Panasonic auto focus pull. Only the GH5s?

Is the GH5S the only Panasonic m4/3 body with this feature? I rented one for a music promo shoot taking place at night and was very impressed with the low light capability of the camera. The auto focus pull/transition feature was a great additional feature and something my G7 and G80 can't do. Working often as a one man team a third camera will actually help and there are very few times when this feature would not be useful.

I am assuming from the lack of replies and some internet research that there are no other Panasonic M4/3 bodies with this feature.

I ask because while older non m4/3 lenses are OK to pull focus to stops with the M4/3 focus with by wire are not so great. How do others who use these bodies for video, work around this?

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is "auto focus pull"?

A Google search shows GH5 has this function.  I do not believe G9 does, as I have not seen it.

Greenbeanz wrote:

How do others who use these bodies for video, work around this?

I picked up a used Olympus 12-40 F2.8 Pro lens. It has a manual focus clutch option that turns it into a true manual focus lens, which means you can use it with a follow focus. In AF mode, touch focus works great. I did discover that, although it's not parfocal, if you zoom out to 40mm, focus, and then unzoom back to wide, it retains focus.

The camera I'm pondering lately is the Fuji XT3. It has a touch focus option that lets you set how fast it will transition between two focus points via touch focus. With this feature, you can emulate focus pulls on the fly. Plus, the camera has great AF and internal 10 bit..

Adielle wrote:

Koshou wrote:

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is "auto focus pull"?

Pretty good explanation here.

Thanks for your reply.

I have ordered a GH5 for my work, and I now understand that the GH5 has this functionality too, so that is very useful, even though I was unaware of it at the time of ordering.

I will use this camera to monitor movements of human subjects in scientific experiments, so it is very helpful to be able to set some fixed focal points.

I will use a 12-40mm f2.8 Olympus lens, since this lens is already available at my work. Is it correct to assume that this lens will work well with the GH5 in terms of AF functionality, including auto focus pull?

The alternative is a 12-32mm f3.5-5.6 Panasonic lens that I have lying around, and though its sharpness is acceptable, I worry that it is a bit too slow for use inside.