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M100 to M50? Worth upgrade?

Started Jan 3, 2022 | Discussions thread
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Re: M100 to M50? Worth upgrade?

Mike_57 wrote:

Hi there,

I am new to photography and know my basics and own the M100 with several lenses (kit 15-45, 11-22, prime 22mm and 18-150mm) and am wondering if if worth upgrading to M50?

I am mainly shooting my daughter with the 22mm indoor low light and not satisfied with the IQ. Somehow I don't manage to have a sharp image without any noise :/

The only few clear images would be with the flash and pretty close from her. Any of you experience that as well? If anyone has tips to edit and remove the noise I would be happy. I am removing a bit of noise in Lightroom and also use Topaz Sharpen but somehow the result is not satisfying. The image is sharper but also too "smooth" as well.

So my question is is the M50 worth upgrading for better low light quality? Or is it going to be exactly the same? I am aware of the limitation of the 4k crop video and will still be happy with the 1080p and the viewfinder could be useful.

I am also tempted to buy the prime 32mm 1.4 with M50 for portrait pictures. Please let me know what you think and if it worth upgrading it or if I coul just get the 32mm lens only with my M100? (by trading the kit lens 15-45 and 18-150 since I don't really use them much).

Thanks!
Mike

Sorry, gotta run (this has to be brief)...

M6 Mark II (AF is superb).  Use Spot AF for everything.

Shoot RAW, add DxO Photolab 5 for your noise reduction and sharpening.

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