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M50, improved

Started Nov 14, 2021 | User reviews thread
Larry Rexley Senior Member • Posts: 1,238
Re: M50, improved
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Fandor wrote:

Thank you for this concise but thorough review.

For me the "M" cameras make for a great travel kit, or a grab and go kit just-in-case I want to take photos. I have a Vanguard Havana 21 bag that holds my M6 and 3 "M" lenses, and that bag fits into a standard backpack for carry-on air travel.

I really want to upgrade to a M50 II or M6 II, primarily to get improved focus capabilities. Currently the M6 II body is $150 US more + the EVF cost. The extra performance of the M6 II may sway me in that direction. Anyway, this review is helping me along with that decision.

By the way, those wondering about the attachable/detachable EVF for M6, I don't mind using it, except when I forget to put it on the cameral :-x...always in a hurry to get the shot. I find I use the viewfinder 90% of the time, it just helps me stabilize the camera, and I can see the image in the EVF without reading glasses (yep, I'm over 50).

At this point it may be worth waiting for black Friday sales. Last year the M6ii kits went $200 off everywhere from Black Friday all the way through Cyber Monday. With any luck something similar may happen this year!

I picked up my M6 ii as an Open Box deal at Best Buy on Cyber Monday - a store 20 miles away had one for $730 which included Canon battery, charger, EF-M 15-45, and the EVF. The EVF was damaged (split open) so I talked them down another $50. When I got home I removed 4-6 screws from the EVF, taking it apart, then putting it back together 'correctly' --- it was 100% fine and the kit has worked perfectly ever since.

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