With Panasonic S1 II, you can record your videos at a highest resolution of 5952 x 3968 at 30p, 25p, 24p fps with bit rates up to 4200 mbps and save in MPEG-4, H.264 and H.265 formats. This means that Panasonic S1 II provides an impressive 6K video, only second to 8K cameras in high resolution. Although it is not a very widely used format, it gives the user enough extra room over 4K to do cropping or high quality sampling in post-process.
A great advantage of Panasonic S1 II while shooting video at resolution of 4K is that there is no crop factor so you can use your lens at its actual focal length.
No Video Recording Limit Panasonic Lumix S1 II doesn't have the 30 minutes max video recording limitation that many cameras have, so you can keep recording non-stop until either your storage is full or battery is depleted or the camera over-heats.
Photo/Video Mode Switch Panasonic Lumix S1 II has a dedicated Photo/Video Mode Switch which lets the user switch between these two modes quickly.The menus and the settings of the camera are adjusted according to the chosen mode. This makes the . Panasonic Lumix S1 II an ideal camera for hybrid use in the field.
High-Speed Video S1 II features a high speed mode where it captures videos at 240fps which helps to create slow motion videos. If you shoot a video at a frame rate of 240fps and play it back at 24fps, the video will be 10x slower and longer than normal.
Microphones, Speaker and Headphone Connections Panasonic Lumix S1 II has a built-in Stereo microphone and a Mono speaker. Panasonic S1 II also has a port for an
external microphone and a
headphone port for connecting external headphones which makes the Panasonic S1 II a very suitable camera high quality videography.
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If you are getting into videography and want to know what are the must-have video accessories for your camera, read our article: Essential Videography / Filmmaking Accessories for your Camera
To get the most effective and natural-looking stabilization in your videos, you can consider using a Gimbal stabilizer such as the DJI RS 3 Pro Gimbal Stabilizer Combo below. Check
Recommended Stabilizers for the Panasonic S1 II for a full list of gimbals.
DJI RS 3 Pro Gimbal Stabilizer Combo 4K Photo Mode
Utilizing its 4K Video recording abilities in a creative way, Panasonic S1 II sports a 4K Photo Mode where you can capture 8 MP photos from 4K videos.
Using a software such as Adobe Lightroom on your PC or in-camera function, you can review the 4K video frame by frame and extract the image that you like the most.
