Re: Should I buy the M50 MKII?
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Digirame wrote:
R2, the camera you are using is great but could have been designed better like the Canon R7 with the integrated EVF. Don't you think? The Canon M50 MKII has an integrated EVF and we can use the LCD screen. I never did understand why Canon designed the camera you are using that way, so that an EVF has to be added.
The M6 and the M6ii were both designed this way, intentionally, so they could be used with or without the EVF. 'Without' being an extremely small compact form factor, also suitable for vlogging where you would want the forward-facing screen but no EVF.
Some people (myself included) like this flexibility. I also prefer the tilting screen to the fully articulating one for most of my shooting.
Today I took video with my Canon M50 MKII using the EVF. Now that I learned how to change the tiny video start/stop button to the larger shutter button in the menu, it was really cool. I have tried taking video with the LCD screen with my DSLR, but on bright sunny days it's especially difficult. Do you take video with your camera?
I'm not R2 but can tell you my experiences as well.... I am moving over to shooting more and more video with all my M cameras. I tried shooting video first on the rear screen of a 70D and found it very difficult to get a steady video holding the camera out in front of me. I switched to the M6 and ultimately the M6ii which I love shooting video with. I also have modified the shutter button to start and stop the video. I find that shooting video with the EVF makes for very steady videos.
Today's experiment with video was interesting. I didn't quite understand it at first, but with some trial and error it worked out great. When I fully depressed the shutter button in movie mode it would record. Just lifting off the shutter button would not stop the video. I had to fully depress the shutter button again to stop it. It was fun. I can't wait to try it some more. I've been a still photographer for a very long time. I see the handwriting on the wall; video is going to continue to expand in use and importance. The sound and visual aspects of it are amazing.
One fellow on the Rebel forum who had a Canon T3i (600D) camera and just bought a Canon 7D camera uploads his video to YouTube (as unlisted) for free. Then we can view it on Dpreview.
I do exactly the same --- I have a channel where I have both listed and unlisted videos which I will share in certain places as desired. My most recent video is one I shot yesterday morning of dragon boats on the Hillsborough river in Tampa, FL.
I wanted to test my 'new' EF-M 55-200 lens for handheld video (it performed very well) and I also shot video of the dragon boats over a mile away with an EF-S 55-250 IS STM lens on a Canon EF - EOS M adapter and Bogen/Manfrotto tripod, and for the most distant shots used both a Kenko 1.5x and a Kiron 2x teleconverter, for a 1200mm-equivalent full frame equivalent focal length!
Here's a link to the dragon boat video, but from it you can get to my other videos. Without exception all my videos are shot with the M system. I am by no means any kind of expert, just an amateur trying to improve...
https://youtu.be/BrWLtWNKCEQ
My usual technique is to shoot 4k video with digital IS enabled (not the maximum 'enhanced' IS most of the time as it cuts the quality too much) and then edit and downsample the final result to either 1440p or 1080p mp4 video which ends up pretty sharp.
I was thinking of starting a thread to ask about other people's 'M' system video experiences and share some of my own - I may still do that.