The Best AUTOFOCUS Settings LUMIX S5II

[@aDDmoreJuiceTV]

You wasted NO time. You went straight to demonstrating and explaining everything in an easy-to-follow and understanding way. You made me watch the entire video, and I don't own the LUMIX S5II yet. THANK you, and keep up the excellent work. Cheers 🥂

[@Markchristiankc]

Thanks so much 😁😁 glad you enjoyed the video

[@srg_creative]

Nice job putting this together! We need more videos like this. Often I see people commenting on the autofocus without taking time to understand the settings. Anyway, I enjoyed it!

[@Markchristiankc]

Thanks so much! I’m happy you enjoyed the video :) and I totally agree. If we take the time to learn how our tools work we’ll make better stuff

[@JustAaronJoshua]

Hey man, I’m new to lumix with the 5 IIX and the G9 II. Thank you for the content!

[@Markchristiankc]

You’re super welcome thanks for watching 😁😁 welcome to the lumix fam!

[@VitaNovaProductions]

Definitely want the deep dive!!

[@Markchristiankc]

Subscribe so you don’t miss when I post it! 😁

[@BibleBeltPunk]

Just subscribed! Appreciate it, I just posted my first yt video using the s5ii!@@Markchristiankc

[@VitaNovaProductions]

Ok Subscribed from this account too lol@@BibleBeltPunk @mckc

[@Markchristiankc]

Thanks so much! appreciate it :)

[@GeeQueee]

Thanks for this.

[@Markchristiankc]

You’re welcome! Happy to have helped 😊

[@bmack3326]

Thanks, I've been trying to figure out what 1-Area AF Moving Speed does for months!

[@Markchristiankc]

Happy to help! Haha 😁

[@allthegearnoidea69]

Brilliant. Thanks so much! I’ve shafted two videos by not focussing correctly! Subbed!

[@Markchristiankc]

You’re welcome 😊 so happy this helped 🙌🏻

[@allthegearnoidea69]

@@Markchristiankc massively. Setting mine up now!

[@SchoneMarisha]

Thank you! Can you please tell, how to set up this blue +, to show me always the center of my focus?

[@Markchristiankc]

Happy to help! This is changed in the metering mode. It’s the 3rd option :)

[@GeorgeHolden]

Awesome video and very thorough to cover every setting!

[@Markchristiankc]

Thanks bro 😎

[@anishaandsunjay]

Great video thanks for your insights!

[@Markchristiankc]

Glad it was helpful! ☺️

[@VIACHESLAVFEDOSOV]

Lumix S5II🔥 who knows why i can't choose which object i need to track? the display does not respond to touch

[@Markchristiankc]

It is a touch screen so should be responding to your touch inputs :/

[@MovewithmeFit]

Super helpful! I have an s5ii and both 35mm and 50mm. This explained things very well!

[@Markchristiankc]

Awesome! So glad this helped you out 🤩 how is the 35mm? I only have the 18mm and 50mm. I need to get more lenses 😂

[@MovewithmeFit]

@@Markchristiankc the 35mm is Amazing! Has great image quality and its perfect for indoor shooting. I shoot majority fitness and training content so being inside of a gym with the 50mm was a challenge😅

[@Markchristiankc]

@MovewithmeFit oh awesome!! I’ll have to make that my next investment 🤩

[@jeffjhcom]

Thanks for this, I just bought the S5ii as I'm doing weddings photos for my friend, there's Af-S or Af-C dial on the front of the camera, what one do I use? Also what is the best way to make sure the camera auto focuses on people so as I can just walk around and take pics? Is it the all area mode in the menu? Thanks a Lot, J

[@Markchristiankc]

Happy to help man! AF-C is for continuous auto focus. AF-S is single. Use AF-C. As for what mode to use yeah try wide but if you’re finding you’re wanting someone in a specific zone of your frame use the zone mode

[@samirtahiriweddingfilms]

Thinking about getting the Panasonic S5 Mark II for our wedding films but I still do not know if the tracking option (tap to focus) is good enough... It is just confusing... thumbs up for this video!

[@Markchristiankc]

Thanks for watching! I think it’d do pretty well, but maybe rent one and test it on a job to see 😊

[@gustavo.visuals]

Great job on that! Super in depth and helpful 💪🏽

[@Markchristiankc]

Thanks bro! 😎

[@eardopes]

How to reach the focuss settings that you are showing all the time in your video?

