R50 vs M50 MkII

Ember88 wrote:

Shooters on My Squad wrote:

I own a R5 and a M6 II which complement each other in a great way. But I don’t see myself buying a cr*pple-hammered lower budget RF(-S) camera which kind of looks like a toy camera from Amazon, but in black.

I'm looking at pairing an M6II with my R5 as well. Most likely pairing it with the 22mm f2 for a pocketable EDC camera and a lightweight (but not entry level camera) to throw in my pocket for travel.

Do you find the lack of weather sealing and IBIS on the M6II limiting? In using the combo of the R5 with M6II, is there anything you wish was different with the M6II?

I don’t really think it’s limiting in the way I use the camera, but weather sealing & IBIS are on top of my wishlist for an M6III.

Most probably this will never happen, as it wouldn’t make sense to have a rugged body but no weather sealed lenses for the mount. It would also make the body bigger.

Video is not a strength of the body, but for the occasional clip it is enough if you can live with the crop or do the stabilization in post. And I usually have my smartphone or the DJI with me which are more than good enough for my purposes in good weather conditions. That said I use the M6II for video conferences on a tripod and a couple of people told me how impressed they were and asked which computer I use that has such a nice built-in camera.

I think it’s a great pocketable camera. I use it as a good weather camera, for regional travel and (heavily) for bike trips where I can put everything in a backpack in case of unplanned weather disruptions.

If I need a smaller, weather sealed camera, I usually take one of the Fuuj bodies with me, but they are bigger and heavier than the nice little M6II with its top notch build quality.