- Yes, this is a Panasonic S1H hands-on review.
Not this one.
This is a Panasonic S1 which is just six months ago.
They just released their first ever full frame
camera six months ago.
And then the S1R, S1R, R for resolution.
S1R is a high resolution high pixel count camera
and then this is a 20 something megapixel, I can't remember.
I didn't expect they only spent six months
from this to...
S1H this is the prototype S1H.
Thank you Panasonic New Zealand,
sent this by air to me.
Probably the only S1H in Hong Kong.
Now this is a prototype
it even have a firmware 0.4B.
This is probably the closest to a professional video
camcorder for a full-frame camera, closest to.
A professional video camcorder
and it probably have everything you want
for full-frame, mirrorless
camera for video shooting.
I've said it.
Now before I show you what it can do,
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What a great day for video.
It just keep raining, I was out here
have been raining for the whole day.
I just have no choice, I have to stay in the cover.
Sorry about this guys, but this is really rush.
I only have a couple of days before
I have to release this video.
I have been really busy before this as well.
I've been to Malaysia, so.
I've mentioned this is the closest full frame camera
to a professional video camera.
Now, what is the first thing, the first thing is,
this can take 6K.
6K, finally 6K had arrived!
Now, why do we need 6K when we just,
I think 4K,
it's just starting to get common, but now 6K,
who needs 6K, how, where can you find a 6K TV?
Now, it's not about getting a 6K video out there.
I mean, I have been shooting 4K with my Sony a7SII,
but you see, most of my video is just 1440p.
So when you see a lot of my video,
I'm talking, blah blah blah, talking,
and then it cuts into a little bit zoomed in.
That is what I've done in
when I'm doing editing.
I'm really excited about this,
because when I can shoot 6K, that means I can
deliver 4K content with the ability to zoom in.
Now, as you can see, obviously this is the big S1H.
This is so much bigger!
Especially the bit at the back.
It just remind me the difference between XT3 and XH1.
This one's also called H as well for some reason.
Now, this camera, even compared to the last one,
the S1, this has quite a lot of improvement
over the S1 as well.
The power button, I love this power switch a lot.
This is basically exactly the same as Nikon.
You power up like that, and then you can turn on
the lamp... backlight here, exactly like a Nikon.
Next to that, just like many other Panasonic camera,
you have the White Balance, ISO, exposure compensation
button here, and it's exactly the same position.
Sometimes when you have every dedicated button at the back,
you have to look for them, you have to spend a lot
of time to get used to them,
but if you have a few button spreading
around the camera, it's easier to remember,
and on top you have a big record button now,
remember this can still take still photos.
This is a shutter button, and this is just
for record button, video record button,
and you have another one in front here.
This looks like a lot of professional video cameras,
as well. This could be convenient,
when you put this on a big rig,
so you have one on the left side, one on the right side,
this is easier for example
your camera assistant, operator as well.
Now some of you guys might see those leak photos
on the web, but not they really leak,
they, they they show it in a whatever camera show
that you've got a hinge there, yes,
this one finally you can flip it to the front,
you have a selfie screen.
Not like the S1, the S1 only tilts up.
Now finally have a flip screen, so this really great
for if you're shooting by yourself,
but also one more thing, it can tilt up,
this is so great, since the XT100, the Fujifilm XT100.
I really hoped a camera would have this.
What is so great of this, because when you flip up,
this is so much faster than a lot of most other
cameras that have a flip screen like that,
you have to flip it up and turn,
this is really quite annoying
to just keep doing that, rather than just this.
Now it only tilts up to forty five degrees,
but I give it to that you have dual purpose.
However, one thing is that it's got a lock here,
you have to flick this lock before you tilt it,
so you can't just like, you don't,
you can't just like any other camera with a flip screens
that just, just flip it that.
You have to unlock it to flip it.
I don't know why they have a lock,
I'm, my name is Lok,
as you know I don't really like lock on the camera,
especially annoying if you put this on a tripod,
it might block the lock down there.
Now on this side, oh oh, this is crazy,
this, this is air exhaust, it have a fan inside,
this a full frame camera, the first full frame camera
with a fan, a cooling fan inside.
Now it take in... this side is air intake,
and the hot air come out from this side.
The fans have different mode you can choose from,
you can have the normal auto mode,
it will run up the fan when it gets hot,
another mode is that it will try to keep the fan off,
as much as it can,
so it, the camera probably gets hotter.
Also you can manually turn the
fan on high or low continuously.
Good that the fan is so quiet,
you have to put your ear right next to it,
to hear any noise at all, inside a quiet room.
Big one at the back,
look at that,
it's like the whole thing
is just for the cooling system, wow.
Of course on top you have this really obvious big
LCD screen, and you can change, display mode.
You can have white text on black background as well,
but I just prefer, I prefer black on white,
I think it's just easier to look at,
so to change it back, yeah.
White on black looks cool,
but this is easier I think, that is.
At the back most buttons are the same as the S1 and S1R.
I love this switch for AF mode on here,
can change AF mode from here, you have the AF on,
this is still a still camera as you may forgot.
There's a joystick, and then this time it's still
got dual card slots and this time, it's a dual.
This time it's a dual SD card,
so no more XQD card,
probably because this is a video oriented
for even for 6K video SD card is fast enough.
So you can have dual SD card when you shoot for long time
continuously, you can have both card,
filled up it go to the SD, the second SD card,
and you can hot-swap whilst recording as well.
Of course, also you can record to both cards
at the same time, so you always have a back up.
