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R50 vs M50 MkII

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KevinRA Senior Member • Posts: 1,456
Re: R50 vs M50 MkII

Fjzk wrote:

For my use cases (stills only, nothing moving in the frame) buying the R50 (or even the R10) now would make no sense as a current owner of a M50 and M6II plus 5 ef-m lenses (and access to more native AF lenses through sigma and viltrox).
I would need to buy a worse kit lens (18-45) and similar all-in-one (18-150) and telephoto (55-210/100-400) lenses, for the benefit of having a slightly larger battery, better LCD, ES in manual modes (compared to the m50, not the M6II).

yes - agree - and kept one of my two M6 II's for the amazing 32 f/1.4, 11-22 - and the much maligned 15-45. A good (I believe normal) copy of the latter is very useful - and likely every bit as sharp as the RF 15-30 which Christopher Frost does not rate for the R7.

But I am sure for video shooters and action photographers the improvements are good enough to justify the ‘switch’ from M to R now…and I am happy to see a path forward with Canon once the M cameras don’t work anymore (it might be a while…😊).

Yes - and sold one M6II for an R7 now for that reason - that, the R10 and R5 all have autofocus which rocks and the joystick. I would not buy a R8 or R50 for that reason - and don't understand why only 1 dial too on the R50.

I do wish the R7 had the R6 control layout through - even the M6II and M5 have three dials in sensible places.

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