New Products

Staff · Issue 144, May/Jun 2025 · pp. 13–23

Products mentioned: Panasonic S1R II, Nauticam NA-S1RII Housing, Insta360 X5, Divevolk Underwater External Shutter, Underwater Camera Store Equipment Buying Guides, Olympus E-M10 IV, Nauticam NA-A9III/A1II Housing, Sony a9 III, Sony a1 II, AOI Aura Light System, Nauticam NA-Z8, Nikon Z8, Seacam A9 III / A1 II Housing, Marelux 42301 Macroview MV-15 Closeup Lens, Sony RX100 VII

New Products The Panasonic S1R II seems more of a redesign than an evolution, both in terms of capabilities as well as form factor. The new S1R II is built around a 44MP 8.1K sensor that allows for both high resolution stills capture as well as 8K video at up to 30p with low rolling shutter effect. The S1R II can also record ProRes RAW or 422 at selected resolutions and frame rates. Promising improved autofocus, more in-line with its peers, the S1RII features phase-detection and enhanced subject tracking. In addition to an overall smaller footprint, the S1R II also has relocated ‘Movie” mode from the exposure mode dial to a dedicated switch below the drive mode dial. This frees up the exposure dial to have 5 custom Nauticam NA-S1RII Housing mode positions which have discrete settings for stills and video mode. In addition to the high-resolution video capture specs, the S1R II also featur…