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Best Memory Cards Panasonic S5

  • July 21, 2021
  • Alik

Panasonic S5 Memory Card Recommendations

Best SD Card Panasonic S5

The Panasonic S5 has dual card slots with UHS-II as slot 1 and UHS-I as slot 2. The max video bitrate the camera shoots is 200Mbps or 25MB/s.

For Photographers, the S5 does not have any specs that require any card faster than UHS-I U3 cards but UHS-II cards are useful in a single card setup for bursting or for a RAW+JPG backup setup when bursting. 

Videographers only need UHS-I cards, but often like using UHS-II cards for faster files transfer speeds for offloading data to a computer.

For this camera, I would only recommend UHS-II v60 cards, or UHS-I cards and feel that v90 cards would be a waste of money.

Here is a list of some of the best cards for the Panasonic S5.

Recommended SD Cards In-Camera Speed (S1H) See Price
UHS-II Cards    
Sony E U3 75 MB/s (rated) Amazon
Sony M Tough v60 71.3 MB/s Amazon
ProGrade v60 53.3 MB/s Amazon
UHS-I U3    
Sandisk Extreme Pro 38.2 MB/s Amazon
Delkin Black Tough 37.7 MB/s B&H
Kingston Canvas Go! 37.6 MB/s B&H

Camera memory card speeds based on the Panasonic S1H memory card tests.

My #1 recommendation would be a Sony E-card. It’s only a little more expensive than a UHS-I card but you get the benefits of faster transfer speeds to your computer. If you want a tough card, the Sony M cards are nice, or you could go with the Delkin Black UHS-I card.

 

 

Best Memory Cards Panasonic S5

The Panasonic S5 has some interesting specs and capabilities and knowing its limitations could save you a lot of money on memory cards. So before we get into the list, here is what you need to know about buying memory cards for the Panasonic S5.

The S5 has dual memory card slots and you can record to two cards at the same time when shooting stills or video.

While the S5 is capable of using UHS-II memory cards, only slot 1 is capable of taking advantage of those speeds. Slot 2 is UHS-I only. 

This means, if you plan on shooting backup to both cards at the same time, you’ll be limited to UHS-I performance and there will be no benefit to spending money on high-end UHS-II cards.

Also, since the Panasonic video specs max out at 200Mbps, or 25MBs, this means the highest speed class you’ll need for video is U3 which is offered by most UHS-I memory cards.

Basically, the camera will support UHS-II memory cards, but if you plan on shooting video or shooting with dual memory card slots, UHS-I cards are all you need.

 

Panasonic S5 Specs

Sensor: Full Frame 24.2MP CMOS
Continuous Shoot: 7fps
Est. Buffer Size: ?
RAW Shots To Fill Buffer: 24 RAW
Max Memory Card Size: ?
4k Datarate: H.264 4:2:2 150Mbps / H.265 4:2:0 200Mbps
1080p Datarate: 100Mbps

 

Best Memory Cards For 4k Video

Video specs are a little confusing with the Panasonic S5. There are a few compression types to choose from with different bitrates, subsampling, and color depth.

In an ideal world, you’ll want to shoot 4k with 10-bit at 4:2:2. This will give you the best-looking image. Strangely Panasonic doesn’t offer that with the H.265 video codec, they only offer it with an H.264 codec at a lower bitrate of 150Mbps. To be fair, this is all most people really want that are casually shooting video, and having the internal 4:2:2 10-bit is a really nice feature.

If you want a better bitrate you the only way to get it is to shoot 50p or 60p which gives you 200Mbps, but it uses the H.265 coded which is also 50% more efficient, but only with a 4:2:0 subsampling.

For all the bitrates, you’ll only need a maximum of a U3 memory card which supports a minimum write speed of 30MB/s.

 

Minimum write speeds based on card speed ratings

U1 = 10MBs or 80Mbps

U3 = 30MBs or 250Mbps

V60 = 60MBs or 480Mbps

v90 = 90MBs or 720Mbps.

 

Panasonic S5 Video Specs & Recording Modes

If you need unlimited record time, the Panasonic S5 only offers unlimited with 4:2:0 8-bit.  All the other record modes have a 30 minute record time.

Record Limit: Unlimited for 4:2:0 8-bit. 30-min for 10-bit 4:2:2 and 10-bit 4:2:0
Audio FIle Format: AAC, Linear PCM

4k Recording Modes
UHD 4k H.265: 4:2:0 10-bit 50p-60p | 200Mbps
UHD 4k H.265: 4:2:0 10-bit 24-60p | 100Mbps
UHD 4k H.264: 4:2:2 10-bit 24p-30p | 150Mbps
UHD 4k H.264:
4:2:0 8-bit 24p-60p | 100Mbps

1080p Recording Modes
Full HD H.264: 4:2:2 10-bit 24p to 120p | 100Mbps

 

Panasonic S5 Record Times and Memory Card Capacity

This chart takes a few of the different bitrates and the record options listed above to show how much record time you can be expected to get out of each size card.

You can also use my record time calculator to see even more memory card sizes.

Keep in mind that the 200Mbps record-setting is for 50-60p, which can be played back in slow motion or at regular speed. If you confirm it to 25 or 30 then your clips would be twice as long.

Panasonic S5 Record Times 64GB 128GB 256GB 512GB
4k        
4k 200Mbps | 25MB/s 43min 85min 171min 341min
4k 150 Mbps | 18.75MB/s 57min 114min 228min 455min
4k 100 Mbps | 12.5MB/s 85min 171min 341min 683min
1080p        
1080p 100Mbps | 12.5MB/s 85min 171min 341min 683min

 

 

Best Memory Cards Panasonic S5 Bottom Line

Panasonic has put together quite a nice camera but that second SD card slot is only UHS-I which makes buying memory cards a bit tricky. This was always my big complaint about the Sony A7III. Even though you’ve put in a UHS-II card, you still only get UHS-I performance because of that backup slot adding a bottleneck to the whole system, so you have to decide if you want maximum speed with a single UHS-II card slot or redundancy with slower UHS-I speeds.

If you’re just ok using a single SD card, then you will get more than twice the performance using a UHS-II memory card.

I recommend you stick with slower UHS-II cards that come in at a more affordable price. The V60 cards or that Sony E card. UHS-I cards are also a great option.

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Alik

Professional editor, blogger and photographer from Los Angeles California.

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