S1H still has full VLog and all the Open Gate goodness.
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the annoying part is that the camera is not output the desqueezed image over HDMI, At least it does not work for me.
I wish it could do that too :(
@@cammackey damn i was hoping you say it does work for you and its my fault xDD oh man, lumix!
Does the S9 have these three features?
YUP!
0:57 LMAO
We know it's sponsered by Lumix🤣🤣🤣
Take a shot every time Cam says "anamorphic"
Will you make it to the end of the video???
Good luck! 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love 1.5x. vs 2x. What de-squeeze is your favorite?
Depends! 1.5X for general filming. 2X for narrative “cinematic” story telling.
bro forgot Lumix GH7 exsist , GH7 is way better than lumix 5IIX in many ways.
Mft is not good for anamorphic 🤣
@@TheFilmGuyOfficial you hurt my feelings 😂😂
Was like you at first, until I read "full frame anamorphic" in the description 😅
@TheFilmGuyOfficial ...and that's becaauuuseee?
@@247.mp4 the biggest attraction for anamorphic is the waterfall bokeh and barrel distortion!
You are getting a hell of a lot less of both with MFT.
Also the s5 has more dynamic range
I find the lack of 1.6x desqueeze disturbing
Just use 1.5X
Sony shooter here, I'm so frustrated with with that company to the point where I'm on the verge of boycotting them. Their software sucks ass. Panasonic does software waaaay better. Excited to see what they release next, I might switch over entirely. Great video bro!
I don’t mind sony at all, I still, use them sometimes depending on the job (I use the S5IIX mostly)
@@cammackey the cameras are great but sony is riddled with corporate greed and they are losing customers as a result