Panasonic Releases Full-Frame Portable Camera LumIX S9 for Content Creators

Tap Tech News May 22nd news, tonight Panasonic released the full-frame portable camera LUMIX S9, mainly targeting the content creation market. The camera has a small and beautiful appearance design, and is equipped with Panasonic's self-developed Real Time LUTs function, providing rich color adjustment options.

Lumix S9 is Panasonic's smallest full-frame L-mount camera so far, and its volume is even smaller than that of Fujifilm X100VI and close to Sony A7CII. In addition to the camera body, Panasonic will also release a 26mm F8 pancake lens and an 18-40mm f/4.5-6.3 compact zoom lens under development.

In order to cooperate with the use of Lumix S9, Panasonic also launched a new supporting application Lumix Lab, which is compatible with iOS and Android systems. This software can allow users to easily realize photo uploading, editing and sharing.

Lumix S9 went on sale overseas today, offering 5 color schemes of black, blue, green, red, and black-silver. The price of the body only is 1499 US dollars (Tap Tech News note: currently about 10853 yuan). At the same time, there is also a 26mm f/8 pancake lens with a weight of only 58 grams, with a price of 219 pounds.

The price of the body only makes Lumix S9 one of Panasonic's cheapest full-frame cameras. The new camera has similar technical specifications to the 2023 best video camera Lumix S5II, including the ability to shoot 24.2 million pixels, 6K OpenGate mode video recording, with 5-axis in-body image stabilization and phase detection autofocus, and supports high-speed continuous shooting + pre-shooting.

Panasonic has also developed a new MP4 Lite video format, and its file size is reduced by about 40% compared to the MP4 format.

A new LUT dedicated button is also provided on the LUMIX S9 body, which allows users to easily call various color configuration files (LUTs, which can be understood as a kind of advanced filter) in the application, including the styles created by users themselves and the presets provided by the application.

Lumix S9 has no viewfinder and provides a flippable screen. In addition, due to the thinner body, the S9 removed the cooling fan of Lumix S5II, and in the future use, it is necessary to pay attention to whether the camera will have overheating problems.

Tap Tech News attaches the main features of Lumix S9 introduced by the official:

First, the compact body in the LUMIX S series combines a small and lightweight body with high image quality

1) The body is small and lightweight, weighing about 403 grams;

2) About 24.2 million pixels of the full-frame CMOS sensor and the latest engine provide strong imaging performance;

3) The real-time recognition autofocus improved by PDAF (hybrid phase auto-detection autofocus) can provide more accurate tracking performance;

4) Excellent image stabilization technology, equipped with five-axis dual-effect image stabilization: 6.5 stops / 5 stops for in-body image stabilization and active image stabilization system, users can have a fairly stable picture performance in daily shooting.

5) Equipped with MP4 Lite specification video shooting, which is a new video mode optimized for smartphones (full-frame).

6) Rear free-flipping screen for flexible shooting at all angles.

Second, the new LUMIX Lab application, easy to connect

1) Compared to the original APP, LUMIX Lab can transfer the camera content to the phone faster.

2) Users can easily create the original LUT filter file and transfer it from the smartphone to the camera, so as to use their favorite LUT color.

3) Can quickly and easily edit MP4 Lite video files to improve the efficiency from content shooting and production to content release.

Third, the real-time LUT filter can realize more free creative expression

1) Custom LUT files can be loaded in the camera for creative shooting.

2) There is a dedicated LUT filter button on the body