M50 Mark II First Impressions

Larry Rexley wrote:

RLight wrote:

Here's a couple recent captures... My MacBook Pro is back in business.

Overall I'm quite happy with the M50 Mark II and dual lens setup. Frankly, I use the 15-45 a lot more than the 55-20; the 15-45 alone would've done the job for my purposes as a quasi point and shoot but the 55-200 is "fun" and occasionally useful.

The M6 Mark II would be nice, but, for the price and form factor? I think the M50 Mark II stays. I'm not exactly wishing I had more of something, except maybe the 4K non-cropped video of the M6 Mark II, that's probably my biggest gripe. The 1080P of the M50 Mark II is acceptable though.

I know there's folks asking if the M50 Mark II is a good upgrade for folks with the M50 Mark I. My 2 cents is the M6 Mark II is the true upgrade. The M50 Mark II is a very small upgrade over the Mark I. I would've re-buy the M50 Mark II over it in my book if I already had one, which I did in the past, I'd get the M6 Mark II.

Do keep in mind the OP (myself) has an EOS R, which I'm commonly utilizing the RF 35mm f/1.8 IS STM when I want to go low profile with punch, or, RF 28-70 F/2L when I want more. If you're trying to do something more powerful for low light on a budget, I recommend adding the 22mm or 32mm lenses and possibly going M6 Mark II. The RF platform is still much larger and more expensive.

Although off-topic, I do foresee the RF system usurping the M system. This has been beaten to death but is painfully obvious in my book. I do see systems like the M being a good point and shoot alternative though.

Thanks for sharing those photos, they're very nice.

I am almost in disbelief at how good your copy of the 15-45 is. I've had 3 copies of the lens and thought they were all 'ok' but none of them comes anywhere close to yours. In particular the image of the girl on the merry-go-round -- 15mm at f3.5 --- absolutely sharp right to the corners - just amazing. All my copies frizz out the corners. I've tried DPP with and without all permutations of lens corrections, DxO --- and can't come close to that.

I've also examined many, many images with that lens in the 'post your photos' threads and also don't see another one producing results that are flawless as yours seems to be. Yours sets the gold standard.

It is the sharpest copy I’ve owned, but keep in mind no shutter shock on the M50 married with DLO.

Its important to reduce or disable NR depending on ISO in DPP4 too. I wondered if I had a bad copy of the 55-200 at first until I adjusted the noise reduction. The M50 sensor doesn’t handle noise as cleanly as the M6 II and Canons NR is fairly aggressive.

So yes, sharp copy. But it’s also the M50 and DPP4 involved here.