Lumix S1Rii from the perspective of a S5ii owner

[Nevyn72]

I was wondering if the AF changes require a faster processor or that they maybe get implanted in the S5ii and S5ii X as well....
I'm not a videographer so I will pass, or if I want higher resolution I might pick up a used S1R. But most of the time when I would want a higher resolution I can use the hand held multiple shot version. The only reason I would want to have a higher resolution sensor is for cropping tele foto's.

I presume it required a faster processor for the more pixels it has to handle.... But the S5ii(X) doesn't have too handle that many pixels so who knows?

I also presume that they have fixed they technical debt, because the S5ii(X), S9 and the GH7 share after an update most of the new features. So we can hope.

I presume that's actually the reason why the S5 and the original S1R got fever updates, the technical debt made it too expensive to add the features.

 

[Mister Sloane]

I presume it required a faster processor for the more pixels it has to handle.... But the S5ii(X) doesn't have too handle that many pixels so who knows?

I also presume that they have fixed they technical debt, because the S5ii(X), S9 and the GH7 share after an update most of the new features. So we can hope.

I presume that's actually the reason why the S5 and the original S1R got fever updates, the technical debt made it too expensive to add the features.

The S5 and S1R both use an older processor engine - the other models use an engine that was completely new and developed under the L2 Technology agreement between Panasonic Leica.

The new architecture is considerably more powerful and I suspect that that’s at play in terms of updates. However, I suspect the collaboration with Leica is going to be a significant factor as a common advantage with that sort of agreement is that companies achieve greater returns on R&D than if working alone.

 

[SWRick]

I really enjoy my S5 II, don't care about video, 24mp is plenty for my use case, including prints up to 16x20 or so (I don't have a museum). If I need more resolution, there are several excellent up-reszng applications available. The software has made the resolution situation irrelevant for me.