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M100 to M50? Worth upgrade?

Started Jan 3, 2022 | Discussions thread
dan the man p Senior Member • Posts: 1,201
Re: M100 to M50? Worth upgrade?
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tamaraw35 wrote:

dan the man p wrote:

tamaraw35 wrote:

dan the man p wrote:

The M50 won't really give you any IQ advantage over the M100.

True.

The autofocus may be a little faster, but I'm not really familiar enough with the M100 to know.

The 32 f/1.4 would make a big difference over your 22mm for low light photography.

The maximum aperture is only a single stop faster (2 vs 1.4). Being a longer focal length, you will need to use about a stop faster shutter speed. Handheld in low light, differences should be slim to none.

Not if subject motion is the limiting factor for shutter speed, which is often the case for children.

Fair point. I meant for noise performance and overall image quality since that seems to be OP's concern.

Yes, but based on what he wrote, it sounds like the issue is too slow shutter speed and/or too high ISO. A faster lens would help with both of those issues. So would DxO and a decent flash bounced off the ceiling (I'd almost never recommend direct flash indoors). I agree with 23speaker23 above, though, that it would help to see some examples to know for sure what the issue is.

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