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Canon M50 mark II eye-AF better than M6 mark II?

Started Jul 16, 2021 | Discussions thread
thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: Canon M50 mark II eye-AF better than M6 mark II?
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MAC wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

MAC wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

Firmware is exactly as important as hardware. Good firmware isn't for free. It takes R&D costs to get good performing firmware. The M50II isn't a minor update over the M50I. It's a HUGE update. Don't forget the price isn't substantially higher! If it even has the AF speed of the M6II I might prefer the M50II over the M6II. In that case I'm ready to go back to 24Mp, the only thing I don't want to sacrifice is it's better dynamic range of the M6II...

in addition the m50II has internal EVF

I'd prefer the M50II over the M6II

For mounting speedlites it's not that important anymore to me as I will use full frame in low light conditions anyway.

an open hot shoe for odin triggers is important to me

Still the internal EVF is better, as I hate to mount and dismount that evf all the time, and with the evf permanently attached to the M6mkII the combo is simply bigger in the bag. Using the backscreen is not as good as you're spilling distance that could have been used to use more a more telephoto focal length.... Using the back screen you can have to switch to the 32mm while with the viewfinder the 56mm would have been fine.

that is my impression also

Using the back screen also makes the 11-22mm less suitable to cram as much as possible in the frame. Using the 50-100 f/1.8 or 100-400mm the viewfinder is absolutely needed

That said, when I have enough working space and with small lenses I do use the back screen, and that flip up design is nice for getting your lower angles very quick.

M50II + 56 + 32 may be for me -- we'll see at Christmas

RP for the RF 35mm f/1.8 IS stm and RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM, 70-200mm and a wide angle zoom.

M50II for the Sigma 56 f/1.4+ ef-m 32mm f/1.4.

How about the RF 50mm f/1.8 stm and 85mm f/2.0 IS stm?   I see some redundancy.... And would you want to leave the house with nothing wider than 32mm on crop?  Or would you take the RP + RF 14-35mm f/4.0 IS stm with you in the bag next to M?

The 11-22mm would be needed too I guess, but than again, as soon as you're tired of changing between the 32mm and 11-22mm you need to have the RF f/4.0 L  AND your RP.

Not sure if two incompatible systems are a good idea, unless you are willing to buy into a full lens lineup for both systems. I made that mistake (well, when I got the 18-35mm the 5DIV was 4000 euro, and at the time when I got the 50-100mm the R was 2700 euro and there was no RP, and no 56mm for ef-m, and I didn't have a crystal ball).  It's probably a better idea to save up to the R6, eventually keeping the RP so you can have two bodies compatible with the same lenses. RP + 14-35mm and R6 RF 50 or RF 85mm for instance. Or R6 + 35mm f/1.8 stm and RP + 85mm f/2.0 IS stm.  The R6 will give you a stop or more with all your lenses.  Low light performance of f/2.8 while only carrying (and paying for) f/4.0. There's no thing saving so much weight as a light sensor.

M50II is 500 euro at least, both lenses will be around 900 euro extra, and that's without the 11-22mm which clocks in at 350 euro.....  1750 euro.... That's a big part of your future R6.

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I love 50mm (equivalence)

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