Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S vs. Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S and Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S vs. Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 9.44 cm 9.81 cm
Width 12.69 cm 13.85 cm
Depth 4.82 cm 8.74 cm
Weight 446 g 580 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 580 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 660 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour Black Black
Protection - Splashproof, freezeproof, dust-resistant
SENSOR Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Sensor Resolution 12.2 Megapixel 10.28 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Exmor CMOS Live MOS
Total Pixels 12,400,000 pixels 11,930,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 12,200,000 pixels 10,280,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Full Frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm) Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 60 fps 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF), Dual Native ISO technology
Image Stabiliser - Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Image Processor BIONZ X Venus Engine 10
LENS Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Lens Mounting Type Sony E-mount Micro Four Thirds
FOCUSING Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 25 225
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Depth From Defocus (DFD) technology
AE/AF Control - Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF, Eye detection AF
Face Detection - Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Viewfinder Type Electronic - OLED Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size 0.5" -
Viewfinder Resolution 2,359,296 pixels 3,680,000 pixels (1280 x 960 x 3)
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.71x 1.52x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +3 -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor - 2
Features Viewfinder brightness control Auto eye sensor
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
ISO (Max) 409600 25600
Native ISO - 80-51200
Extended ISO (Max) 409600 102400 (H1), 204800 (H2)
Extended ISO (Min) 50 -
Light Sensitivity ISO 50, ISO 100-409600 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
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 1200 1728
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes Dynamic Range Bracketing Focus bracketing, white balance bracketing, aperture bracketing
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
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, cloudy, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater, 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight colour), fluorescent light (daylight white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, 2500K - 10000K (100K steps)
Shutter Type Mechanical electronically-controlled Mechanical
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 60 sec
Exposure Compensation - ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 or 5 steps 7 steps in 1/3, 2/3 or 1 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes Yes
X-sync Speed - 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV -3-20 (ISO 100) EV 0-18 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Type 3" LCD display 3.2" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 921,600 pixels 1,620,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Folding Rotating
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control, display colour control, display contrast control, display saturation control, Touch AF
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Digital Video Format AVCHD, H.264, XAVC S AVCHD, H.264, MOV, H.265
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 4096 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel), Linear PCM, AAC
Surround Sound Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording -
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
Microphone Features - Wind noise reduction
MEMORY Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Memory Card Slot Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card Dual SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo 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
Memory Card Included - No
Image Storage JPEG 4240 x 2832
JPEG 2768 x 1848
JPEG 2128 x 1416
JPEG 1376 x 920
JPEG 4240 x 2384
JPEG 2768 x 1560
JPEG 2128 x 1200
JPEG 1376 x 776
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
Video Capture XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 - 50Mbps
XAVC S - 1280 x 720 - 50Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1440 x 1080 - 12Mbps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 3Mbps
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
BATTERY AND CHARGING Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Battery Type Sony NP-FW50 Lithium Ion Panasonic DMW-BLF19 Lithium Ion
Details Sony NP-FW50 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1080 mAh (included) Panasonic DMW-BLF19 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1860 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 360 shots Photo shooting - 440 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 410 shots (EVF on)
CONNECTIONS Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0, Wireless LAN, NFC (Near Field Communication) HDMI, USB 3.1, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2
Print Standard Direct print, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe, PC terminal
Connector Type USB 2.0
HDMI output
Composite video/audio output
Microphone
Headphones
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
FEATURES Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 2.5 frames per second, 5 frames per second 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)
Additional Features Built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, histogram display, Sweep Panorama technology, Dynamic Range Optimizer, peripheral illumination correction, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), high-speed recording, Superior Auto mode, BRAVIA Sync function, PhotoTV HD, distortion correction function, Clean HDMI output for 4K movies 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
OTHERS Sony Alpha7s ILCE-7S Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Included Accessories Body cap, shoulder strap, additional battery, micro-USB cable, 2 battery chargers, 2 battery packs Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, sync terminal cover, cable holder, hot shoe cap, BNC adapter
Software Sony PlayMemories Home, Sony Image Data Converter 4.0 -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C -10 °C
Service & Support Limited warranty - parts and labour - 2 years -
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