Review on 📸 Panasonic LUMIX S1R Full Frame Mirrorless Camera with 47.3MP High-Resolution MOS Sensor, 24-105mm F4 L-Mount S Series Lens, 4K HDR Video, and 3.2” LCD - DC-S1RMK by Paula Reid

Last year I bought my first two full frame digital cameras: S1R and Canon. Before that, my only digital cameras were Micro Four Thirds. (Thirty years before that I shot everything with Mamiya M645 film cameras.) A year of use is not always enough to get a really sharp camera image. But I shoot professionally with the S1R and Canon three to five times a week and make a living from it. . . so I feel like I can talk a little bit about them. I can already say, for example, that the S1R is aging very gracefully. The controls are where you want them. (And if they're not, you can adjust them however you like.) The viewfinder is pretty nice, and it's the best mirrorless experience I've had yet. I look forward to using this camera for a very long time. And the Lumix S Pro 24-70mm f2.8 lens is fast becoming one of my favorite lenses (I also have a Lumix S Pro 16-35mm f4, but I use it almost exclusively for architectural work. Panasonic, if you're listening, please release TS Prime in the 18mm-24mm range like yesterday. Preferably TS 24mm. And Primes, I need more Primes in general.) It's big and heavy. And the reason I've stayed away from full-screen digital devices the whole time is because they're big, heavy, and don't deliver goods - so why bother. Spring . . . At 47MP, it's not that scary to poke the eye with a pointed stick. (I bought a Spider hip holster to relieve my neck on long walks - best money I've ever spent). as good as filming on medium format film? No of course not. I think, having done some calculations on napkins before digital cameras were made - and I still stick to those calculations all these years later - that at least 250MP would be required (and a few more stops of dynamic range and better sensor detection ). blue) to what I got from medium format film. But I will say this. I think I picked the right time to enter the full frame market. This camera feels like the future in my hands. And the Lumix glass I've bought so far will help me get through this. As much as I love the Lumix S Pro 24-70mm f2.8, that hasn't stopped me from shooting with my old Mamiya glass. (I used C7 adapters to get my M645 lenses. Very nice workmanship.) I'm pleased with how well it worked. Why not Canon, Nikon, Sony or Fujifilm etc.? Neither of these systems is bad. I'm not going to tell you that one of them is so much better that you should only shoot one of them. The truth is that for the vast majority of people, choosing one system over another is often down to either personal preference or because you chose one and you know it. Canon, for example, is happy to sell you extremely affordable lenses that perform like no other. What matters to me is that Panasonic does everything very well. (Cons: I would complain more about focus acquisition if it weren't for the manual focus clutch. Now I'm completely dependent on the manual focus clutches. So much so that I now look at exceptional - EXCEPTIONAL - glass and everything I own think: there is a manual focus clutch?