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R50 vs M50 MkII

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SafariBob
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Re: R50 vs M50 MkII

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

SafariBob wrote:

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

SafariBob wrote:

Shooters on My Squad wrote:

Both the R50 and the R8 don’t have a true mechanical shutter anymore and the sensor readout isn’t the fastest.

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.

The M mount still feels like something special for me that we won’t get from Canon in a very long time.

How is it not a true shutter? Presumably they could do a first curtain if they wanted to in firmware?

they are pretty much as fast as can be without stacked or global shutter

It's an electronic first-curtain shutter. It also has an electronic shutter, but not in all modes.

It’s the same shutter that does the first curtain and final in cameras that do this.

It's actually a smooth, quiet shutter. I would much rather have that than an all-mechanical shutter.

The EFCS was found to pose a small problem at f/1.2 at 1/8000 second. Few users will ever encounter that case, and I know I won't. EFCS has been used in some of the most expensive Canon and Nikon cameras.

As I wrote, it's a very nice camera. Enjoy it.

My sense is that the benefits of a mechanical shutter are diminishing day by day, all they would really need to do is make a a couple of leaf shutter lenses, like a 70-200 and call it a day.

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