Quentinquirelino
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No, the SL3-S is basically a S5II in a fancy body with better EVF and better display.
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Lumix S1Rii from the perspective of a S5ii owner
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GeorgeHudetz
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The recent interview with the head of LUMIX made it sound like there currently are not strong ties between Leica & Panasonic from a body design perspective, and the differences between the SL3 & S1R II certainly bear that out. So I don't expect future LUMIX bodies to "alternative versions" of Leica bodies (or vice-versa) like they used to be.
GeorgeHudetz
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I wonder if an "S1R IIx" could move to a fully stacked hi-res sensor & a larger buffer. Theoretically, it could both serve as a pro sports and cine cam. They'd still need to deal with the thermal issues, however.
xaviergut
LMF-Patron
I don't believe the rumors from Andrea Pizzini anymore... he was seriously announcing a cinematic Lumix FX3... and now 2 FF cameras are coming? Really? It could be that the second camera is just a m43 LX100iii.
As Paul said, this rumors make no sense. Where is the S1Hii? This is the camera that could bring people to the L-mount system.
As Paul said, this rumors make no sense. Where is the S1Hii? This is the camera that could bring people to the L-mount system.
Quentinquirelino
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Well, if it's close to the release date, he is mostly right. With more distance to the release, not so much.
Coming back to the original thread title:
I think the grip of the S1Rii is slightly better, because it is slighty deeper, BUT the body of the S1Rii is deeper too and this I do not like or I am not used to it yet.
This could make it more difficult to hold it long term or with larger lenses. I guess this is the price you have to pay with the heat mangement of a 44MP sensor. Overall, I prefer the size of the S5ii body, just because it is not as deep. The S1Rii feels more like a "brick", the S5ii feels more "elegant".
The tilting screen of the S1Rii is really nice by the way...
I think the grip of the S1Rii is slightly better, because it is slighty deeper, BUT the body of the S1Rii is deeper too and this I do not like or I am not used to it yet.
This could make it more difficult to hold it long term or with larger lenses. I guess this is the price you have to pay with the heat mangement of a 44MP sensor. Overall, I prefer the size of the S5ii body, just because it is not as deep. The S1Rii feels more like a "brick", the S5ii feels more "elegant".
The tilting screen of the S1Rii is really nice by the way...
Pete_W
LMF-Patron
You are making the sirens start up with this comment!
You are making the sirens start up with this comment!
Make sure you can take the body in your hand for more than 5 minutes, before you buy (or have an option to send it back). The thickness of the S1Rii body is not appearant within the first minutes. But if you go back and forth between the S5ii and the S1Rii for a longer period of time, you will feel more and more the difference.
I have rather small hands. This thickness bothers me more than I thought. Time wil tell...
CharlesH
LMF-Patron Gold
I have been using the S1RM2 a lot and have not noticed any handling issue. I'd say my hands are not small and not large, sort of in-between. For the larger lenses it seems better to hold than the S5II.
I don't believe rumors, full stop. Because that's all they are. People gossiping, trying to get noticed. I was raised by my parents to not engage in such behavior, so I take very little notice of them.
As someone with "normal-sized" hands (I guess?) I find the S1Rii not more or less comfortable to hold than the S5ii. Having operated it intensely over two days (16 hours of handheld stills shooting in total) I really couldn't tell much of a difference. I was thinking the deeper grip would make a difference but it doesn't. Or maybe it's deeper grip/thicker body outbalancing each other and that's why I don't really notice a difference.
I found the S1R more comfortable than any other camera I've ever held but that's probably down to size and weight and me not minding holding a brick. Then again, I use the S9 without a grip so maybe I got alien hands.
I found the S1R more comfortable than any other camera I've ever held but that's probably down to size and weight and me not minding holding a brick. Then again, I use the S9 without a grip so maybe I got alien hands.