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Not yet sure how I feel about the change.  I've had several Panasonic M43 cameras in the past and been so happy with the controls and menus. Changed because I'm going to have to do video clips, ...

Having called the London Camera Exchange, from whom I bought the camera, I now understand that the option 'Control Dial Assignment' refers to which dial I should turn AFTER pressing the exposure ...

Unfortunately this doesn't work.  I can set composure compensation on the front dial but this does not translate into action, the front dial still stays as previously set.

I have what must surely be a silly question.  I'm trying to set up my new S5 in my usual simple way so that front dial changes exposure compensation, back dial changes aperture and control dial ...

So is this just a JPEG issue? If so it's not relevant to me. And in any case I never view or print at anything like 100%, never mind 200%.

DpReview goes on about what it calls 'stair-stepping' in Panasonic S model images.  Gordon Laing doesn't mention it in his Cameralabs review, and I greatly respect his views. Is this 'stair ...

It strikes me these reviews are often looking at number rather than IQ of cameras.

Yes, but they give us an idea of how the cameras might work for others taking photos that interest them.

It is indeed excellent as an stills camera. Ideal for street photography, you can shoot from the waist using the flippy screen really unobtrusively. If Panasonic hadn't been so daft as to push it...

I understand. I felt the same until I saw sense.

When I wanted a lighter camera case I went for an ultra lightweight M43 kit. In half decent light the IQ difference is noticeable only when comparing side by side images, and is slight enough that ...

I personally use Amazon only in an emergency.  Amazon is not a force for good in our society, with its ever increasing strangle-hold over trade. Such is its power that small businesses are often ...

I've got no car and it's breaking my heart But I've got a driver and that's a start. Baby you can drive my car - The Beatles

Indeed, true. But I've come across such situations so rarely that I can't remember the last time. Perhaps this is partly because I enjoy the drama of contrast in an image.  Just because you can ...

I can only speak from my own experience. Expose properly (you can even overexpose slightly because highlights are to some extent recoverable in PP) and there is considerable shadow recovery available.

I am very happy with mine. Not for sports, and I never use video. But expose sensibly (easy with the WYSIWYG viewfinder) and I can lift shadows as far as I ever want. Unless, of course, you like ...

If there's a time in the future when prices come down, I'll look for a good used or reconditioned R5. Until then, for my simple needs, I believe my RP is close enough to the R6 that I wouldn't see ...

It's not something I've noticed, as mine just seems to work perfectly.

I think he was saying the camera was supposedly trash, can't have been the pictures.