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R50 vs M50 MkII

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nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,073
Re: R50 vs M50 MkII
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Grant McWilliams wrote:

Does anyone besides me think it's strange that five years after the release of the M50 Canon is releasing it again but with some software updates and a different mount? Even the lenses are mostly EF-M lenses that have been rereleased on the new mount but oddly all seem to be a bit slower than their EF-M counterparts.

Yes, the 4K video is now usable with DPAF and no crop but then the M50 II should have been released with that as the M6 II had a digic 8 processor with DPAF and no crop. I'm sure it was possible on the M50.

No, it was not possible.  The M50 II uses an outdated sensor with very slow readout speeds.  The R50 uses a brand new sensor (same as R10) to support uncropped 4K.

So they effectively did the improvements they SHOULD have done on the M50 II and rereleased it with a new mount... I wonder if these changes were in development for the M50 II and at the last minute management axed the M series and the badly cobbled M50 II "software update" was released instead.

Actuall timing does not support your theory. The M50 II was launched well over 2 years ago.  Canon may have already been planning on killing off the M system back then, but design of the R50 likely started later.

The M50 update was then redirected to the R mount and here we are - we finally got the M50 II that was rumored... years later, for more money and requiring all new lenses.

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