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M5 vs. Black Friday M50?

Started Oct 21, 2020 | Questions thread
OP Feigerou Regular Member • Posts: 128
Re: M5 vs. Black Friday M50?

thunder storm wrote:

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The good -

  • Multiple control dials

With the M50 you can set up a button to toggle between the functions of that single dial. Not as good as more dials, but way better than having to use the menus.

When you say a button toggles between the dial functions, is that like in the Rebels (when holding the button down the dial will change aperture) or does the dial stay on whatever setting once you release the button?  I'm not really sure which would be better for me....  🤔

  • C1 and C2 settings on the PASM mode dial
  • MUCH more customization options compared to the Rebel (which was nearly zero)

The bad -

  • Less ability to pinpoint where you want to focus unless you switch over to One Spot AF. I typically use Servo with back button AF to keep up with things that just won't stay in one spot (!).

The difference between the size of the smallest single AF-point is huge. The smallest single AF point of the M50 is only 1/4th the size of the surface of the smallest single AF point of the M5.

With the M50 it's easy to focus on an eye with that smallest AF point (which is usefull, because eye AF isn't that great with faces turned half away from you.

Very helpful comparison on the AF point size!  I was disappointed when I found that the smaller AF box on the M5 was One Spot only.

As always, no easy answers. Really if the M6II just had an EVF and a flippy screen (fold up with an EVF = no good) I'd go that route.  IBIS would be awesome, but but required.

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