On the side you've got the usual remote port,
you got the mic and headphone jack of course,
HDMI and USB-C
just like the S1,
the USB-C support power delivered, power deliver thing,
so you can keep recording and charge
your battery at the same time.
One more thing, the flip screen,
if you have cable even the big HDMI full size HDMI cable,
and you can use the flip screen without blocking,
no cable will block the screen rotation.
Now the Fujifilm use the AF light as tally light,
this S1H of course have to have not one,
but two tally lights.
You can also choose which one to use
or turn this feature off.
Now even the interface, it is really designed
for video, videographer, as you can see
the big audio level display, is just like 80s,
it's just like, I mean, not 80s,
I mean it's just like Hi-Fi, in the 80s,
but it's really useful green, yellow and red.
What's more it's got this new display mode,
this is great for when you're using external monitor,
and you have this huge screen for all the information.
Can you tap? yes you can tap.
Oh this is great, you just tap white balance,
to change the white balance, right there.
Audio level, yes.
Wow, this is, this is, this is so great.
Just realised that as well.
What's interesting is the flash sync act
as time code in and out port,
with the included adapter cable.
Now 6K as you can see is use full frame,
but it is 3,
the 3, 3:2.
As you can see when you should 5.9,
5.9K, it is 16:9,
but if you choose 6K,
full frame, this is actual full frame,
this is actual full frame camera,
thing, actual full frame, three point, 3:2,
but you can also turn on a frame, video frame,
so it's easier to get your framing,
now you can see there's a, whoops.
There's a, there's a grey box around this is a 16:9,
it's easier for you to frame, and you can pick
the different colour for this frame or you can mask out
the outside of the 16:9 area on the screen,
but still get 3:2 aspect ratio video.
Now even though 6K is in a funny 3:2 aspect ratio,
it is still larger than 5.9K in 16:9, in each size.
Obviously you can fit 6K into your 4K 16:9 video,
3:2 aspect ratio also means you have a bit more
on top and bottom to reframe.
Both 6K and 5.9K give you flexibility to crop in,
in post production.
Now let's look at video format it can do.
Firstly you have 6K as I mentioned,
3:2 aspect ratio, but you can only shoot
in 23.98 frame per second.
5.9K you can shoot in 24, 25, or 30p.
16:9 4:2:0 10-bit internal.
Anamorphic support is new in s35mm crop,
the rest of 4K mode would be similar to S1 and S1R.
4K 24, 25, 30p is 4:2:2 10-bit internal,
just like the S1 or S1R with the paid software and lock.
Now you can shoot 4K 50 or 60p,
but still crop in s35mm sadly
GH5 user rejoice?
4:2:0 10-bit internal but 4:2:2 HDMI output.
You can shoot 1080 up to 120p with sound and auto focus,
or you can use this VFR mode,
which is variable frame rate,
from 2fps to 180fps, but this mode is without sound.
As you can see it's a long list of video format,
to simplify things you can filter down
to the only format that you need
or even add those you actually use into a custom list.
The S1R has no low pass filter, the S1 does,
but when I compare both of them in 4K,
I don't think I see any difference in sharpness.
Even with this prototype machine,
looking at different colour profile
this is the normal profile,
and then we have the new Cinelike D2 and V2
Obviously you can shoot in HLG, which I love a a lot.
And V-log is included, unlike the S1, the S1R,
you have to pay to unlock it.
Oh, now it is great that this camera still have
in-body stabilisation up to six stops,
of stabilisation compared with, err not compare
when it in-body stabilisation working
with the lens stabilisation,
but as I mentioned when I reviewed the S1,
this is really heavy, for holding,
I'm holding it like both hands now,
but still it's heavy, especially this is a little bit
heavier than the S1, it's just a little bit heavier,
just around 100g heavier.
I mean just like when I was in London,
I have shot a whole video for Kai.
I shot the whole video with this, and not this,
with the S1 in-body stabilisation
with the lens stabilisation, the Dual-I.S. is so good,
and, but yeah, I can't do this,
my, my, my hand, oh.
I can't use this camera in my channel,
if I'm behind the camera, that's totally fine.
Oh, not this.
I mean it's quite amazing with the air cooling,
with the air vent it's still weather sealed,
that's quite impressive.
no, my hand, my arm.
Just like the GH5s, this has dual native ISO,
for example shooting HLG
the higher native ISO is 2500.
Now take a closer look, this is ISO 2000 and then ISO 2500.
S1 actually still use the same AI deep learning focusing
as the S1 and S1R.
Impressive to see it recognise the back of a human,
but I have seen S1 struggle in back light situation.
Also there is this focus hunting,
it can be quite annoying even if the subject, me,
is not moving in and out, is not moving at all.
Somehow even my 3 years old a7SII has less hunting.
The last thing is the weight, this is the S1,
as I mentioned in my S1 review,
I actually make a little bit of factual error,
and I have already mentioned in the comments section below,
that I compared this if I used a 24-105 lens,
compare this to a 5D with a 24-105 lens,
last time I said that this is actually a little bit lighter
than 5D, but in fact this is actually a little bit heavier
than the 5D by not much.
How about this, this have a lot more things,
this is much thicker, this has a flip screen,
this have a whole ventilation, cooling fan,
cooling fan system in the,
I thought this would be really heavy,
but in fact it's not much heavier,
this is just a
hundred and something gramme more than the S1.
In fact when I got this camera,
before I actually weighed them,
I think they not, there's nothing different,
I thought they weighed the same,
I can't tell the difference.
After I weighed them,
then I think oh yeah this is a little bit heavier,
but I don't know why, it is.
So the S1H it's surprisingly good,
surprising they can release this just six months later.
So this is it, Panasonic S1H.
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