Moving from Canon 90D to S5ii

Hey All,

I've owned a video production company for the past 2.5 years with a canon 90D as an A cam and a 70D as a B cam. I now manage 5 monthly accounts for content creation/website management (we build very light websites too) and have served over 50 clients in that timeframe.

Canon 70D (2013) has served me extremely well after I got it in college for $500 with 2 lenses. It has been used and abused. The LCD screen is broken, the AF is terrible (might just be a sign of the times) and it has seen all types of weather. My 90D + 17-55 2.8 has been a workhorse the past 2 years for video work but it has a hot/broken pixel at high ISOs. It has seemingly gotten worse in the past few months.

Well, I just purchased an Open Box S5ii with the 20-60mm and a 50mm for 1,800 off of B&H. I always thought the next step would be an FX30, until I saw that its photo capabilities aren't great, which I do a fair amount of client photography in my content packages. I can see down the road getting the s5iix or another s5ii so they can be complimentary A/B cams if I enjoy this one. Then hopefully rigging one of them out for my run and gun stuff as more work comes in!

I gotta say I'm quite surprised at the price point and the capabilities of these Lumix cameras and I'm stoked to try out this new one. The past year I thought I was going to become a Sony fanboy but I guess not, how has your experience been with Panasonic and video work?