Don't sleep on the Panasonic Lumix S9: the underrated camera hits a record-low price

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Looking to up your video contented creation crippled but don't want to walk big? The Panasonic S9 is simply a awesome prime acknowledgment to a value trim astatine Adorama and different starring retailers.

The S9 is going for $1,397.99 (was $1,497) astatine Adorama today, which is simply a caller record-low for this video-centric full-frame body. For this price, it's difficult to reason that nan S9 is simply a compelling prime pinch its 6K unfastened gross video, in-built LUTs, and class-leading image stabilization. Combined, these features make it 1 of nan best cameras for YouTube if you're dead-set connected getting your hands connected a full-frame sensor successful a mini compact shape factor.

As antecedently stated, this woody is disposable astatine Adorama, B&H Photo, and Amazon truthful there's plentifulness of prime successful respect to retailers. There is an extracurricular chance that this peculiar assemblage could driblet moreover little complete Black Friday but I wouldn't expect thing excessively melodramatic considering this is simply a 2024 model.

Panasonic Lumix S9 astatine a caller record-low price

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A divisive camera but awesome value

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Our Panasonic Lumix S9 review wasn't wholly affirmative erstwhile this camera came out, mostly because Panasonic has undoubtedly had to make immoderate compromises to fresh specified superb specs into a mini full-frame assemblage astatine this price. The S9, for example, doesn't characteristic a viewfinder aliases basking shoe, which massively limits its imaginable arsenic a camera for photography. It's teeny-tiny assemblage is besides a difficult pairing pinch immoderate of nan L-Mounts larger lenses without adding an further grip.

With that said, nan S9 is simply a camera that's surely getting amended pinch age. For example, caller firmware upgrades see an accrued headdress limit connected video recording, much taxable discovery autofocus modes, and distant shooting via nan Lumix Lab app. Panasonic has besides precocious released a caller compact Lumix S 18-40mm F4.5-6.3 zoom lens, which is tailor-made to brace pinch nan S9's incredibly svelte body.

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Alex is TechRadar's deals editor, specializing successful getting our readers nan bang bang for nan subordinate connected nan tech that we cognize and love. He's a dab manus astatine covering retailer events for illustration Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day having complete 7 years of e-commerce acquisition astatine Future PLC; including bylines astatine our sister sites T3 and GamesRadar. Alex's expertise touches connected astir areas of TechRadar but he has a peculiar emotion for phones, laptops, and cameras, being an avid photographer. Outside of work, you'll find him indulging his emotion for thoroughfare and recreation photography, astatine location moving connected music, aliases down astatine nan section climbing gym.

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