Shooting the S5 with two cards

[likovsky]

I’m liking what I’m reading about this camera



Was wondering how users are setting their cards

Does the camera slow down to buffer during action stills when the 2nd card is UHS-1?

I mostly shoot portraits in studio along with some indoor sports and some interiors so looking for a camera that’s got IBIS, two card slots and not too big

Everything I read about the R6 sounds like people love it but the lenses are massive and pricey

Thinking to get the S5 with some of the slightly cheaper 1.8 lenses in combination to some adaptors for my Canon and vintage lenses

 

[Off The Mark]

I can't comment on the dual card usage.

But you should know that Canon EF glass on the S-series of cameras (S5, S1 / R / H) is somewhat limited and can be a bit frustrating.

There is no AF-C, and low-light focusing tends to hunt (compared to native Panasonic lenses).

I have the Canon 16-35 f/4 L on the MC-21 adapter on my S5, and to be honest, the size and weight of that lens + adapter pretty much negates any benefit the smaller S5 body might provide. The whole setup becomes noticeably front heavy.

Vintage (manual focus) glass is pretty nice on the S5, but I prefer to use it on my S1, which has a noticeably better LCD and EVF than the S5. If you have good eyesight, might not be an issue. But if you have not-so-great eyesight and thick glasses like I do, then it is certainly a factor.

Hope this helps.

 

[JDLaing50]

I’m liking what I’m reading about this camera

Was wondering how users are setting their cards

Does the camera slow down to buffer during action stills when the 2nd card is UHS-1?

I mostly shoot portraits in studio along with some indoor sports and some interiors so looking for a camera that’s got IBIS, two card slots and not too big

Everything I read about the R6 sounds like people love it but the lenses are massive and pricey

Thinking to get the S5 with some of the slightly cheaper 1.8 lenses in combination to some adaptors for my Canon and vintage lenses

I use an S1R and I set the XQD card first as in my case it’s faster and bigger than my SD cards. I use a cable to transfer pics so I don’t need a card reader.

 

[rick in vegas]

I have a S5 and dont notice any slowdown writing to 2 cards. I use the fastest USH I card available. Also nothing S5 outputs is more Data than these cards can write. Why Panasonic didn't put in 2 UHS-!! slots is weird. Maybe to keep S5 separate from S1 features

 

[Dr Hal]

I have Jpeg going to card 1 and Raw going to card 2.

Hal

 

[Greg OH]

Unless you’re shooting raw at max FPS, UHS 1 can write as fast as the camera can send it.

How heavily are you invested in EF glass? The adapters for L are hit and miss. The adapters for RF offer native performance.

 

[Off The Mark]

Unless you’re shooting raw at max FPS, UHS 1 can write as fast as the camera can send it.

How heavily are you invested in EF glass? The adapters for L are hit and miss. The adapters for RF offer native performance.

Out of curiosity, do you know how many shots you get before the buffer has to clear on the S5?

 

[Greg OH]

Unless you’re shooting raw at max FPS, UHS 1 can write as fast as the camera can send it.

How heavily are you invested in EF glass? The adapters for L are hit and miss. The adapters for RF offer native performance.

Out of curiosity, do you know how many shots you get before the buffer has to clear on the S5?

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It depends on your settings and the speed of the card. I’ve never waited for buffering with a fast UHS 1, specifically Samsung U3 256GB.

My biggest data hog is 4K video. Again, not an issue with my cards.

 

[likovsky]

I don’t actually as it would depend on a few variables I imagine but good question

 

[likovsky]

Only have the 25-105 kit which I hope to replace.

if using adaptor it’d be for my 85 1.8 and 40mm pancake.

Seeing people having good results with older manual focus lenses. I’ve got a bunch of stuff like that- some of which I mess around with on my Fuji but not much.

 

[Firmware]

I don’t actually as it would depend on a few variables I imagine but good question

I may be mistaken, but I belive the number in the viefinder bottom after the 'r' is the number of shots before the buffer fills; in my example it is 26 for full size RAW+JPG Fine wrtiting to a single UHS ll card in slot 1 (displayed as 'r26' in this case).

 

[Minstadave]

I don’t actually as it would depend on a few variables I imagine but good question

I may be mistaken, but I belive the number in the viefinder bottom after the 'r' is the number of shots before the buffer fills; in my example it is 26 for full size RAW+JPG Fine wrtiting to a single UHS ll card in slot 1 (displayed as 'r26' in this case).

Yup 26 for mine with the same settings and a UHS-I card.

The card won't effect this number as its speed will only come into effect once you start shooting and moving data to the card. A faster card should mean you can clear the buffer faster and get a few more shots before it fills.

 

[Firmware]

I don’t actually as it would depend on a few variables I imagine but good question

I may be mistaken, but I belive the number in the viefinder bottom after the 'r' is the number of shots before the buffer fills; in my example it is 26 for full size RAW+JPG Fine wrtiting to a single UHS ll card in slot 1 (displayed as 'r26' in this case).

Yup 26 for mine with the same settings and a UHS-I card.

The card won't effect this number as its speed will only come into effect once you start shooting and moving data to the card. A faster card should mean you can clear the buffer faster and get a few more shots before it fills.

And r11 on HiRes mode.

 

[OmegaMan17]

So there is no advantage is recording to a UHS -II V90 card?

 

[l92]

I’m liking what I’m reading about this camera

Was wondering how users are setting their cards

Does the camera slow down to buffer during action stills when the 2nd card is UHS-1?

I mostly shoot portraits in studio along with some indoor sports and some interiors so looking for a camera that’s got IBIS, two card slots and not too big

Everything I read about the R6 sounds like people love it but the lenses are massive and pricey

Thinking to get the S5 with some of the slightly cheaper 1.8 lenses in combination to some adaptors for my Canon and vintage lenses

 

[Firmware]

So there is no advantage is recording to a UHS -II V90 card?

I can't recall whare but there was a test to show that for video the thoughput was a little better with for video with UHS ll but for photography, the only difference was quicker clearing the buffer - probably not significant in reality for the tyre of photography I do. IIRC the key thing was it was slower using both card slots thatn just slot 1.

If using both, not really much point using UHS ll.

 

[Minstadave]

So there is no advantage is recording to a UHS -II V90 card?

I've found a UHS-II card means I'm not filling the buffer anywhere nearly as quickly than with UHS-I. I didn't notice a difference on the G9 as the buffer is deeper but on the S5 I do occasionally hit a full buffer with a UHS-I card.

 

[Jomppak]

S5 has modest burst speeds, so buffer won't get a big hit when you use the second slot for backup. But what are you shooting in studio that requires max burst speed? I can't possibly imagine.

And don’t forget 6k mode for focus stacking, after focusing and high-speed (pre-)bursts. Naturally the image quality is not the same, but the mode itself is very handy for certain situations.