No, just an S9 with a hot shoe so this potentially perfect underwater camera could be used in an underwater housing with strobes. Especially with the to die for combination with the super compact S100 Macro
You've got the most pimped out S9 in the northern hemisphere now for sure 🤣Love your little setup! I think the S9 makes a lot of sense for a lot of people now :)
@@IvoTichelaar And surprisingly similar in size and weight to that lens as well, even though this is full frame, has a slightly longer range and a very similar aperture. This is a phenomenal achievement from Panasonic.
I love how you're not afraid to make changes when customizing your camera. I'm too scared of the potential loss of re-sale value to do that so at most I get a decorative hotshoe cover.
Team Yellow! I had not been interested in the S9 as I already have a Fujifilm X100V as my everyday camera, but this new lens has definitely peaked my interest. A small, full frame camera, and the hybrid zoom is just the cherry on top for traveling.
I completely agree with you, this small form factor suits the m43 system much better. Many of us are hoping for the ultimate gm5 mark II, but most of us have not realized that it most likely won't happen :( And that is a bummer, since with two small primes (45 f1.8 and 17 f1.8), and a pocket-telezoom (the fantastic 35-100 f4-5.6) it would be such a great, light, balanced kit!
Nice to see all the firmware updates including the S9 recording limit! Lens seems like a good kit lens, pairing well with hybrid zoom too! Still a mini S9 in m43 would be amazing! And based on your intro you could add ‘ hand model’ to your accomplishments ! 😊.
Dude your S9 looks so sick with the yellow and the decal. Absolutely keep it. Great video by the way. I think this would absolutely be the camera for me except the lack of EVF. I know everyone says that the LCD is incredible but I couldn’t live without a viewfinder personally.
Literally just did this, G2, GX880 and GH5 plus lenses and a few extra bits for an S9! I have two S5IIXs for weddings and needed a third angle plus also a walk around camera so I think now the S9 makes total sense
I will stay with Micro Four Thirds! And today I found a good deal and bought a PEN-F body only with an additional original battery, a tripod and a photo bag for £580 or $759 all costs, freight included! (Sorry that I had to brag about it, I am just so happy that I found this deal!)
@@MicroFourNerds If we are bragging, three weeks ago I was in NYC for a week of street photography. Found a GX85(80) with battery and charger for $300. I already own one. Now I own two. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
Me too! Having acquired a collection of lenses I'm still happy playing around with, there's not much incentive to commit to starting again at a higher price point. However, I think this is a good move by Lumix, as they are expanding their user experience across both platforms in a way that should keep them customers. A year or so ago, Panasonic successfully convincing me that I needed to abandon m4/3 in favour of full frame might well have resulted in me going out to look for an A7iv. I'm still with the 'updated GX please' crowd, and whatever happens it seems that my most likely next camera body purchase will be a second hand G9i rather than anything else, but in the event of me buying a FF at some point in the future, it's now more likely to be a Lumix than it used to be.
oh my wait how did you find that deal - nice job amazing. I am holding out hope for a new m4/3 from any company that is similar... maybe someday, we can all dream
Your unique camera styling reveals that you are truly a photografitist extraordinaire ❣️👍 If you opened a Lumix custom shop, these designs would make Lumix stylishly chic. Just imagine, the LUMIX S9 Lowerie Limited Edition!😂
I REALLY wish this had an EVF. I have astigmatism and there's no way I can shoot without one now. Your video is outstanding as usual though and I love your daring decorative risks!! Yellow for me.
My heart is happy every time you say that you wish this was mft. I agree!!! I have so many mft lenses. They have better apertures than this lens! I love my g9ii, and I'm not really into the s9 body and its lack of viewfinder, but I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it was MFT. I just have no desire for a "tiny" full frame. Love your work as always! Yellow and gold is your best dressed up camera yet.
Had I gone for the S9, I'd have started looking at adapters for vintage glass right out of the gate. There must have been some kind of manufacturing glitch behind the scenes for them to come up with an F8 manual focus **cap lens** as the first kit, instead of (at least) a proper 40mm pancake equivalent to the 20mm on m43. Seems like a decision made in a panic. I like the yellow S9, the cream yellow fits better with the gold trim than a lemon yellow might have. I also like the stormtrooper look (white).
The Golddenrod is definitely my preference over the Avocado, 2 color names for kitchen appliances during the 1960's. Coppertone may be a consideration for a future camera color.
I actually bought s9 via uk Mpb and they didn’t send the original lumix branded battery they sent one with Batmax battery disappointing yet I exchanged my Sony with original everything ,and they are ignoring my request to ask why?koz they didn’t state it comes with non original battery ,as someone who followed your advise talk to them on this matter
I like how the gh7 is like 3 times bigger than the s9 haha proud m43 owner here but I go to a venue with tons of photographers and they are always saying “I thought micro four thirds was small” 😂
Panasonic should of had the no record limits for video at first. LUTS APP and the new features are excellent. Finally the Kit Lens 18-40mm is out but like You I would love to see small compact Primes. I watched a video between Lumix S lenses compared to Sigma I lenses and the sharpness and less focus breathing the Panasonic performed better. Cheers!
