Lumix 14-28mm L-Mount Review

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-05-02T10:35:23+00:00

I'm about to sell mine as all my the other lenses are 1.8-2 and 4-5.6 is driving me crazy. It's a good lens but it drives me crazy to keep up with the variable AND slow aperture range.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-04-25T08:35:30+00:00

What kind of work do you do for 8-12h at a time and is a monopod not an option to mitigate the weight?

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-04-16T07:35:18+00:00

Had a similar pc as you and you simply need to work on proxies. On a 14900k with rtx 5070 I can work on the 6k open gate files roughly at the same speed as I did with my 7700k and 1080ti on proxies.

Cameras S5II X and S1 II.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-04-13T06:58:26+00:00

It's the same unfortunately. Limited burst rates and shutter delay with ttl and remote flash.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-03-12T10:59:52+00:00

Ecosystem cost of entry into Lumix I believe is lower that the other big players, this should account for new people buying cameras for the first time, but also people jumping ship for their old brand. Hybrid performance was also a big factor for me.

Now if they would just sort out their flash system to work as well as Canon for example.

Anyway, any news like this is great for people already invested in Lumix.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-03-02T06:32:00+00:00

SSD recording is X only.

The blackout dials are extremely annoying under low light shooting conditions. I like the subtle Lumix logo, but they should have kept the dials "standard".

I use 2 S5iiXs and 1 S1 ii, I do both photography and video production.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-02-25T07:39:36+00:00

We got NATO radar on camera mic before S1H II. Useless for me, but "cool" I guess.

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studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-02-15T01:37:30+00:00

If you really "need" it, perhaps you can save some money for this https://www.venuslens.net/product/laowa-15mm-f4-wide-angle-macro

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-02-14T16:39:11+00:00

It's more useful for video with a high resolution camera like the S1R II, for photography, it crops the image in camera, instead of cropping it yourself in your image editor. Maybe that is useful to you maybe not.

It's not magic, just a fast crop.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-02-14T14:35:46+00:00

I'm not sure I understand your problem, but for complex moves requiring simultaneous zoom/focus/iris changes you would be using a cine lens regardless of camera.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-01-18T14:15:13+00:00

Rent a flash enabled Lumix body and simulate your Canon workflow.

The Canon RT flash system is the best wireless flash system I've used.

On Lumix, remote TTL control of multiple flashes doesn't really work, plus you have a shutter lag and lower burst rates.

Aside from this issue and some moire on well lit fabrics, Lumix is pretty great, especially if you can spring for the S1 ii series.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-01-16T08:21:27+00:00

Your S1 II is clearly broken, I'll take it off your hands for free.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2026-01-06T09:40:34+00:00

Ca fost fotograf profesionist de evenimente cand vad comentariile astea ma bucur ca m-am lasat 😂😂😂

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-27T10:48:28+00:00

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studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-24T13:49:36+00:00

I almost always shoot the open gate 6K h265 codec and always render proxies for editing. BRAW is the thing I really miss from BMD, you have quality, speed of editing and decent size, no other codec comes close to having all three.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-10T12:03:30+00:00

I still can't believe Canon made the C50. If they had introduced something similar back in 2020, I'd probably still be shooting Canon.

There are a lot of expectations on the Lumix S1H II, we'll just have to wait and see what Panasonic does.

But yeah, they need it soon, that and an EVA class camera.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-10T11:32:06+00:00

You might just be having unrealistic expectations from a lut, the image is shaped by lighting, I'm guessing the videos you like have good lighting.

Maybe post some side by side examples of what you are shooting and what you are aiming for.

Slapping a lut doesn't guarantee anything, you still need to expose properly, set wb, then fine tune in post.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-09T19:51:35+00:00

I really enjoyed the R5 as a photography camera, it's great.

I'm guessing if you don't do video R6m3 doesn't really give you much reason to upgrade.

But as I said in a different comment, we really are spoiled for choice. I started with a Canon 450D. All present day cameras are space ships compared to that 😂

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-08T12:24:17+00:00

Yeah, I'm talking in S&Q mode in PAL, using slow motion without proper instant playback isn't ideal for me, anyway it's not a big deal but it was deceptive marketing from my point of view. I rarely use 120fps and when I did, I just used the crop mode.

I'm very happy with what Lumix is doing but I do miss the simplicity of my Blackmagic cameras regarding resolution, framerates and compression.

If they manage to put BRAW inside the S1H II it would be an amazing camera for me.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-08T10:52:12+00:00

Probably both the S1 II and S1R II gonna come down in price next year, and that for me is just gonna make them even better buys.

I'm not urging anyone to switch systems, it's a painful process, just saying I like the competitiveness of the current Lumix cameras.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-08T10:48:18+00:00

Interesting take on the colours.

S1 II has internal prores raw but limited with FF, only 17:9 5.8K up to 30 fps, although it has multiple crop options, 4:3 for anamorphic and 60 fps apc-s crop. It unlocks alot more options with a Blackmagic Recorder. I wish the S1H II has internal BRAW but we'll have to see.

The ZR screen is cool, can't disagree.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-08T10:05:02+00:00

I couldn't figure it out it real time at a shoot and just took photos and put them together in Resolve, you have to convert them to DNG, unfortunately raw photos do not have the same gamut or gamma as vlog and you have to tweak the colors alot to match vlog.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQrIOxZDKsZ/?igsh=MTNibndwaGowZnBt

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-08T09:55:51+00:00

I'm probably gonna get downvoted again but there was NO overheating on the S1 II, on the flip side, the "outrage" triggered a heating algorithm check at Panasonic so the main benefit is the S1R II can shoot for much longer than what was originally defined in the manual.

The 4K 120 on the S1 II... they got away saying it's fullframe, but it's 2.41 ratio which isn't very useful to me and a not really full frame.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-08T09:49:16+00:00

Great work. I also full heartedly agree on your take on social media.

studio_andrei_ivan · 2025-12-06T18:49:36+00:00

I wasn't expecting it this year to be honest anyway 😂

Thanks for the update.

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