With Panasonic S5, you can record your videos at a highest resolution of 3840 x 2160 at 60p,50p, 30p, 25p, 24p fps with bit rates up to 200 mbps and save in MPEG-4, H.264 and H.265 formats.
A great advantage of Panasonic S5 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 S5 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.
Dual Native ISO Panasonic S5 sensor has a dedicated Dual Native ISO that are set to ISO 640 and 4000. Setting the S5 ISO to one of these values during video recording will result in less noise compared to the ISO values between these two.
Microphones, Speaker and Headphone Connections Panasonic S5 has a built-in Stereo microphone and a Mono speaker. Panasonic S5 also has a port for an
external microphone and a
headphone port for connecting external headphones which makes the Panasonic S5 a very suitable camera high quality videography.
Sennheiser Profile 2-Person Clip-On Wireless Audio System/Recorder for Camera & Smartphone (2.4 GHz) Also Read:
Recommended Microphones for the Panasonic S5
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
Electronic Video Stabilization Panasonic S5 also features an Digital Video Stabilization mode where videos are stabilized in-camera while you are shooting. Keep in mind that this effect may crop your videos a little bit and doesn't help stabilizing still images. This kind of video stabilization effect can be replicated by using some of the advanced video editing softwares in your PC.
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 below. Check
Recommended Stabilizers for the Panasonic S5 for a full list of gimbals.
DJI RS 3 Pro Gimbal Stabilizer 4K Photo Mode
Utilizing its 4K Video recording abilities in a creative way, Panasonic S5 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.
