hello and welcome to up to speed a way of getting information on new
product announcements to you as quickly as possible on this channel so today
Panasonic have launched two new cameras the s1 and the s-1 are these represent
their first move into larger sensor stills cameras the micro four-thirds
range like the gh 5 has been hugely popular options for video Panasonic
offered us video features on the G h5 & gh 5s which we just haven't seen on
cameras from Sony Canon or any of the others like 4k 60p and 10 bit recording
internally so ever since rumors started coming out that Panasonic were working
on a full-frame system people have been getting very excited indeed we still
don't know everything though this has been more of a product tease than a full
information release but hopefully more information will come out over the next
few months I'll go through what we do know though about each of the new
cameras but before I do I think it's important to discuss the business
partnerships that have made this actually possible so Panasonic have
formed a partnership with a Leica and Sigma to develop the L mount system this
is like us full-frame mount which they've been using on their cameras for
years but because it's like the cost of the lenses and cameras has been a bit
prohibitive for most of us bringing Panasonic and Sigma into the partnership
though and that might mean the more affordable lenses and cameras will be
able to be made around that same system like I have had a long relationship with
Panasonic even making the optics in some of their lumix lenses so a partnership
between the two perhaps doesn't come as much of a surprise for most people but
the real interesting addition though for me is Sigma so Sigma have been really
pushing forward what's possible in affordable lenses for the last few years
so it's going to be very interesting what they bring to the table in this new
partnership so let's take a look at the actual new products themselves
and what we know so far the s 1 and s 1 are are both full-frame mirrorless
cameras the S one being able to captured 24 megapixels of stills and the s 1 are
doing 47 megapixels both use a dual is system for stabilization so that sense
of stabilization working in tandem with lens stabilization which is a first for
full-frame we've seen this on the gh 5 but not on a full frame camera yet so
that's quite exciting both have dual card slots with one card
slot being xqd and the other one being an SD card Panasonic have said that they
will do full frame 4k 50p and 60p video which is a first for the industry
although there's been no mention so far as to whether or not they're going to
record 10 bit 4 to 2 internally like they do on the gh 5 we also know very
little about the auto focus of the new sensors especially for video one slide
in their presentation did mention contrast based AF though so it's
possible we won't see much of an improvement in video auto focus over the
judge 5 unfortunately now as for lenses you can of course use like his existing
lineup of 8 lenses which are fantastic options but they can be pretty pricey or
Panasonic have three new lenses with a further 7 coming within a year of the
launch date the 3 they're launching with the cameras are a 50 millimeter F 1
point for a 24 to 105 and a 70 to 200 although they don't specify an f-stop
for those two zooms which is a bit strange we'll have to wait and see some
of the finer details there but having a fast 50 millimeter prime a standard walk
around 24 to 105 and a telephoto option all available on launch will cover a lot
of people's needs plus bringing their lens line up to 10 lenses after just a
year whatever those lenses may be should mean that this will very quickly become
a very comprehensive system for people so that's about all we know so far from
Panasonic's initial press release if you want to join the pre-order queue then
the links to our product pages o'course down in the description below in the
I love to know what you'll think of the s-1 and the s-1 are are you excited how
do you think these compared to the other new recent announcements in the industry
let me know in the comment section down below
thank you very much for watching and I'll see in the next one