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The Best Lenses for Professional Photographers Using the Panasonic S5

Chris Gampat
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12/09/2022
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The Panasonic S5 is one of the smallest and featured packed full frame cameras on the market. For the package, it delivers great image quality, capable autofocus, and a bunch of unique features. On top of all that, it uses some fantastic lenses and boasts incredible durability that’s been tested and confirmed by our entire staff. So of course, it’s more than good enough for professional work. Here are the best lenses for professional photographers using the Panasonic S5. We’ve tested them all too!

How to Use This Guide to the Best Lenses for Professional Photographers Using the Panasonic S5

Here’s what you should know about using this guide to the best lenses for professional photographers using the Panasonic S5:

  • This guide contains products that we’ve reviewed. Lucky for you folks, we’ve reviewed the vast majority of Panasonic lenses and modern lenses in general. Our Ethical Practices don’t allow us to feature products that we haven’t done full reviews of. So when we say these are the best lenses for professional photographers using the Panasonic S5, we truly mean it.
  • This guide is sponsored by Panasonic, who trusts us and understands that we have a set of ethics when it comes to reviewing products. All the product images and sample images in this roundup were shot by Phoblographer staff. There are also links to our fuller reviews.
  • These are the best lenses for professional photographers using the Panasonic S5 if you’re looking for Panasonic’s highest end lenses when it comes to performance. And trust us, we think you’ll love the build quality, size, and the overall performance. These lenses are often designated with the Lumix S Pro moniker.
  • There are lenses in this list that work well with Panasonic’s autofocus features and many have continued to improve with firmware updates.
  • When considering the best lenses for professional photographers using the Panasonic S5, remember that this is full-frame; otherwise known as Lumix S. So unlike Micro Four Thirds, the focal length is exactly what it is.
  • Generally speaking, Panasonic lenses work better on Panasonic bodies than they do with others within the L-Mount Alliance. Part of this has to do with the motors being used.
  • Everything we’ve chosen are lenses with weather-resistance. Weather resistance has more use than just shooting in the rain. It helps prevent dust from getting into your lens and camera. That means you don’t need to retouch out sensor dust.
  • These lenses are for full-frame Panasonic cameras. So they’ll also work on Leica and Sigma L-mount cameras too.
  • With these lenses, you can pretty much do everything with the Leica L-mount. We should know; we own two of them.
  • Basically, treat these like you’re using a higher-end lens. They give that level of performance for a bargain.

Panasonic 16-35mm f4 Lumix S Pro

  • Small
  • Amazingly lightweight for an L mount lens
  • Sharp optics
  • Weather sealing
  • Nice feeling in the hand
  • Focuses very fast!

In our review, we said:

I really, really like the colors from the Panasonic 16-35mm f4 PRO. I still think Panasonic has lenses with even better tint though. However, for small documentary-style setups, cityscapes, or landscapes, you’ll be happy. As stated earlier, we really like the look of the images with L Monochrome D enabled.

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Panasonic 50mm f1.4 Lumix S Pro

  • Very sharp
  • Beautiful bokeh
  • Nice colors
  • Sharp images
  • With Panasonic’s latest firmware updates, it focuses surprisingly quick.
  • Well built
  • Super well weather sealed

In our review, we said:

Just look at this! It’s far different than the muted stuff that Panasonic has put out in the past. Instead, it’s vivid and beautiful.

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Panasonic 24-70mm f2.8 Lumix S PRO

  • Very sharp
  • Beautiful bokeh
  • Close focusing
  • Weather sealed
  • Very fast and usable autofocus

In our review, we state:

Because the Panasonic 24-70mm f2.8 LUMIX Pro has 11 aperture blades, the bokeh is going to be gorgeous. That’s one of my favorite things about this lens. Portrait photographers and photojournalists who use it will be happy with the bokeh it delivers. They’ll be able to tell stories more effectively if they can get their subjects perfectly in focus.

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Panasonic 70-200mm f2.8 Lumix S PRO

  • Excellent stabilization to 7 stops
  • Weather-sealed
  • Lots of controls
  • Beautiful color and bokeh

In our review, we state:

Points of light create nice, rounded bokeh balls at the center that, as expected, elongate towards the edges. Telephoto lenses will make the background appear closer. At 200mm, you can make those nice bokeh balls appear larger and much more obvious.

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The Phoblographer’s various product round-up features are done in-house. Our philosophy is simple: you wouldn’t get a Wagyu beef steak review from a lifelong vegetarian. And you wouldn’t get photography advice from someone who doesn’t touch the product. We only recommend gear that we’ve fully reviewed. If you’re wondering why your favorite product didn’t make the cut, there’s a chance it’s on another list. If we haven’t reviewed it, we won’t recommend it. This method keeps our lists packed with industry-leading knowledge. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

This piece is presented in partnership with Panasonic Lumix. We’ve independently and ethically reviewed all the products in this post already without sponsorship. And we worked with them to recommend a few key gems to you.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.