Panasonic GH5S - 2 New Audio Features

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The Panasonic GH5S has two new audio features which make this camera a little easier to work with from an audio standpoint: Timecode input and line level inputs. What does this mean? First, with timecode, you can simplify the process of syncing your video clips to audio clips recorded with a separate audio recorder. This means you can get higher quality audio and still sync quickly and effortlessly in post. Second, you could instead use your audio recorder or mixer to capture sound and then from your mixer, send the audio to the GH5S at line level which also results in higher quality audio but in this case you don’t have to sync in post - it is already baked in to the video clip!

Let’s have a look at how well each of these new features work.

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Links to gear discussed and used to record this session:
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Panasonic GH5S

Amazon (US, UK, DE, FR): http://geni.us/hnP75j

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2Cbt6mY

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Panasonic XLR1 Microphone Adapter (so that you can use XLR based microphones with the GH5S)

Amazon: https://geni.us/U1r9

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2EhCAmO

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Sound Devices MixPre-10T

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2D57TvT

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Oktava mk-012 Microphone - great budget microphone for indoor dialogue recording

Amazon: https://geni.us/GOLv0wr

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Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 OIS Lens - incredibly versatile lens that is on the GH5S most of the time

Amazon (US, UK, DE, FR): http://geni.us/uMsKam

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2i6s2gv

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Lupo Superpanel LED Light Panel - Dual Color

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2DqyHrX

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Rosco 1/2 Soft Frost Diffusion (slightly diffuses the light, taped to the LED panel)

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2EkWMEo

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Ambient Recording NanoLockit Timecode Generator with Wireless Sync

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2CaWQAN

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Ursa Mini Pro Cinema Camera

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2AKJOcN

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Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 OS ART Lens

Amazon (US, UK, DE, FR): http://geni.us/4JE8j2w

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2kjsI2x

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