Rumors New Lumix camera(s) on May 13th?

[GeorgeHudetz]

I am already retired some years (72 y), and not taking that much pictures any-more by health conditions.
So I try to deal as far as can be done by the more limit possibilities of the older S1R camera. (Just a hobby).
Bought that S1R during Corona time (june 2021), incl. the 24-105/F4.0 lens having a big discount / cashback --> totally € 3100,-
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Well, "making do" with an S1R is of course nothing to be ashamed of! It's an amazing camera, and just like every other camera, it takes skill to wield it well. It sounds (and looks!) like you are doing that well.

 

[Babylonia]

Well, I am completely satisfied with what the S1R has to offer.
And "yes", it comes down to examining the pros and cons of what is just a photographic "tool", based on what you want to achieve with it.
Some years ago I specifically chose this S1R camera because of the user-friendly built-in 187 MP high-res features.
For me by the purpose to digitise old analogue 4x5 inch (8x10 inch) positive "transparencies" (+ negative films).

But by several health problems in past years, I didn't really ending this "digitise" job.
Building a specialised, high-quality repro setup that meets the high precision required for this task.
E.g. shifting and stitching several images into one big far more Megapixel image.
(In past I had a technical education in "mechanical engineering").
So just using the camera as a "normally" used photo camera tool now.

A tiny bit about my photography "technical equipment" history:

Hello to all members.

My name is Bill Taylor and I live in Australia. I spent many years in the software industry and recently set up a small business in commercial photography. Having moved from 25+ years with Canon (Film and Digital) dabbled with Olympus then Lumix, I was always tempted by Leica Optics from an M I...

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[Markuswelder]

Well, if you have everything under control down to the last detail from first to last picture?

No. I don't have everything under control. As far from under control as one can get to be honest. But I do have control of my camera. So I've been experimenting the last few weeks with a couple of different general setups, that work to keep ISO low, along with minimum shutter speed. I'm having great success with around 1/60 to 1/80 in the dark, along with Auto ISO for semi static street scenes. Which are about as uncontrolled as you can get. Keeping maximum DR and as low noise as I can get

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/125 sec
• Pattern
• Manual exposure
• ISO 800

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 28.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/80 sec
• Pattern
• Manual exposure
• ISO 800

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 28.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/60 sec
• Center-Weighted Average
• Manual exposure
• -1
• ISO 2000

Edit -street shooting is not my thing. I only rarely dabble with it a bit when wandering around killing a bit of time in strange countries, or something catches my eye getting from A to B..

 

[Travis Butler]

FWIW, DR at high ISO is more important to me than DR under ideal conditions at base ISO; I do a fair amount of shooting under low-light conditions, so being able to recover shadows while avoiding blowing out the highlights is important to me. I'm not an expert technician that way, I just more or less muddle my way through. sheepish look

Thankfully, the Sigma fp I use does pretty well there; so does the S5, although I use the fp more.

Here's an example:

• 1/60 sec
• Pattern
• ISO 6400

Original shot with the fp and the TTArtisan 11/2.8 fisheye; but I have enough latitude to pull it up this much:

• 1/60 sec
• Pattern
• ISO 6400

After running On1 Photo RAW's denoise and pulling up the shadows, it's not perfect, but I think it's pretty usable.