Canon EOS model and lens(es) for rock climbing photography?

climbing_girl wrote:

Thank you all so much for the detailed responses! It looks like the Canon M50 deserves a serious look - to be honest, i hadn't been looking at mirrorless at all as i've gotten so used to my 450d, but i've just spent the last day or so going down a rabbit hole of reading about the differences between the two. The light weight is a definite plus in my book, though i'm still reluctant to say goodbye to my optical viewfinder - was this a factor for those of you that made the switch from DSLR to mirrorless, and how did you find it?

I bought into mirrorless cameras 5-6 years ago with the Canon M3. I was very disappointed with it mostly due to EVF and AF performance severely lacking compared to DLSRs. A lot has changed since then. I bought a Canon R full frame camera last summer to replace a 6D because it seemed that the two things I disliked with the M3 had been mitigated quite a bit.

While I think OVFs still hold an advantage for shooting fast moving subjects, this is about their only remaining advantage now. The EVF can show a large amount of information in the veiwfinder as well as the actual exposure of the shot being taken. One big thing for me is how much better an EVF shoots in very low light conditions. The R will let me keep shooting in light conditions much, much lower than the 6D ever could. The AF ability in today's mirrorless cameras are very capable and is at least the equal in the more expensive DSLR cameras. IMO, the AF of the M50 is overall a good bit better than Rebel and xxD DSLRs. Changing from OVF to EVF takes some getting used to but not all that difficult, IMO.

The only DSLR I use these days is the SL2 mainly because Canon hasn't released an R mount APS-C camera. When/if they do I will stop using it also. Mirrorless is the future of photography. Nearly all of the reasons to choose a DSLR over a mirrorless camera are gone these days. Also, keep in mind that all the lenses you use now can be adapted to the M50.