Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S vs. Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S and Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR. Compare design, sensors, zoom functions, batteries and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect digital camera. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the camera that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S vs. Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Product Type Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording
Lens Included Body only DA 18-55mm WR lens
Height 9.81 cm 9.3 cm
Width 13.85 cm 12.55 cm
Depth 8.74 cm 7.4 cm
Weight 580 g 628 g
Weight Details Camera body only: 580 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 660 g
Camera body only: 628 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 688 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy -
Enclosure Colour Black Black
Protection Splashproof, freezeproof, dust-resistant Weatherproof, freezeproof, dust-resistant
Optical Zoom - 3.1x
SENSOR Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Sensor Resolution 10.28 Megapixel 24.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Live MOS CMOS
Total Pixels 11,930,000 pixels 24,780,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 10,280,000 pixels 24,240,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm) APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 60 fps 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF), Dual Native ISO technology Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Special Protect (SP) coating
Image Stabiliser Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism) Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes Yes
Sensors Digital level metre Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Image Processor Venus Engine 10 PRIME MII
LENS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Type - Zoom lens - 3.1x zoom - 18 - 55 mm - f/3.5-5.6 DA AL WR Pentax KAF - zoom
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 27.5 - 84mm
Focus Adjustment - Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance - 25 cm
Max View Angle - 76 degree(s)
Zoom Adjustment - Manual
Lens Construction - 8 groups / 11 elements
Filter Size - 52 mm
Lens Mounting Type Micro Four Thirds Pentax KAF2
Features - Aspherical lens, weatherproof
FOCUSING Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 225 11
Auto Focus Features Focus Peaking function, Depth From Defocus (DFD) technology Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF, Eye detection AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF
Face Detection Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function Yes
VIEWFINDER Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Viewfinder Type Electronic - OLED Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour -
Viewfinder Resolution 3,680,000 pixels (1280 x 960 x 3) -
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 1.52x 0.95x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +3 -2.5 to +1.5
Field of View Crop Factor 2 -
Interchangeable Focusing Screens - Yes
Features Auto eye sensor -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
ISO (Max) 25600 102400
Native ISO 80-51200 100-102400
Extended ISO (Max) 102400 (H1), 204800 (H2) -
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO auto, ISO 102400, ISO 51200, ISO 12800, ISO 25600, ISO 204800 ISO auto, ISO 100-102400
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 1728 77
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, ISO priority, shutter & aperture priority
Bracketing Modes Focus bracketing, white balance bracketing, aperture bracketing -
Shooting Programs - Landscape, portrait mode, macro, museum, surf & snow, PET, Blue Sky, food, night scene, sunset, candle, night snapshot, night scene with portrait, kids, Stage, night scene HDR, moving object, forest, backlight silhouette
Special Effects Sepia, Vivid, soft focus, natural, monochrome, portrait, miniature, Cross Process, Retro, Expressive, high dynamic, Bleach Bypass, High Key, Low Key, Scenery, Toy effect, Star Filter, Impressive Art, One Point Colour, Dynamic Monochrome, Sunshine, Old Days, Toy Pop, Fantasy, Rough Monochrome, Silky Monochrome Soft, Slim, Pastel, fisheye, natural, bright, Vibrant, Sketch, monochrome, Muted, Flat, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, Cross Process, Retro, Colour Extract, Toy camera, starburst, High contrast, Colour Invert, Bleach Bypass, Posterisation, Radiant, Reversal Film, Shading, Tone Expansion, Bold Monochrome, Unicolour Bold, Colour replace
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, 2500K - 10000K (100K steps) Cloudy, tungsten light, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white), Color Temperature Enhancement (CTE), fluorescent light (daylight colour), fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type Mechanical Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/6000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 60 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 7 steps in 1/3, 2/3 or 1 EV steps -
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
X-sync Speed 1/250sec 1/180 sec
Exposure Range EV 0-18 (ISO 100) EV 0-22 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Type 3.2" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes -
Display Format 1,620,000 pixels 921,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Rotating Rotating
Display Features Display brightness control, display colour control, display contrast control, display saturation control, Touch AF Display brightness control, display colour control, display saturation control, red backlight mode
FLASH Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Camera Flash - Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) - 12
Flash Modes - Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction, P-TTL, slow sync
Red-Eye Reduction - Yes
Features - AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Digital Video Format AVCHD, H.264, MOV, H.265 H.264, MOV
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW + JPEG, DNG (RAW), PEF (RAW)
Max Video Resolution 4096 x 2160 1920 x 1080
Audio Signal Format Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel), Linear PCM, AAC -
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
Microphone Features Wind noise reduction Sensitivity control
MEMORY Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Memory Card Slot Dual SD card SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card Included No No
Image Storage 3680 x 2760
3840 x 2560
4016 x 2256
2592 x 1944
2736 x 1824
2816 x 1584
1824 x 1368
1920 x 1280
1920 x 1080
2752 x 2752
1936 x 1936
1360 x 1360
3328 x 2496 - 4K PHOTO
3504 x 2336 - 4K PHOTO
3840 x 2160 - 4K PHOTO
2880 x 2880 - 4K PHOTO
6000 x 4000
4608 x 3072
3072 x 2048
1920 x 1440
Video Capture AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 59.94 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 59.94 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 59.94 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 23.98 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 60 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 50 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 24 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 25 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 59.94 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 29.97 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 23.98 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 50 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 50 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Battery Type Panasonic DMW-BLF19 Lithium Ion Pentax D-Li109 Lithium Ion
Details Panasonic DMW-BLF19 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1860 mAh (included) Pentax D-Li109 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 440 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 410 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 410 shots (50% flash usage)
Photo shooting - 480 shots (flash off)
Playback - 4.5 hours
CONNECTIONS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Interface HDMI, USB 3.1, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2 HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Exif Print support
Computer Connectivity - Mac, Windows
Flash Terminal Hot shoe, PC terminal Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.1 (24 pin Micro-USB-C)
HDMI output (19 pin HDMI Type A)
Microphone/line input (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control (sub-mini phone 2.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
TC input / output
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone 3.5mm)
FEATURES Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 2sec, 12sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 2 frames per second, 8 frames per second, 5 frames per second, 12 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 7 frames per second, 30 frames per second (4K), 60 frames per second (4K) 3 frames per second, 6 frames per second
HDR Mode - Auto HDR mode
Additional Features Audio recording, built-in speaker, date/time stamp, digital image rotation, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, cropping an image, resizing an image, highlight point display, in-camera RAW processing, text stamp, Touch Shutter technology, Time-Lapse recording, primary colour filter, slow motion recording, Focus Stacking, Post Focus function, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording RGB primary colour filter, digital image rotation, histogram display, cropping an image, resizing an image, interval shooting mode, in-camera film editing, mirror lock, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, horizon correction, HDR image enhancement technology, Dynamic Range Compensation, no anti-aliasing filter, Dual Axis Electronic Level, astrophotography optimised, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Distortion Correction, high ISO speed noise reduction, colour moire correction, Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction, anti-aliasing filter simulator, diffraction correction, Pixel Shift Resolution technology, multiple exposure capture
OTHERS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Pentax K-70 + DA 18-55mm WR
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, sync terminal cover, cable holder, hot shoe cap, BNC adapter Battery charger, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, shoulder strap, eyecup, shoe cap
Software - Drivers & Utilities
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature -10 °C -10 °C
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