[@Markchristiankc]

through the Q menu button then select the autofocus type. Or you can find this in the focus page of the main settings by hitting menu then navigating to the focus page

[@eardopes]

@@Markchristiankc Thanks! Yes, it seems that if you long press Q, apparently you can preset 1x press Q to show AF settings.

[@CaribbeanChit]

I just upgraded to the GH7 From the GH5. This autofocus is is realy different. I shoot events with crowds, what would be the best autofocus setting to shoot in a crowd, without the autofocus going crazy and trying to focus on random people?

[@Markchristiankc]

Congrats on the upgrade! So I think there’s two things you could do. First try sticking to single area af so you only have whatever is in the box as in focus. Then two, in the focusing settings make the sensitivity and focus speed much slower. That should help it not switch focus all over the place. If you’re finding it still too fast manual focus may be the way to go in some instances :)

[@CaribbeanChit]

@@Markchristiankc I will definitely Try it, Man this camera makes the GH5 Seems so primitive, so much settings. I appreciate you getting back to me, Thank you

[@marionobre2678]

Having a problem with the autofocus, when I’m filming multiple people it start bouncing the focus between subjects, how can we lock focus?

[@Markchristiankc]

Either tap on the screen to tell it where you want to focus, or use spot/zone focus.

[@delysid_musicPY]

Very good explanation! A video with a more in-depth explanation of the autofocus menu would be good.

[@Markchristiankc]

Hope you’re ready for a loooong video then cuz now I have to make it 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@UltratecJS]

What autofocus settings would you recommend for a cooking channel? When I need to show the cook and the ingredients being presented. Both cook and ingredients are part of the shot. Also for an up-close shot of cook's hands and food, I am noticing the focus going to the hands and I would like the focus to stay on the food even if hands get on the way.

[@Markchristiankc]

It really depends on the shot. If you’re doing something wide then ‘Wide’ focus mode will work perfectly. If you’re doing closeups but want the food to stay in focus, you’ll likely need to make use of tapping the screen and entering the 1-Area focus mode and make sure to keep that box on the food. Can be difficult with hands moving around in the frame though. You could slow down how quickly your camera responds to subjects moving and how quickly it racks focus as well so it’s not as jumpy. Failing that, manual focus 😁

[@UltratecJS]

@@Markchristiankc Great suggestions thank you. It's also better to shoot at a higher F Stop like 4.0 vs 1.8 in these scenarios no?

[@Markchristiankc]

@UltratecJS that’s correct :)

[@АлексейС-ч1й]

Hello! I have a Lumix S5 II - it produces sound in Vegas - as many as 4 tracks - 2 mono and 2 silent. How to make one and stereo? Thank you

[@Markchristiankc]

Hey! So that happens to me too and as far as I can tell you can’t change it in camera. What I do is in davinci resolve I’ll right click on the clip in the media panel and hit ‘clip attributes’. In audio I can change how many tracks there are and what they are. I assume Vegas will have the same thing :)

[@AexoeroV]

Hey, what would be a good focus option for mature content streams where the face would be okay to be in focus but some other body parts could be closer to the camera and they should be in focus too, zone and slower aperture?

[@Markchristiankc]

Wide would be fine

[@AexoeroV]

@@Markchristiankc Thanks but i dont remember a wide auto focus option? Do you mean the full? If we get the camera maybe she could use full without human enabled and that would take more in focus not just the face that might be further from the camera than other body parts? Can this professional cameras be set to focus like a gopro does, infinite focus, about everything in focus?

[@FaizanShakeelKhan]

Is it possible to keep the face/person in focus while other objects cover for some seconds, for example a typical performance shot of a singer with a mic in front?

[@Markchristiankc]

Typically yes but I’ve found it depends how much of the persons face is covered. If it’s a small object then yes the eye tracking does a good job 😊

[@burnieclimber]

Hey do you think the camera would do well in a podcast scenario with autofocus.

[@Markchristiankc]

Very well yes 🙌🏻

[@burnieclimber]

@@Markchristiankc Thanks for the reply! But how about the microphone if it's in front of the face would the af lock on that?

[@Markchristiankc]

@burnieclimber it depends how much in front of the face it is I’d say but if you have it on face and eye lock it should do well. Alternatively you can use zone so it’ll know what area to look in and will lock onto eyes if it detects it

[@TopshelfJunior]

In terms of PHOTO work, does anybody know how to enable the HALF-PRESS SHUTTER to engage the auto-focus ?! I can't figure it out for the life of me !

