Watch: How to Decide Between the Panasonic GH5 & GH5S | No Film School

What's the one thing you truly consider when investing money in equipment? While it may include spec, budget, future-proofing, workflow, or ergonomics, more often than not, it boils down to personal preference. Your opinion might have you saying, "I like the look of this lens" or "I like how this image makes me feel," and when you voice that opinion, manufacturers listen and try to create better filmmaking tools

When Panasonic crashed the market with the GH5, a mirrorless 4K camera capable of internal 10-bit 4:2:2 recording, shooters were generally happy. Albeit MFT, recent software updates provide ALL-Intra codec with bit rates of up to 400Mbps, higher resolution anamorphic shooting, HLG recording, and a slew of other features for under $2K. Conveniently, it also fits in the palm of your hand. And to think, it feels like yesterday that we were excited about the Sony DSR-PD150 and its 3-CCD 1/3-inch sensor.

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In January, Panasonic confirmed recent rumors by officially releasing the GH5S with a newly designed chip (with half the megapixel count of the GH5) to perform better in low light. Panasonic also added Dual Native ISO to the GH5s, removed the 5-axis mage stabilization found in the GH5, and, though they can both record 4K DCI and UHD, enabled the GH5s to tackle 60p (the GH5 is currently limited to 24p in 4K DCI).

The differences make determining your personal preference quite difficult, that is unless you can get your hands on both cameras. Caleb of DSLR Video Shooter was able to do just that and highlights the sensor functionality of the GH5 and GH5S in a rudimentary but easy way to comprehend. He suggests that each camera is designed for a specific type of filmmaker, with the GH5S being for shooters wanting to control the image stability of the sensor themselves and the GH5 ideal for those wanting a sensor that can control image stabilization, practically ideal for run-and-gun creators.

Still uncertain? There's plenty of solid information out there from DP Review, Kai W, Fstoppers, and Cinema5D. Let us know what you think of the GH5 and GH5S' capabilities in the comments below.

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What's the Hype With 'Interstellar' Revisiting Cinemas After a Decade in 70mm IMAX?

Here's Why You Need to Revisit 'Interstellar' in 70mm IMAX

Celebrate the love and hope at the center of Nolan's space epic in the format it was meant to be seen.

If we know anything about Christopher Nolan, he likes to go big. Nolan started with smaller-scale stories (as many of us do) with early noir adjacent works like Following, Memento, and Insomnia, then started going and staying big with his illusionist drama The Prestige. Since then, the scale has been various degrees of massive, with the biggest scope in his time-and-space sprawling epic, Interstellar.

While Interstellarmight not be everyone's favorite Nolan outing, there's no denying it's an impressive feat of filmmaking and his most emotional—if watching Matthew McConaughey's Cooper desperately try to reach his family through quantum space-time doesn't make you cry at least a little bit, what's going on, dude?

With Interstellar'sIMAX release, it's a great time to shed some tears in a public setting in one of the most prestigious film formats around. As we mentioned in our film gauge piece, Nolan loves shooting on film and utilizes 65mm intentionally to provoke a tone of massive scale. In that regard, Interstellar was made for 70mm IMAX. That goes without saying, dawg. That being said, other factors make Interstellar a perfect movie to revisit in theaters while you can.

Let's break down the release further below.

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