M50 Mark II First Impressions

I've settled into shooting with two bodies now. For the way I shoot, I'm finding it a game-changer and I'm getting a lot more good shots, especially of the quick-moving trains, and I can already see it's going to be great at the boat races too. Seldom now do I fiddle with changing lenses, usually that happens only when the light falls enough for me to switch to the primes, or when I need an even longer telephoto with teleconverter.

I'm finding it lets me concentrate much more on the actual photography --- it's so nice just to be able to grab that second body without a second though and start shooting if i need the other 'range.'

That being said --- a new problem presents itself... To shoot rapidly, I leave both cameras on and ready --- both on straps around my neck, so I can just lower one and pick up the other.

The problem with this is that on both cameras --- the 4 buttons on the rear (where the 'wheel is on the m6ii) are WAY too sensitive and get pressed just knocking against my body. Only those buttons do this --- all the other buttons are 'stiffer' and hard to press accidentally.

This also used to happen at times with the M6ii by itself but it's worse with 2 bodies --- I have those buttons all customized to change the drive mode (left) exposure comp (up) autofocus mode (right) and ISO (bottom) and any of them can get changed or set at random. This is incredibly annoying. I don't want to lose that convenience though and disable them... I shoot mostly through the EVF and really want that convenience.

I've lost a sequence of shots when the drive mode got switched to 'self timer' --- by the time I figured out what happened the train had gone by -- and it was the once-a-year heritage Amtrak train!! Luckily I could catch it again on the return trip.

The other problem is that knocking against my body also touches the rear screen and 'resets' the autofocus spot point --- usually to the lower left or upper left ---- this is also very annoying, and I find that I have to 'check' there the AF spot is each time I pick up the other body and usually reset it. I've lost sequences of shots when the AF point was in the sky.... when I put the body 'down' all set up it was near the center where I needed it...

I turned off 'release shutter by touch screen' long ago --- the shutter would fire all the time by accident!

Interestingly I do see the 'shutter shock' effect in the finder with the M50ii --- if I don't hold the camera really steadily, shooting with the EF-M 18-150 or EF-S 55-250, the image may 'jump' slightly if the mechanical shutter is used.

This does not happen if I use the auto mode with the electronic shutter. That being said - I am not seeing unsharp final 'images' --- I only see this 'jump' in the EVF --- perhaps because the first curtain is electronic release (?) or maybe my shutter speeds are high enough.

Not surprised by this though --- it's a problem with the M6ii according to many --- and the M50ii's body is slightly smaller and pleasantly lighter than the M6ii --- and really fun to shoot with!