Panasonic Lumix S5
Real Sensor Data
- Brand
- Panasonic
- Sensor Format
- Full Frame
- Resolution
- 24.2 MP
- Pixel Pitch
- 5.98 microns
- Circle of Confusion
- 0.0288 mm
- Crop Factor
- 1.00x
- Announced
- 2020
Released in 2020, the original S5 was Panasonic's first genuinely compact full-frame body in the L-mount system, considerably smaller and lighter than the earlier S1 series it sat alongside, aimed at photographers and videographers wanting full-frame image quality without the S1's larger, heavier build or higher price.
Panasonic Lumix S5 sensor specs
- Sensor
- Full Frame
- Resolution
- 24.2 MP
- Pixel dimensions
- 6,025 × 4,017 px
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Pixel pitch
- 5.98 µm
- Crop factor
- 1.00x
- Circle of confusion
- 0.0288 mm
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The original S5 also introduced active cooling borrowed conceptually from Panasonic's GH-series video bodies, letting it record longer without overheating than many competing compact full-frame bodies of the same era managed. It also uses the shared L-mount alliance system with Leica and Sigma, giving S5 owners native access to lenses from all three manufacturers without needing an adapter.
Panasonic also gave the original S5 dual UHS-II SD card slots, a genuinely practical inclusion at its price point that several competing compact full-frame bodies of the same era lacked. A genuinely practical inclusion at this price.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does the original S5's sensor compare to the newer S5 II's?
Panasonic carried this exact 24.2-megapixel full-frame sensor forward into the S5 II unchanged, so pixel pitch and depth-of-field math match between the two generations. The II's real advance is autofocus technology, moving from contrast-detect to phase-detect focusing. A real, direct focus-tracking improvement over the original design. A real, direct focus-tracking improvement over the original design.