Seriously want a s9 but was afraid of the pancake lens... glad to see the new lens. Sad to see you pull the green off the s9 I think the red and green look the best
Since the total loss of 1:1 optical viewfinders on old 35mm SLR cams, auto-focus is a must! We are totally dependent on autofocus, and I consider manual focus lenses on digicams a total waste of good money, period. My first SLR (film, yes, I am that old!) was a brand new (in 1979) Ricoh KR-5 (no bloody "Super", or "I" or "II"), and the viewfinder is so big (still have my KR-5), you had to peek "around" the side of the peephole frame by moving your eye a bit. Good thing was, with Ricoh's standard 55mm f/2.2 attached, you could leave one eye open, and use the other through the viewfinder, and the views matched! THAT made manual focus easy! THEN viewfinders got smaller, because people with glasses (I wear them now myself) could not see the whole scene through these 1:1 viewfinders. YUCK! Composing turned into a pain, the smaller image made focusing difficult, and I never enjoyed any other camera as much, as I did that KR-5. THEN live electronic screens came along, and all was good again. I knew with my Panasonic DMC-LC40, that the future for me was with electronic live-screens, even though that one was just a glorified postage stamp, but it was easier to use, than the cramped viewfinders! No more peephole viewfinders, my days with glasses came almost at the same time as my first digicams, and my 3 inch screens are as good now as that old KR-5 was before I needed glasses. BAD news is this: Manual focus? FORGET IT! Nailsharp autofocus with a touchscreen, allowing me to pick by touch where the focus is, and also firing FAST without noticeable delay, is where it is now. Pick and BLAM, and you got the perfect shot every time. My Olympus PL6 and PL8 do just that, and I love them!
May i ask something ? i am looking to buy my first m43 camera for street photography. I like 50mm in fullframe so i ordered the olympus 25mm 1.8 since its small and light and focuses fast. I am between the olympus pen epl-7 and the olympus pen ep5. Which one would you choose ?
I want all this features, but on mft mount. Rangefinder styled, with viewfinder and pop up flash, weather sealed, gx85 dial arragement(minimal dials but very functional)and grip but a little deeper, mech. shutter. And lumix lab app support. What more can u ask. What more do u need??
Thanks for sharing the updates! Oh Wait - the S9 cool colors are stickers - I didn't realize that until just now! Glad the updates and new lens are out for it now - I think it might be a fun cam to have for sure - still wishing they would release a m4/3 in a similar body though.
As someone with a soft spot for Panny since I started my photog career with it...I think the S9 is still in a rough spot. Here in Canada, it's the same price as the Sony A7C, which has a viewfinder, mechanical shutter, tons of lenses (including small ones) from Sony and third parties, weather sealed, etc.
Yep, I'm looking at these 2 little FF cameras for daily shooting...S9 with this new 18-40 or A7C with the 28-60. I like SOOC photography, so the LUTs on this Lumix appeals me, but Sony small primes at looking at me too 😅
@@mythicbone tbf sony has creative look, their overlooked features that able to generate "colorful" SOOC. S9 won the open gate and unlimited recording too, it's far more resilient to overheats compared to sony
I just need to know one thing before I buy this camera. Can you shoot in Vlog for max dynamic range and then apply a rec709 lut and then another stylized lut baked in? Essentially removing the need for post processing with a computer.
The S9 does make sense now. But for me, it doesn't. For me, my GX9 is far superior. What I find weird is that Pany doesn't want to sell me a new camera.
This seriously makes me reconsider to swap from M4/3 to this Small Format camera... The pocketable camera when attaching the 18-40mm, built-in LUTs that'd help me to NOT have to edit on a computer my pictures for 80% of the case, all of this genuinely gives me food for thoughts. 4 constraints prevent me from doing so: 1) All my small f1.7 / f1.8 M4/3 lenses perhaps won't have a size/weight equivalent in Small Format. Same for my 12-40 f2.8. 2) If I want to have a tele-zoom lens, light and small as my 40-150, I won't have the same in size and especially in weight... 3) The price of the camera, and perhaps one additional lens (the recent 28-200mm?) probably won't be enough if I sell all my glass and my 2 Olympus + Pany GX8 altogether, and money is tight :( 4) I might miss using the EVF...
Hi Emily, thanks for the video. May I ask, have you tried grabbing still images on a 6K video? If yes, how was it? Meaning, do you get a lot of details out of it? Yes, I'm thinking Panasonic's 4K photo by asking this question. By the way, I prefer the green, but I think the yellow one matches your personality more. TIA
Isn’t the absence of a mechanical shutter upsetting when shooting at moving subjects? I’m mainly shooting vehicles so I’m doubting this would make it... but it makes so much noise that I’m almost tempted to get it...
