Panasonic GH5S vs Panasonic LS5

Its time to look a little more closely at the Panasonic GH5S vs Panasonic LS5, former is a Pro Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact and they are both manufactured by Panasonic. There exists a substantial gap between the resolutions of the GH5S (10MP) and LS5 (14MP) and the GH5S (Four Thirds) and LS5 (1/2.3") boast different sensor measurements.

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The GH5S was introduced 6 years after the LS5 which is quite a big difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras feature different body design with the Panasonic GH5S being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic LS5 being a Compact camera.

Before getting into a thorough comparison, here is a simple view of how the GH5S scores vs the LS5 in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

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When you are planning to carry around your camera often, you are going to need to factor in its weight and measurements. The Panasonic GH5S provides outer measurements of 139mm x 98mm x 87mm (5.5" x 3.9" x 3.4") accompanied by a weight of 660 grams (1.46 lbs) and the Panasonic LS5 has proportions of 97mm x 62mm x 27mm (3.8" x 2.4" x 1.1") and a weight of 126 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change based on the lens you have during that time. Underneath is a front view size comparison of the GH5S vs the LS5.

Considering dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the GH5S and LS5 is 62 and 94 respectively.

Typically, it is very tough to picture the difference between sensor sizes merely by looking at specs. The picture below might provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the GH5S and LS5.

As you can plainly see, the two cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The GH5S with its larger sensor is going to make achieving shallow depth of field simpler and the Panasonic LS5 will resolve extra detail using its extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also make it easier to crop images way more aggressively. The more modern GH5S should have an edge when it comes to sensor tech.