The S1R II has a newly designed, much more compact body that is almost identical to the Lumix S5 II, which measures 134.3 x 102.3 x 91.8mm and weighs 712g / 1.57 lb body only. This does mean that the the large status LCD on top of the S1R which was useful for quickly checking the camera's key settings has been removed on the newer model.

With NAB just over a month away, the camera and tech market for the film and video industry is starting to heat up. We’ve seen some major announcements from Sigma and DJI over the last few weeks, but we’re anticipating a lot more from the legacy camera manufacturing brands like Canon,

Panasonic has reinvented its high-res full-framer as a hybrid all-rounder, but it's the promised of improved AF that grabbed our attention.