S5 II with 20-60mm and 50mm Wex UK £1629

[Oíche]

£1929 and a further £300 off with voucher code PANASAVE300 this not a hassle cashback deal, this is how much you pay end off...

£1629 with voucher code above which is an amazing price and firmware 3.0 arriving in 2 hours has to make this the best value for money FF camera on the market and 'then some'.

https://www.wexphotovideo.com/panas...al-camera-with-20-60mm-and-50mm-lens-3083261/

 

[Pete_W]

Looking forward to that firmware update! I didn't realise it was only hours away.

 

[Oíche]

Looking forward to that firmware update! I didn't realise it was only hours away.

I'm counting down the seconds... How sad is that?

 

[Pete_W]

I'm counting down the seconds... How sad is that?

Now I am too! Working from home this morning so I can do the upgrade when it appears.

 

[Oíche]

• Xiaomi - M2012K11AG
• 4.7 mm
• ƒ/1.79
• 1/13 sec
• Center-Weighted Average
• Auto exposure
• ISO 1358

Now the fun begins

 

[Pete_W]

I've just installed the update. Was fast and no issues.

I've just added the focus setting 'Detecting Subject' to my MyMenu so I can get to it quickly to swap between human and animal.

 

[Oíche]

I've just installed the update. Was fast and no issues.

I've just added the focus setting 'Detecting Subject' to my MyMenu so I can get to it quickly to swap between human and animal.

Yip so fast, Panasonic said 3-5 mins but probably less than 1 min... Who cares... Well in general that means their tech manual refers to days of yore and the modern processor SoC is the business.

It's like my old mobile literally took an hour to update software whereas my newer one takes 1 minute. This is good as it means the L2 processor is well capable of further updated processing on the performance side regarding AF and others but there is little info about this chip or others I can find.

This L2 is as secretive as the Terminator chip in the film. Sensors are easy to find but not L2

It's probably not that advanced, maybe 11nm, definitely not 3nm latest TMSC which will come as in the latest Apple phones.

 

[Jonathan-Mac]

Always wait at least a week before installing new camera firmware. Let others be the guinea pigs.

 

[Oíche]

Always wait at least a week before installing new camera firmware. Let others be the guinea pigs.

Richard Wong and a host of others were the testers.

 

[CharlesH]

Always wait at least a week before installing new camera firmware. Let others be the guinea pigs.

I have two cameras. I upgraded one and could not find any issues, so I upgraded the other one. I was my own tester.

 

[Oíche]

I have two cameras. I upgraded one and could not find any issues, so I upgraded the other one. I was my own tester.

Let's face it, the firmware update was exciting and if JM owned a S5ii he couldn't have resisted either

 

[RuleOfThirds]

Used the S5ii with update last few days during a city trip to Berlin .. no problems at all.