If u gonna exchange your kit with Mpb (terrible after sale services )just know they don’t send original parts with the cameras(despite listing it’s like new and everything original 1300 pounds for a camera with fake battery is a disrespect considering s9 can be gotten even for lower on other web stores in uk ) I got a lumix s9 with non original batmax battery instead of Panasonic lumix battery ,influencers will make you go buy something in a certain store but they won’t help you when it goes bad
I'd love to check the original listing as MPB are usually really on the ball with listing that it's a third party battery. If it didn't say that in the original listing then definitely contact them
Well I can share even mails have sent them they acknowledge that was a mistake I have screen shorts charts WhatsApp I wanted to do a video about them koz I found it fascinating as u had recommended 😂but I hold it off koz they decided to fix that mistake if u have mail or WhatsApp I can share with you so u see it’s actually them who did a mistake it though took about 4 mails before they acknowledged they were not supposed to send with bat max battery I don’t use battery from third party koz some are build with less charge density than the ones advertised they also may swell and get stuck on your cameras they can swell and ruin your kit I don’t ever do that
@@MicroFourNerdsoriginal listing said everything is original except no kit lense which I was fine with had bought S24mm f1.8 and S50mm f1.8 from them I didn’t have issue with it but when they said it’s like new with all accessories even box and strap it came as said just someone cheekily swapped the original battery for this fake battery they have said they will send a replacement if u want evidence for this I can share ,just tell your subscribers at times this vendors may send you things different than what is listed so make sure u read the listing and Check them on this ..koz your subscribers who take your listing to kits are the one who will say she’s the one who made me go get this and that so yes she’s a plug for all things solid check her channel or they are the ones who will feel like okay that hurt I can’t trust the next link if the company behaves different from how they expected and you are a big TH-camr so they will impress u and let your subscribers down
@@MicroFourNerdsactually they said they will replace it’s been back and fourth with just we will send we will send and they haven’t so it’s been a painful experience three days of them not able to send a battery I’ll honestly not recommend anyone to use their services
Very excited for Lumix Lab on the G9II. I've only played with it briefly but I thought it was excellent. For myself, I'm quite happy that Panasonic has no small MFT camera right now because that way I don't have any decisions to make. :D
Great video and love the new features/lens option! I have to ask, where are you picking up your vinyl skins for the camera? I've been looking for something for my G9ii :) Thanks!
Aliexpress and similar places. Sometimes it's a bit hit and miss - but that gold one for the top of this camera in particular is SO nice! And I love the yellow one too ☺️
I've been thinking on and off about pimping out my wee old GX80 with a new skin, and this vid brings all that roaring back. But I might be about eight years too late for that market. Maybe I'll go back and watch those spray-painting videos again... 🤔
And how it is on S5II / S5IIX? When I was a Sony boy I had Samyang 35 2.8 which I liked with my A7III... I would not mind getting this 18-40 on S5 actually.
As to overheating, you have to distinguish between the electronics in the camera versus the memory card. Some cards easily overheat, others don't. That's a quality criterion that's often overlooked, but if you shoot video at higher resolutions then it is more important that the actual speed of the card. As to speed, the "Write Speed" displayed on the card is its "burst" write speed and this is much higher than its sustained top speed (A.K.A. the minimum guaranteed sustained write speed). Cards with the highest sustained write speed likely will not overheat. Note that different capacity cards in the same product series may perform differently. If that is the case, then you'll often see the higher capacity cards having a higher sustained speed. That sustained speed is not generally displayed on the label. You have to dig it up in manufacturer product data, or trustworthy reviews.
My rhetorical question. When will Lumix provide AF for slow motion video above 150 fps? If Lumix finally provides this, I will buy it. The other camera makers provide it. Canon R8 has it 180fps, Sony, and Fuji has it up to 240fps. Slow Motion at 240fps with AF, is great for Wildlife and Street Video short film. I own and use S5ii, G9ii, but I leave them behind for slow motion video. Get with the program Lumix. I like Lumix design and ergonomics, but they leave stuff out I use, leaving me no option but to use Sony, Canon, and Fuji for AF in slow motion.
That lens... I think I know what I'm getting for christmas this year 😅 I hope this means that they are going to make a couple of primes in that size like a 40mm F2.8 for example. I'd gotten so used to the m4/3 system and it's tiny lenses that when I got the S5 I was surprised at just how big the lenses are, and a bit pricey too... My favourite prime for the L-mount is the Pergear 35mm F1.4. It's actually smaller than this 18-40mm and while is full manual it's pretty good. I generally shoot it at between F2 and F4. More little lenses, Panasonic and the L-Mount Alliance, please 😊
My favourite color is yellow and I hope Nikon will release Yellow Zf or else I might buy the black one and reskin or wrap it in Yellow! 💛 Is your S9 reskin really is yellow because it looks tan or brown at the begin of this video and orange at the end of this video
I really like the red+black because it matches my GM5. The S9 is now a cool camera, but it still has a crippling downside for me... It doesn't have a M43 mount, so I can't use my dozen+ lenses. I'm good with my M43 cameras for now. I don't understand the crappy 26mm. Nikon have just a small 26mm, but at 2.8 with aperture control and autofocus. And at a just slightly bigger size, a 28mm and 40mm that are basically the same price as the cheapo 26. It's cool that they at least have one viable option now. Still, M43 has almost infinite.
I shoot a lot of manual focus lenses on my S5 IIx and the trick is to punch in. Once you get used to it, it's actually quite fast with a viewfinder and I guess in the UK it would work on a screen too? With Spanish sun, no way, none of my pictures would be in focus either, I can't see anything on my screen around here 😆 You can also zone focus most manual lenses and I do that a lot, but with the S5 IIx my aim is terrible when shooting from the hip because it's really front heavy for some reason. Even with my tiny Zeiss Biogon 35mm M mount lens it droops down rather than pointing up like a Leica, gotta practice my aim a bit more. The Zeiss would be a match made in heaven for the S9 by the way if you get the hang of manual focusing. Perfect form factor! The yellow is ✨! I love that you customise your cameras!
@@MicroFourNerds Honestly I think they should have skipped that 26mm lens design altogether and just delayed the S9 release until they had this wee lil 18-40mm. Now that's a tempting lens!
If this was my only camera, I think it would be quite annoying. I've had Banding once or twice in street photography and only noticed when I'm back home at the computer. In terms of rolling shutter, it's been fine, but you do need to keep an eye out for Banding in certain places
I think they were wanting to launch with a lens that made it superficially attractive to the tiny camera crowd, and the only way to do that was with the pancake lens. The new 18-40 looks better proportioned to the camera than the 20-60, but being smaller than a G9ii isn't really tiny camera territory (how does it compare with a GX8/GX9/80/800 plus the 12-32 pancake zoom?) It's now a sensibly proportioned smaller camera rather than a body that looks to small for most of its lenses, IMHO.
nikon have the 26 f2.8 AF for full frame, with the same price, weight and size of the potato 26 f8 manual focus. And the tiny nikon 40 f2 for full frame.
If they could update my GX8 with the G9 auto focus, I'd be super excited, because I have some nice lenses for micro 4/3 and would rather stay in a system which has tonnes of high quality tiny lenses available.
Ow f/4.5-6.3 though on 18-40mm... How's GX9/G100 with 12-35mm f/2.8 not better? FF sensor is 4x MFT sensor. But now do the aperture math: (4.5^2)/(2.8^2)=2.5 (best case) and (6.3^2)/(2.8^2)=5 (worst case) that's 2.5-5 times FF sensor advantage over MFT sensor is reduced through the aperture. I'd only get the S9 to use with the primes to extend MFT capabilities in low light.
To be honest, the focal length is a bit limiting and larger FL zooms are huge. Even the 20-60 seems a bit weird on the S9. I would rather they put the effort into a new GX9 personally.
Team Green or Team Yellow 😅 if you like my Streetwise LUT/preset (also available on the Lumix Lab App) you can download it for free here: geni.us/Aq8g
I think the yellow goes better with your current setup, but green with brass... that would be a killer look!
You are officially my favorite camera nerd (step aside, Jordan and Chris) but I gotta tell ya, I am not feeling the yellow.
It's crazy how compact that setup is. Still praying to the Lumix gods for a GX9 II.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Exactly! A GX9ii or GX95 with this firmware would shoot to the top of my list of next camera body to buy.
No, just an S9 with a hot shoe so this potentially perfect underwater camera could be used in an underwater housing with strobes. Especially with the to die for combination with the super compact S100 Macro
Came here to say this. A GX10 in 2025 would make bank for Panasonic. Hopefully this was a trial run for that camera 🤞🏾
You've got the most pimped out S9 in the northern hemisphere now for sure 🤣Love your little setup! I think the S9 makes a lot of sense for a lot of people now :)
I'm just sad my little taxi cab hotshoe accessory didn't arrive in time when I recorded this 😂
18-40 is THE 12-32 ressurection in L-Mount. for once the kit lens is exciting because it make sense
Reminds me of the Oly/OMsystem 9-18mm as well.
@@IvoTichelaar And surprisingly similar in size and weight to that lens as well, even though this is full frame, has a slightly longer range and a very similar aperture. This is a phenomenal achievement from Panasonic.
I love how you're not afraid to make changes when customizing your camera. I'm too scared of the potential loss of re-sale value to do that so at most I get a decorative hotshoe cover.
Resell my camera?
Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
The yellow looks fabulous!
Thank you! I had my doubts but I'm really proud of it actually! I've got a little taxi cab sign in the hotshoe now as well 🙈
@@MicroFourNerds You really need to do some videos on how to pimp your camera. I would never have thought to spray-paint the cage.
@@MicroFourNerds looks fantastic please where did you buy it?
Team Yellow!
I had not been interested in the S9 as I already have a Fujifilm X100V as my everyday camera, but this new lens has definitely peaked my interest. A small, full frame camera, and the hybrid zoom is just the cherry on top for traveling.
I can't get over that yellow one, I love it! 😂 Some awesome updates here! Can't wait to try out the new lens 😎📸
Your yellow one looks very nice!! My faves are olive, white and your yellow! :) Hard to choose! The new lens looks perfect!
Hello lumix! Are you here? Make a MFT version of this camera 😊
With a better grip 😂
And a Viewfinder ...
With an evf 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
and mechanical shutter
I completely agree with you, this small form factor suits the m43 system much better. Many of us are hoping for the ultimate gm5 mark II, but most of us have not realized that it most likely won't happen :( And that is a bummer, since with two small primes (45 f1.8 and 17 f1.8), and a pocket-telezoom (the fantastic 35-100 f4-5.6) it would be such a great, light, balanced kit!
Nice to see all the firmware updates including the S9 recording limit! Lens seems like a good kit lens, pairing well with hybrid zoom too! Still a mini S9 in m43 would be amazing! And based on your intro you could add ‘ hand model’ to your accomplishments ! 😊.
OK love the yellow! You made a great choice. I just got the Leica T and would love your thoughts on this new lens on that camera.
That camera makeover looks great. Especially with the cage
Dude your S9 looks so sick with the yellow and the decal. Absolutely keep it. Great video by the way. I think this would absolutely be the camera for me except the lack of EVF. I know everyone says that the LCD is incredible but I couldn’t live without a viewfinder personally.
Literally just did this, G2, GX880 and GH5 plus lenses and a few extra bits for an S9! I have two S5IIXs for weddings and needed a third angle plus also a walk around camera so I think now the S9 makes total sense
I will stay with Micro Four Thirds! And today I found a good deal and bought a PEN-F body only with an additional original battery, a tripod and a photo bag for £580 or $759 all costs, freight included! (Sorry that I had to brag about it, I am just so happy that I found this deal!)
Oooo that is a bargain! Brag away!
@@MicroFourNerds If we are bragging, three weeks ago I was in NYC for a week of street photography. Found a GX85(80) with battery and charger for $300. I already own one. Now I own two.
Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
Me too! Having acquired a collection of lenses I'm still happy playing around with, there's not much incentive to commit to starting again at a higher price point. However, I think this is a good move by Lumix, as they are expanding their user experience across both platforms in a way that should keep them customers. A year or so ago, Panasonic successfully convincing me that I needed to abandon m4/3 in favour of full frame might well have resulted in me going out to look for an A7iv. I'm still with the 'updated GX please' crowd, and whatever happens it seems that my most likely next camera body purchase will be a second hand G9i rather than anything else, but in the event of me buying a FF at some point in the future, it's now more likely to be a Lumix than it used to be.
I'm genuinely jealous.
oh my wait how did you find that deal - nice job amazing. I am holding out hope for a new m4/3 from any company that is similar... maybe someday, we can all dream
Love the yellow Emily! Hopefully one day we'll get this body with the micro four thirds mount!
Your custom S9 looks awesome, thank you for the free Streetwise LUT !
Your unique camera styling reveals that you are truly a photografitist extraordinaire ❣️👍 If you opened a Lumix custom shop, these designs would make Lumix stylishly chic. Just imagine, the LUMIX S9 Lowerie Limited Edition!😂
Panasonic missed an opportunity by not including an eyelevel viewfinder.
No they didn't. Nobody needs it. And your photos would probably be better if you freed yourself from the constraint too. 😂
It makes so much more sense with the cage and grip
I REALLY wish this had an EVF. I have astigmatism and there's no way I can shoot without one now. Your video is outstanding as usual though and I love your daring decorative risks!! Yellow for me.
The Yellow for sure, nice job Emily 😍😍
Nah - I'll keep it m4/3rds. 👍😁
Will some of those features come to the m4/3rds range and a 4/3rds version of the S9 would be great.
Thanks.
Yeah...unless it gets a mechanical shutter and EVF it will remain a no-go for me
You speak in a very nice, soothing tone. I am surprised because I usually don't like British accents (too high a pitch), but yours is very wonderful.
My heart is happy every time you say that you wish this was mft. I agree!!! I have so many mft lenses. They have better apertures than this lens! I love my g9ii, and I'm not really into the s9 body and its lack of viewfinder, but I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it was MFT. I just have no desire for a "tiny" full frame. Love your work as always! Yellow and gold is your best dressed up camera yet.
Had I gone for the S9, I'd have started looking at adapters for vintage glass right out of the gate. There must have been some kind of manufacturing glitch behind the scenes for them to come up with an F8 manual focus **cap lens** as the first kit, instead of (at least) a proper 40mm pancake equivalent to the 20mm on m43. Seems like a decision made in a panic.
I like the yellow S9, the cream yellow fits better with the gold trim than a lemon yellow might have.
I also like the stormtrooper look (white).
The Golddenrod is definitely my preference over the Avocado, 2 color names for kitchen appliances during the 1960's. Coppertone may be a consideration for a future camera color.
I actually bought s9 via uk Mpb and they didn’t send the original lumix branded battery they sent one with Batmax battery disappointing yet I exchanged my Sony with original everything ,and they are ignoring my request to ask why?koz they didn’t state it comes with non original battery ,as someone who followed your advise talk to them on this matter
I agree. However, f4.5-6.3 is a significant trade off for the small form factor.
The unlimited* recording makes the S9 a camera I would actually buy now.
I like how the gh7 is like 3 times bigger than the s9 haha proud m43 owner here but I go to a venue with tons of photographers and they are always saying “I thought micro four thirds was small” 😂
Panasonic should of had the no record limits for video at first. LUTS APP and the new features are excellent. Finally the Kit Lens 18-40mm is out but like You I would love to see small compact Primes. I watched a video between Lumix S lenses compared to Sigma I lenses and the sharpness and less focus breathing the Panasonic performed better. Cheers!
Great video! I like the style and how you delivered all the info and your opinions. new sub! Thanks : )
Good news post! Lenses sell cameras. Looking forward to seeing more photos taken with 18-40mm. It might sell more Leica T cameras too! 😊
I just checked MPB/USA and there are none available. The Emily effect?
Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
@@martingreenberg870 just the one T in MPB/UK :)
Seriously want a s9 but was afraid of the pancake lens... glad to see the new lens. Sad to see you pull the green off the s9 I think the red and green look the best
I preferred the green and gold 😅 Another fun video!
Since the total loss of 1:1 optical viewfinders on old 35mm SLR cams, auto-focus is a must! We are totally dependent on autofocus, and I consider manual focus lenses on digicams a total waste of good money, period.
My first SLR (film, yes, I am that old!) was a brand new (in 1979) Ricoh KR-5 (no bloody "Super", or "I" or "II"), and the viewfinder is so big (still have my KR-5), you had to peek "around" the side of the peephole frame by moving your eye a bit. Good thing was, with Ricoh's standard 55mm f/2.2 attached, you could leave one eye open, and use the other through the viewfinder, and the views matched!
THAT made manual focus easy!
THEN viewfinders got smaller, because people with glasses (I wear them now myself) could not see the whole scene through these 1:1 viewfinders. YUCK! Composing turned into a pain, the smaller image made focusing difficult, and I never enjoyed any other camera as much, as I did that KR-5.
THEN live electronic screens came along, and all was good again. I knew with my Panasonic DMC-LC40, that the future for me was with electronic live-screens, even though that one was just a glorified postage stamp, but it was easier to use, than the cramped viewfinders!
No more peephole viewfinders, my days with glasses came almost at the same time as my first digicams, and my 3 inch screens are as good now as that old KR-5 was before I needed glasses.
BAD news is this:
Manual focus? FORGET IT! Nailsharp autofocus with a touchscreen, allowing me to pick by touch where the focus is, and also firing FAST without noticeable delay, is where it is now. Pick and BLAM, and you got the perfect shot every time.
My Olympus PL6 and PL8 do just that, and I love them!
wuah mantap ini. unlimited recording yg aku tunggu2
Ooooh, wrapped a camera instead of spray painting it... I like the colours and personality of the new look!
Can’t wait for LUMIX to bring all this to an updated MFT version
Looks like the legend of Zelda. Need it too!
It looks peach rather than yellow. Could it be the color grading? I’m watching on an iPhone 14 Pro Max.
May i ask something ? i am looking to buy my first m43 camera for street photography. I like 50mm in fullframe so i ordered the olympus 25mm 1.8 since its small and light and focuses fast. I am between the olympus pen epl-7 and the olympus pen ep5. Which one would you choose ?
I want all this features, but on mft mount. Rangefinder styled, with viewfinder and pop up flash, weather sealed, gx85 dial arragement(minimal dials but very functional)and grip but a little deeper, mech. shutter. And lumix lab app support. What more can u ask. What more do u need??
That’s what we all want and Panasonic just hates money apparently
Blue to Green and Green to Taxi 🚕
You make total sense!
Thanks for sharing the updates! Oh Wait - the S9 cool colors are stickers - I didn't realize that until just now! Glad the updates and new lens are out for it now - I think it might be a fun cam to have for sure - still wishing they would release a m4/3 in a similar body though.
As someone with a soft spot for Panny since I started my photog career with it...I think the S9 is still in a rough spot.
Here in Canada, it's the same price as the Sony A7C, which has a viewfinder, mechanical shutter, tons of lenses (including small ones) from Sony and third parties, weather sealed, etc.
Yep, I'm looking at these 2 little FF cameras for daily shooting...S9 with this new 18-40 or A7C with the 28-60. I like SOOC photography, so the LUTs on this Lumix appeals me, but Sony small primes at looking at me too 😅
@@mythicbone tbf sony has creative look, their overlooked features that able to generate "colorful" SOOC.
S9 won the open gate and unlimited recording too, it's far more resilient to overheats compared to sony
I LOVE your color mods. how did you get the patterning on the button edge?
I had an old small point and shoot Lumix and that also had digital zoom at the end of the optical zoom. Sony Xperia phones are the same too
I just need to know one thing before I buy this camera. Can you shoot in Vlog for max dynamic range and then apply a rec709 lut and then another stylized lut baked in? Essentially removing the need for post processing with a computer.
You can yes. You can stack 2 luts
Color color! Where did you get the skin? I can't find these anywhere!
Great video, Emily! :)
The S9 does make sense now. But for me, it doesn't. For me, my GX9 is far superior. What I find weird is that Pany doesn't want to sell me a new camera.
This seriously makes me reconsider to swap from M4/3 to this Small Format camera...
The pocketable camera when attaching the 18-40mm, built-in LUTs that'd help me to NOT have to edit on a computer my pictures for 80% of the case, all of this genuinely gives me food for thoughts.
4 constraints prevent me from doing so:
1) All my small f1.7 / f1.8 M4/3 lenses perhaps won't have a size/weight equivalent in Small Format. Same for my 12-40 f2.8.
2) If I want to have a tele-zoom lens, light and small as my 40-150, I won't have the same in size and especially in weight...
3) The price of the camera, and perhaps one additional lens (the recent 28-200mm?) probably won't be enough if I sell all my glass and my 2 Olympus + Pany GX8 altogether, and money is tight :(
4) I might miss using the EVF...
Hi Emily, thanks for the video. May I ask, have you tried grabbing still images on a 6K video? If yes, how was it? Meaning, do you get a lot of details out of it? Yes, I'm thinking Panasonic's 4K photo by asking this question. By the way, I prefer the green, but I think the yellow one matches your personality more. TIA
Isn’t the absence of a mechanical shutter upsetting when shooting at moving subjects? I’m mainly shooting vehicles so I’m doubting this would make it... but it makes so much noise that I’m almost tempted to get it...
If u gonna exchange your kit with Mpb (terrible after sale services )just know they don’t send original parts with the cameras(despite listing it’s like new and everything original 1300 pounds for a camera with fake battery is a disrespect considering s9 can be gotten even for lower on other web stores in uk ) I got a lumix s9 with non original batmax battery instead of Panasonic lumix battery ,influencers will make you go buy something in a certain store but they won’t help you when it goes bad
I'd love to check the original listing as MPB are usually really on the ball with listing that it's a third party battery. If it didn't say that in the original listing then definitely contact them
Well I can share even mails have sent them they acknowledge that was a mistake I have screen shorts charts WhatsApp I wanted to do a video about them koz I found it fascinating as u had recommended 😂but I hold it off koz they decided to fix that mistake if u have mail or WhatsApp I can share with you so u see it’s actually them who did a mistake it though took about 4 mails before they acknowledged they were not supposed to send with bat max battery I don’t use battery from third party koz some are build with less charge density than the ones advertised they also may swell and get stuck on your cameras they can swell and ruin your kit I don’t ever do that
@@MicroFourNerdsoriginal listing said everything is original except no kit lense which I was fine with had bought S24mm f1.8 and S50mm f1.8 from them I didn’t have issue with it but when they said it’s like new with all accessories even box and strap it came as said just someone cheekily swapped the original battery for this fake battery they have said they will send a replacement if u want evidence for this I can share ,just tell your subscribers at times this vendors may send you things different than what is listed so make sure u read the listing and Check them on this ..koz your subscribers who take your listing to kits are the one who will say she’s the one who made me go get this and that so yes she’s a plug for all things solid check her channel or they are the ones who will feel like okay that hurt I can’t trust the next link if the company behaves different from how they expected and you are a big TH-camr so they will impress u and let your subscribers down
@@MicroFourNerdsactually they said they will replace it’s been back and fourth with just we will send we will send and they haven’t so it’s been a painful experience three days of them not able to send a battery I’ll honestly not recommend anyone to use their services
Very excited for Lumix Lab on the G9II. I've only played with it briefly but I thought it was excellent. For myself, I'm quite happy that Panasonic has no small MFT camera right now because that way I don't have any decisions to make. :D
Great video and love the new features/lens option! I have to ask, where are you picking up your vinyl skins for the camera? I've been looking for something for my G9ii :) Thanks!
Aliexpress and similar places. Sometimes it's a bit hit and miss - but that gold one for the top of this camera in particular is SO nice! And I love the yellow one too ☺️
I've been thinking on and off about pimping out my wee old GX80 with a new skin, and this vid brings all that roaring back. But I might be about eight years too late for that market. Maybe I'll go back and watch those spray-painting videos again... 🤔
where did you get the yellow faux-leather skin?
And how it is on S5II / S5IIX? When I was a Sony boy I had Samyang 35 2.8 which I liked with my A7III... I would not mind getting this 18-40 on S5 actually.
As to overheating, you have to distinguish between the electronics in the camera versus the memory card. Some cards easily overheat, others don't. That's a quality criterion that's often overlooked, but if you shoot video at higher resolutions then it is more important that the actual speed of the card.
As to speed, the "Write Speed" displayed on the card is its "burst" write speed and this is much higher than its sustained top speed (A.K.A. the minimum guaranteed sustained write speed).
Cards with the highest sustained write speed likely will not overheat.
Note that different capacity cards in the same product series may perform differently. If that is the case, then you'll often see the higher capacity cards having a higher sustained speed.
That sustained speed is not generally displayed on the label.
You have to dig it up in manufacturer product data, or trustworthy reviews.
My rhetorical question. When will Lumix provide AF for slow motion video above 150 fps? If Lumix finally provides this, I will buy it. The other camera makers provide it. Canon R8 has it 180fps, Sony, and Fuji has it up to 240fps. Slow Motion at 240fps with AF, is great for Wildlife and Street Video short film. I own and use S5ii, G9ii, but I leave them behind for slow motion video. Get with the program Lumix. I like Lumix design and ergonomics, but they leave stuff out I use, leaving me no option but to use Sony, Canon, and Fuji for AF in slow motion.
That lens... I think I know what I'm getting for christmas this year 😅
I hope this means that they are going to make a couple of primes in that size like a 40mm F2.8 for example. I'd gotten so used to the m4/3 system and it's tiny lenses that when I got the S5 I was surprised at just how big the lenses are, and a bit pricey too... My favourite prime for the L-mount is the Pergear 35mm F1.4. It's actually smaller than this 18-40mm and while is full manual it's pretty good. I generally shoot it at between F2 and F4.
More little lenses, Panasonic and the L-Mount Alliance, please 😊
I don't want a tiny Micro4/3, but maybe a GX line up WITH IBIS would be great
I'm not a vlogger or a video person, so the S9 was, is, and will probably never make sense for me. No mechanical shutter is just silly. 🙂
how dose this compare to gm5 now? form factor or fun comparison?
Getting this setup but with the Sigma 45mm 2.9 to replace my Ricoh GRiiX
THANKS❤, Very good review, 1 question, can I use the leica 11-23 mm on S9 and still have 11mm ?
Hi, that lens is an aps-c lens, not designed to cover full frame, so it would be cropped on the s9 at roughly 17-35mm
Hi again, thanks for the answer, have a good day
What monopod are you using please?
Is The auto focus good? Eye + face auto focus?
I'll buy the future S9 with EVF. 😄
Amen to that 🙏
Wish it had a good pancake 35 or 40/2.8. Willing to give up my GR3x for this combination
My favourite color is yellow and I hope Nikon will release Yellow Zf or else I might buy the black one and reskin or wrap it in Yellow! 💛
Is your S9 reskin really is yellow because it looks tan or brown at the begin of this video and orange at the end of this video
The pricing for s9 and s5iix body is the same in my country. S9 pricing strategy don't make sense. 🤔
I really like the red+black because it matches my GM5.
The S9 is now a cool camera, but it still has a crippling downside for me... It doesn't have a M43 mount, so I can't use my dozen+ lenses. I'm good with my M43 cameras for now.
I don't understand the crappy 26mm. Nikon have just a small 26mm, but at 2.8 with aperture control and autofocus. And at a just slightly bigger size, a 28mm and 40mm that are basically the same price as the cheapo 26. It's cool that they at least have one viable option now. Still, M43 has almost infinite.
where can we find a list of all the cameras you shoot with ?
Any Idea how long it can record in 1080p. I presume longer as it has less processing to do
Its all to preference. But personally the green with gold looked better. Still looks really nice thought
I shoot a lot of manual focus lenses on my S5 IIx and the trick is to punch in. Once you get used to it, it's actually quite fast with a viewfinder and I guess in the UK it would work on a screen too? With Spanish sun, no way, none of my pictures would be in focus either, I can't see anything on my screen around here 😆 You can also zone focus most manual lenses and I do that a lot, but with the S5 IIx my aim is terrible when shooting from the hip because it's really front heavy for some reason. Even with my tiny Zeiss Biogon 35mm M mount lens it droops down rather than pointing up like a Leica, gotta practice my aim a bit more. The Zeiss would be a match made in heaven for the S9 by the way if you get the hang of manual focusing. Perfect form factor!
The yellow is ✨! I love that you customise your cameras!
Definitely I needed to get into the habit to punch in with that 26mm lens!
@@MicroFourNerds Honestly I think they should have skipped that 26mm lens design altogether and just delayed the S9 release until they had this wee lil 18-40mm. Now that's a tempting lens!
1000 views in an hour vs 1000 after a month. Well haven't times changed haha
Emily the success 😊
Do you think the electronic shutter is too frustrating to deal with if this was your only camera?
If this was my only camera, I think it would be quite annoying. I've had Banding once or twice in street photography and only noticed when I'm back home at the computer. In terms of rolling shutter, it's been fine, but you do need to keep an eye out for Banding in certain places
where did you get that orange skin? (and I'm not saying your white balance is off, lol)
I still think I’d rather go for the Sigma fp, but get that lens for it and pimp the hell out of it to make it look more festive
This gives me the impression that Panasonic really rushed the S9 launch for *whatever* reason.
I think they were wanting to launch with a lens that made it superficially attractive to the tiny camera crowd, and the only way to do that was with the pancake lens. The new 18-40 looks better proportioned to the camera than the 20-60, but being smaller than a G9ii isn't really tiny camera territory (how does it compare with a GX8/GX9/80/800 plus the 12-32 pancake zoom?) It's now a sensibly proportioned smaller camera rather than a body that looks to small for most of its lenses, IMHO.
nikon have the 26 f2.8 AF for full frame, with the same price, weight and size of the potato 26 f8 manual focus. And the tiny nikon 40 f2 for full frame.
It made sense from the first Day the Camera was launched.
If they could update my GX8 with the G9 auto focus, I'd be super excited, because I have some nice lenses for micro 4/3 and would rather stay in a system which has tonnes of high quality tiny lenses available.
Does the hybrid zoom work across all L-mount lenses? Could you stick the Sigma 150-600mm on it and get it to zoom into the stratosphere? 😄
I believe it only works with Lumix lenses, but don't quote me on that. It's ridiculously impressive with the Lumix 28-200mm!
you should be able to return/exchange your lens cap lens for the 18-40 for a small additional fee
That would be amazing tbh!
That Streetwise-C LUT is soo good... just saying. ;)
Thank youu ☺️🙏
Where do i get the mic display setting on screen? or does it activae only when i plug in a mic during video?
It's a setting in the video menu, the sub menu has a microphone icon for audio settings
Ow f/4.5-6.3 though on 18-40mm... How's GX9/G100 with 12-35mm f/2.8 not better? FF sensor is 4x MFT sensor. But now do the aperture math: (4.5^2)/(2.8^2)=2.5 (best case) and (6.3^2)/(2.8^2)=5 (worst case) that's 2.5-5 times FF sensor advantage over MFT sensor is reduced through the aperture.
I'd only get the S9 to use with the primes to extend MFT capabilities in low light.
This is why an updated m43 version of the s9 would be so good. We already have 1000 fast and tiny lenses. I just want better AF etc 🤞
One word. AF
@@andresgonzalezcerda7635 AF works fine on my GX9 in iA mode, it recognizes faces.
I wish this camera came in tiny MFT.
Love it but it make total sense if it had a view finder...
To be honest, the focal length is a bit limiting and larger FL zooms are huge. Even the 20-60 seems a bit weird on the S9.
I would rather they put the effort into a new GX9 personally.