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EOS KISS M2 (EOS M50 Mark II)

Started Oct 13, 2020 | Discussions thread
Alexis
Alexis Senior Member • Posts: 1,998
Re: Sigh..

rrc1967 wrote:

Alexis wrote:

rrc1967 wrote:

I have no words for this release. Even my article on this announcement states that

Shelf stuffing at it's finest.

The only good thing about this camera? I won't be spending money on Canon cameras this Christmas, which it looks like I'm going to go to Colombia in November or December anyway, so there's that.

I got the M6 Mark II last december for a crazy deal ($750 for EVF, 15-45mm kit). I thought at the time I was only going to temporarily use it and didn't get it full-spectrum converted.

I take it you don't do any flash photography and/or video work with external microphones?

external microphones is never a problem - use a cage system (cold shoe plate,etc) and be done with it. External microphones do not necessarily have to go on the hotshoe, it's just a "convenience". If i'm using a microphone, odds are I don't need an EVF (and yes, I have one)

it's the flash that is of course a problem - what someone needs to do is make a E-TTL II extension cable with the data passthrough.

I have a E-TTL passthrough cable (for shooting using umbrellas etc) but I honestly don't think that the EVF will work on top of the hot-shoe passthrough ( I seem to recall someone explaining why this was not possible but I don't remember where I saw it).

For those times I just simply don't use the EVF. Usually, when I'm shooting with flash it's indoors, so having an EVF is less of a problem. Or if I need both, I use the built in flash.

I also have a M5 as well, so if there are times I really need both I can use that camera, but in reality, it's not that much of a limitation for me.

I guess I could keep the M50 as my "flash" camera! I need to get my hands on a M6II with EVF to see how practical it is.

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