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Panasonic S1R II review: An excellent hybrid camera that’s cheaper than rivals

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The S1R II is Panasonic ’s best hybrid camera ever thanks to the excellent photo and video quality.

The camera is available at a more reasonable $ 3,300 -- half the price of Sony 's A1 II .

The main catch is the lack of a high-speed stacked sensor, which can cause some skewing in both images and video.

The rear display tilts up and down to allow for easy overhead or shoot-from-the-hip photography.

Panasonic 's new S1R II can hit 40 RAW images per second in silent electronic mode.

The camera has an overhauled phase-detect autofocus system and a new, faster processor.

Photo quality is outstanding with detail as good as rivals, though it's short of Sony ’s 61 -megapixel A7R V.

Panasonic 's in-body stabilization is nearly on par with rivals Canon's 8.5 stops on the R5 II .

Panasonic 's S1R II is Panasonic ’s best hybrid mirrorless camera to date.

It's also the cheapest new camera in the high-resolution hybrid full-frame category.