GH5S First Impressions by Dpreview: “it can outperform the Sony A7sII”

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Dpreview shared their first impressions on the new GH5s by comparing it with the Sony A7sII:

There’s the GH5S’s greater range of video tools, including vector scopes and waveforms, and its ability to capture great bit-depth video with better color resolution (10-bit 4:2:2 capture, rather than 8-bit 4:2:0 capture), and the GH5S suddenly looks like something of a bargain. Oh, and the small matter of being able to shoot DCI video and both flavors of 4K at up to 60p, neither of which the Sony can do.

So, while the GH5S doesn’t overthrow the laws of physics by outperforming the a7S II, it comes a lot closer to matching it than sensor size differences alone would lead you to think possible. In many circumstances it comes close and in any situation where you need to maintain a certain depth-of-field, it can outperform the Sony.