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Started Aug 26, 2020 | Discussions thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,075
Re: M50? M50 II?

thunder storm wrote:

nnowak wrote:

Scott Milso wrote:

quiquae wrote:

nnowak wrote:

justmeMN wrote:

RLight wrote:

What the rumors don't say is what sensor will be in it. I'd bet my lunch the M6 II sensor is...

(M50 II) I'm not placing any bets on that one. The T8i/850D only got the 24MP sensor.

Agreed. Aside from the crazy high USA launch price, the M50 has been targeted at a much lower tier than the T8i/850D/X10i. The M50 appears to be positioned much closer to the cheaper SL3/250D/Kiss X10. Basically, the M50 targets the entry level consumer that wants an EVF.

I don’t believe this is the case. The Japanese marketing name “EOS Kiss M” is a pretty good indication that Canon considers this body the rightful heir to the mainline Kiss (Rebel) series. (To date, the M50 is the first and only mirrorless camera to bear the Kiss name.) The ultracompact Rebel SL series seems to be more akin to the M100-M200 series, which is clearly aimed below the M50.

It would be nice if the rumored M50 mark II gets the 32MP sensor from M6 mark II, but it would not surprise me if they use the old 24MP sensor again. Looking at history, it took the Rebel line until 2017 to get a DPAF sensor, a full four years after it first appeared on the 70D.

I don't see how the m50ii gets the same sensor as the current m50. Just dont think it would sell.

At roughly $650 with a kit lens, the entry level pricing is more important than sheer performance for the majority of consumers.

Although true, the customer needs a reason to get it over the MkI. And Mp is a metric used by a lot of customers (the marketing) to determine if it's a good camera or not.

Apparently megapixels aren't too important in this price range.  The current #1 camera in the monthly BCN rankings is the 16mp Olympus E-M10 III.  In fact, 3 of the top 10 cameras are 16mp Olympus models with the others all being 24mp models.  You need to go all the way down to the #26 R5 to get to a camera with megapixels above 24.  The 90D comes in at #34 and the M6 II shows up at #37.  Compared to those 32mp models, the 20mp Nikon Z50 comes in at #17 and the 20mp Nikon D7500 comes in at #23.

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