[@jay_palacios2314]

It’s the the cog wheel under AF tab settings I believe scroll through and you will see the half press shutter at etc

[@estebalstigopopoluz]

I had the s5 and now I've bought the s5 ii. Maybe it's a setting but I can't change my focus zone size nearly as much as I could on my s5. Is this different or is it a setting I missed?

[@Markchristiankc]

Congrats on the purchase! So if you go into the area focus mode you can push the joystick to move the box and then turn one of the dials on top of the camera to change the size of the box. Is there something different to this that you meant?

[@estebalstigopopoluz]

@@Markchristiankc hello and thank you for answering me. Yes I know that but the little box you can make bigger is much smaller than it was on the s5. I'm sorry if I'm being unclear English isn't my first language as you probably can tell. So my problem is that the focus zone I make bigger is smaller than the same focus zone on the s5 when I turn the wheel to make it bigger. Since this camera has more focus zones I'm surprised you can't make it as big as on the older camera. I must be missing a setting right? I hope I am making sense I can't explain it better I don't have the right words. Once again, thank you for the help.

[@Markchristiankc]

@estebalstigopopoluz no worries about the English it’s perfect :) So if you try setting the focus zone/mode to ‘Wide’ which should be the 2nd from the left, that will give you the entire sensor width to focus with :)

[@KwamtumPshX]

Any reason to revist this subject after firmware v3?

[@Markchristiankc]

It may be worth going through what’s new but I wouldn’t remake this entire video with the new firmware in mind. If going through the new firmware is something you’d want to see though I can work that into a new video :)

[@KwamtumPshX]

@@Markchristiankc New stuff and just the overall AF performance. I've seen some comments to the effect that it feels like a whole new camera. I just picked mine up a couple days ago and immediately updated the firmware so I really wouldn't know. Imo, I would love to see a complete review after v3, since many reviews are over a year old.

[@Markchristiankc]

@KwamtumPshX good point! I’ll put it into my video schedule so you’ll see that soon :)

[@KwamtumPshX]

@@Markchristiankc Thanks man, I appreciate your efforts!

[@KwamtumPshX]

@@Markchristiankc Thanks man, I appreciate your efforts!

[@NeonCucumber]

Please do deeper settings! Was the part of the vid I came for lol

[@Markchristiankc]

I was worried about video length 😂 but I’ll make another video going into the deeper settings! Thanks for watching 😊

[@MomAli-g8d]

why you noy shoot 50fram and 100 fram??

[@Markchristiankc]

I do when I want slow motion 😊

[@martingreenberg870]

The autofocus on the S5ii has decreased in ability to focus by leaps and bounds. The contrast detection Depth from Defocus was slower to focus but got there. The PDAF for photography doesn’t focus at all about 30% of the time. As a photographer who does very little video I would say the S5ii PDAF is unacceptable. It goes without saying you title should have stated the best autofocus settings for the S5ii relates to the video autofocus. Most of the S5ii autofocus videos are geared for video shooters. The photographer in the audience is being ignored. I tried setting my S5ii up the way you described. You would show the LCD screen very quickly and then show the choices from the menu. I had to stop the video several times and rewatch to catch up to you when you segued. For continuous AF the camera refused to go into Mode2. Turns out Mode2 only works while recording video. I am going to return this camera because of the very poor quality autofocus. I will buy a Fuji camera. The Fuji auto focus may not be as good as the S5ii advertised autofocus but it does work. More than I can say for the S5ii. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

[@Markchristiankc]

Your comment definitely intrigued me and I may make another video touching on this subject. As a videographer first my main focus is video, but I didn’t want to limit this video to just videographers. I’ll have to see what my photographer friend @Georgeholden thinks. Hopefully Fuji serves you well. All that matters is finding the right tool for you ☺️ happy creating!

[@mamumonkan]

AND while the S5II may work for you :) HERE my beef with the Panasonic S system as a filmer and photographer. So while the S series may work for you :) For me it has one >>MORTAL FLAWMORTAL FLAW

[@Markchristiankc]

Having tested this out, this isn't true.

[@mamumonkan]

@@Markchristiankc just words ... or how did you test it :)

[@Cocteauwho]

You’ve been hawking this nonsense at every opportunity. It is sad you have issues (not the camera).

[@lonniesfilmmaking333]

Lol it can't keep up with the big boys 😂

[@Markchristiankc]

Focus test video coming very soon! 😁 we’ll see 👀

[@user-pv8mz6ey4r]

Great job on that! Super in depth and helpful 💪🏽

[@Markchristiankc]

Thank you! ☺️