Panasonic Lumix S5IIX: Difference between revisions

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Owners of the S5IIX who have updated to Ver 2.2 without knowing of the feature removals, who wish to continue to use the product features they paid for cannot do so as like many companies, Panasonic prevents firmware downgrades in the Lumix line of cameras in an attempt to prevent security regressions in their product's software, at this time there are no known workarounds once a camera has been upgraded to Ver 2.2 and beyond.

As of writing (2025/04/19) Panasonic Still advertises "Wired IP streaming" on both their American and Canadian web-stores<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-18 |title=S5IIX Full Frame Mirrorless Camera Body |url=https://shop.panasonic.com/products/s5m2x-full-frame-mirrorless-camera-body |url-status=live |access-date=19 Apr 2025 |website=Panasonic Lumix Store USA}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-18 |title=DC-S5M2X LUMIX S5IIX Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera, Canadian Store |url=https://shopping.panasonic.ca/products/cameras-and-camcorders/mirrorless-cameras/dcs5m2x/product.aspx?ID=b8f4e25b-0a39-478b-bc6b-d1ec29f28323&g=5835e4dc-4ed4-45da-91f0-4713a32eec62&c=0d963f16-8f4d-4e05-894b-d8babee52c0c&lang=en |url-status=live |access-date=19 Apr 2025 |website=[[Panasonic]]}}</ref>, likely leading to customer confusion/frustration should the product be purchased with the expectation of being able to stream video over a wired LAN connection. The latest copies of the user manuals do mention the change<ref name=":0" />, however the Canadian product listing page links to older editions of the owners manual leading to further confusion of product feature availability<ref name=":1" />.

In May 2025, a Panasonic support technician blamed the removal of RTMP streaming in the EU on the so-called EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=Update: S5iiX live streaming - Panasonic lying about features |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Lumix/comments/1kkolai/update_s5iix_live_streaming_panasonic_lying_about/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 Sep 2025 |website=r/Lumix}}</ref>. Updates to the Radio Equipment Directive mandate - among other things - secure authentication, as of August 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-30 |title=European Union’s (EU) Radio Equipment Directive (RED) Summarized |url=https://navisec.io/european-unions-eu-radio-equipment-directive-red-summarized/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 Sep 2025 |website=navisec}}</ref>. While this explains dropping the unencrypted RTSP protocol, it does not explain why Panasonic felt the need to remove RTSPS support.

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 Owners of the S5IIX who have updated to Ver 2.2 without knowing of the feature removals, who wish to continue to use the product features they paid for cannot do so as like many companies, Panasonic prevents firmware downgrades in the Lumix line of cameras in an attempt to prevent security regressions in their product's software, at this time there are no known workarounds once a camera has been upgraded to Ver 2.2 and beyond.
 As of writing (2025/04/19) Panasonic Still advertises "Wired IP streaming" on both their American and Canadian web-stores<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-18 |title=S5IIX Full Frame Mirrorless Camera Body |url=https://shop.panasonic.com/products/s5m2x-full-frame-mirrorless-camera-body |url-status=live |access-date=19 Apr 2025 |website=Panasonic Lumix Store USA}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-18 |title=DC-S5M2X LUMIX S5IIX Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera, Canadian Store |url=https://shopping.panasonic.ca/products/cameras-and-camcorders/mirrorless-cameras/dcs5m2x/product.aspx?ID=b8f4e25b-0a39-478b-bc6b-d1ec29f28323&g=5835e4dc-4ed4-45da-91f0-4713a32eec62&c=0d963f16-8f4d-4e05-894b-d8babee52c0c&lang=en |url-status=live |access-date=19 Apr 2025 |website=[[Panasonic]]}}</ref>, likely leading to customer confusion/frustration should the product be purchased with the expectation of being able to stream video over a wired LAN connection. The latest copies of the user manuals do mention the change<ref name=":0" />, however the Canadian product listing page links to older editions of the owners manual leading to further confusion of product feature availability<ref name=":1" />.
+In May 2025, a Panasonic support technician blamed the removal of RTMP streaming in the EU on the so-called EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=Update: S5iiX live streaming - Panasonic lying about features |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Lumix/comments/1kkolai/update_s5iix_live_streaming_panasonic_lying_about/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 Sep 2025 |website=r/Lumix}}</ref>. Updates to the Radio Equipment Directive mandate - among other things - secure authentication, as of August 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-30 |title=European Union’s (EU) Radio Equipment Directive (RED) Summarized |url=https://navisec.io/european-unions-eu-radio-equipment-directive-red-summarized/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 Sep 2025 |website=navisec}}</ref>. While this explains dropping the unencrypted RTSP protocol, it does not explain why Panasonic felt the need to remove RTSPS support.
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