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Very cool that even 2 years after its release, Lumix still updating the S5ii(X). Surprisingly, I'm very happy that the additionnal markers coming on S5ii. I will need to work on the shortcut menu again in order to reorganize it a bit.
At the release of the S5II, I had not felt that the upgrade from the S5 would be big enough for me. But I have to say that may have changed with the last couple of updates. However I'm still happy with the S5. But I'm starting to thinking.
Edit: To the user of the original S1 and S1R. Your cameras got some small updates as well.
I just upgraded the my S5II, S5IIx, GH7, 16-35mm, 24-105mm and 70-200mm. (Phew, six upgrades.)
This all went well, and I checked each camera with the new LUMIX Lab and they all came up right away and worked correctly. I'm now deleting LUMIX Sync.
Fortunately I had already used Hybrid Zoom with the S9 so this was easy to check out. I especially like the 70-200mm with hybrid zoom set to M. The stabilization is great, with good picture quality out to 280mm. I have normally used this lens with a 1.4x extender, but won't use this anymore.
Also Sony just had another big upgrade for the A1. That added to the major upgrade they had several months ago and it's like learning a new camera. This plus the three Lumix camera upgrades and I'll be back to camera school for a while.