DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

R50 vs M50 MkII

Started 1 month ago | Discussions thread
AMW20 New Member • Posts: 15
Re: R50 vs M50 MkII
5

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.

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.

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.

I just think it's sad Canon is abandoning the M mount after only 10 years and left M customers without an upgrade path. I'm surprised so many here are planning to just upgrade to R and stay with Canon. I'm newer to the M mount and considering getting out now and switching to Fuji. Either way, I won't be upgrading to R when the time comes.

 AMW20's gear list:AMW20's gear list
Canon EOS Rebel T6 Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5–5.6 IS STM +1 more
Post (hide subjects) Posted by
KEG
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow