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  1. The now discontinued Crumpler Dry Red No. 2 Boarding/Messenger bag is a waterresistant canvas 8 litre shoulder bag. At a pinch, it will carry a Leica M with Zeiss Distagon 35 mounted, and a Panasonic G9 with 12-35 mounted. Without the second camera, there is ample room for small bits and pieces, like spare lenses. I line the bottom of mine with a Billingham padded velcro divider strip from the disappointingly heavy and bulky Hadley Pro. I really ought to have bought another Crumpler before they were discontinued as it is almost the perfect shoulder bag for me. The closest Crumpler has now is a bulkier and stiffer bag called the Billy, which has a thick shoulder pad, waterproof front flap pocket with velcro (ugh) and a diminished size rear zip pocket.
  2. And how many people really need more than 9fps anyway? I shoot combat sports including kickboxing with the original S5 and 50mm f1.8, and after some experimentation, I no longer shoot in burst mode. There are just far too many files to sort through otherwise. The only time I'd use high framerate burst is for a one-shot event like pole vault, discus or the finish line of a sprint.
  3. I suspect Panasonic will back away from the larger S1 body type and make something smaller, perhaps a touch bigger than the S5 but not as much as the S1. There are very vague rumours of a S1 X floating around, but nothing definite. It's a shame because Panasonic could really do with a proper pro level mirrorless body, I think they just overengineered the S1. After all, the S1 is 1kg and the SL2S is 800g! @tom.w.bn A full frame GX85 would be amazing! The GX85 is the camera I carry the most at the moment due to the size, weight and shape. Second most carried camera is the G9. The S5 feels okay, but the grip of the G9 has spoiled me for anything less, and if I'm going to carry a mirrorless with EVF hump, it might as well feel good in the hand.
  4. It just depends on what you're used to, especially if you come from the land of minimalist controls like the M, Q or SL. A person used to Nikon or Canon DSLR's would find the Panasonic control layout fine - I moved from Canon to Panasonic over ten years ago and I enjoy the controls because they put everything at your fingertips. And as always, once you've set up the camera the way you want, you hardly need to touch a thing. I got the original S5 with free 50mm f1.8 and it has been extremely useful over the past couple of years. If you get a S5 II, no doubt you'll get used to it very quickly.
  5. The SL2S grip is much better than the original SL601. It has little curves and ridges in the right places and glues itself into your hand, whereas the SL feels like your holding a chunky metal tube.
  6. I'm reading the responses with a lot of interest as I own a S5 and have been contemplating a SL2S or a S5 II. I don't have a SL 601. What really intrigued me was that in testing the SL2S, I was able to achieve very pleasing and vivid colours with only a few adjustments in Lightroom, whereas achieving a similar look with the S5 required a LOT of HSL adjustment in almost every colour channel, and a fair bit of shadow/highlight/black/curves adjustment, too. For cameras that purportedly use the same sensor, the DNG/RW2 output is very different between them.
  7. I can only say from my experience with the original S5 that wide angle lenses beyond 35mm start to show some issues, and this depends on the lens. For example, the Zeiss Biogon 21mm f2,8 is superbly sharp and crisp on the M9, but doesn't have the same snap, 3D look or crispness on the S5. The Zeiss Distagon 35 is unbelieveable on the M9 but somehow not quite and ridiculous on the S5. The Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f1.4 MC is not very good on the S5 at all, with sharpness issues and a lot of smearing/doubling in the outer thirds of the image. On the other hand, the Voigtlander 15mm f4.5 v1 is surprisingly good on the S5. I am unsure if the S5 II's filter stack thickness is different, but those are my results from the S5. And I totally agree with @soccerrick10 that the Panasonic 50mm f1.8 is surprisingly good. I've used it for many shoots and the results have been excellent. The only issues have been autofocus speed and accuracy for fast moving subjects, which are issues of the S5 in general. In the following post, I outline my experiences with all my M mount glass:
  8. I wish I had known this before, as there was a very well priced secondhand 50 Pro sitting at the local dealer for almost two years, but I was of two minds about whether to get it. It sold last week and now I'm disappointed, haha. I have the Panasonic 50/1.8 and it is slower to focus with the original S5 than the Olympus 25mm f1.2 Pro on the original Panasonic G9. I rely on 50mm for a lot of work, and having a really fast, accurate 50 for the S5 would be great.
  9. As an aside, significant improvements in the the S5 II autofocus irritate me a bit. Why? 1. I use the S5 for sports photography. It has a reasonable hit rate, but of course it could be better. The S5 II's autofocus seems to solve this problem. Phase detection also seems to make adapted EF mount lenses focus much, much better. As I use a number of EF lenses with my S5, this would also be very helpful, perhaps even saving me from buying the native counterparts to get better AF performance. 2. But, I also use the S5 for video work, and the S5 II's video quality seems to be lesser than the S5/S1/S1H. There is a loss of fine detail in S5 II and the recent Panasonic G9 II, and I want all the image quality I can get in a light package. Apparently, using a Blackmagic Video Assist and recording in braw gives superb image quality, but do I want to put a bulky monitor on the S5 II and switch editing to Davinci Resolve? I am not sure at this stage. 3. There is also some talk that the still image quality of the S5 is better than the S5 II. So even though I'd get more keepers, the keepers themselves may not look quite as good as before. So do I get a second S5 or perhaps a S1 for second camera and deal with the autofocus issues, or get the S5 II and deal with the lesser image quality? Annoying first world problems.
  10. Thanks for this! My S5 was on version 2.4, it is now up to date thanks to your post.
  11. After a bit of investigation, it seems that Android doesn't display DNG files natively. The Xiaomi tablet won't even recognize DNG files via its File Manager. This is strange, because my Samsung Note 8 does, probably because it can shoot DNG files. So now I am looking for some kind of plugin or driver that will get the Xiaomi tablet to display DNGs.
  12. Hello all, I'm using a Xiaomi Pad 6 and Lightroom Mobile. On my Samsung Note 8, Lightroom Mobile displays the thumbnails for M9 files when the SD card is connected via USB OTG. The Xiaomi Pad 6 doesn't show the thumbnails, only blank squares. The files open and can be edited on the Xiaomi tablet, but it is annoying to not be able to see the thumbnails first. Any suggestions for how to get the thumbnails to display?
  13. You seem keen on Leica lenses, and perhaps you can consider offerings from Sigma and Panasonic. The 50mm f1.4 from Panasonic is reportedly a superb lens. The Sigma 50mm f1.4 DG DN is also excellent, albeit with some purple fringing wide open. A few have posted some lovely images here with that lens. The Sigma 50mm f2 is also reportedly very good. Not Leica APO good, but it may still suit your needs for a bit of character.
  14. As far as I know, there is no provision for monitoring SL2S audio via wireless earbuds without an appropriate transmitter. You'll need to run headphones from the SL2S. If these two minute on site video interviews are not your main wheelhouse, exactly how much audio quality do you need? I run Rode lavalier mics directly into my Panasonic S5 and G9 without issue, and acceptable audio quality. If more quality is needed, I can dual record with an Olympus wav recorder or the Zoom H6, but I did that for years and found it quite cumbersome.
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