Panasonic has just released the successor to their popular LUMIX S1 full-frame camera – the LUMIX S1II. Time to run it through our standard CineD Lab Test to verify the bold claim of 14+ stops of dynamic range in their announcement. However, in the course of trying to validate that statement, we found a bug in the current firmware that needs to be fixed by the company. So, please note that this Lab Test is incomplete for now. Curious to see the results? Then read on … The announcement of the LUMIS S1II piqued my interest, as I’m a long-term LUMIX S1 shooter myself (I began using it in October 2019, and have written several articles on CineD about my wildlife adventures using the LUMIX S1, which you can read here and here). I always wondered whether Panasonic would implement the “Dynamic Range Boost” feature previously seen in the LUMIX GH6, G9II, and now GH7 in their line of full-frame cameras. Well, the day has finally arrived! The new Panasonic LUMIX S1II in the CineD lab. Image credit: CineD And as always, I must give a huge shout-out to my colleague Florian, who helped shoot and analyze the test results. Please head over here for the announcement and the impressive list of specs. Rolling shutter of the LUMIX S1II As usual, we used our strobe light to create the sequences of black-and-white bars, which are characteristic of the read-out nature of rolling shutter sensors. Now, typically with Panasonic cameras, there...
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