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M100 to M50? Worth upgrade?

Started Jan 3, 2022 | Discussions thread
tamaraw35 Contributing Member • Posts: 784
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 :/

It's basically impossible on any camera to take low light photos without any noise that are sharp across the whole scene. You might want to adjust your expectations there. Or share some photos that you aren't satisfied with and we could make some suggestions?

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.

That's the problem, heavy noise reduction often removes detail and reduces sharpness as it smears the image. DXO's prime algorithm works better than most others I have seen but does take some time to process.

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.

Image quality should be virtually indistinguishable afaik.

I am also tempted to buy the prime 32mm 1.4 with M50 for portrait pictures.

The sigma 56mm is more of a traditional portrait length but the 32mm can do portraits and will be a more versatile walking around lens. There is also the sigma 30mm which is not quite as sharp (but still very good) and much more affordable than the Canon 32mm.

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

Unless you want the viewfinder and slightly faster AF, I wouldn't bother. I own an m50 but still use my m10 with the older sensor plenty because of the form factor.

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