Canon R50 or M50 Mark II

Dareshooter wrote:

RLight wrote:

Miamistars wrote:

Your advice would be greatly appreciated. So I’m in the market for a new Canon APSC camera. I almost pulled the trigger on the M50 Mark Ii and then the R50 was announced which is apparently a substantial upgrade from the M. I’m interested in street, travel, macro and family stills photography and on occasion do some video. I’m not a content creator or blogger. If the M50 takes good photos, has enough lenses for me to pick from and is cheaper, why would I even consider the R50? Thank you for your consideration.

DIGICX/R3 autofocus

Uncropped 4k

15fps

1/2 stop ISO improvement (low light sensitivity)

Access to the RF50mm f/1.8

Access to the RF24mm f/1.8 Macro

A+ mode

Deeper buffer

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In short, buy the R50 unless you have to have some M lens… 11-22 is an example. Rumor has it that’s being ported to RF-S this year though… EF-M 32mm is another. I don’t think that’ll get a port though. But you’ve got that RF35, which is a fine lens.

I in your shoes? I’d pick the R50, even with my eyes closed. It’s not a fair fight sadly. I’m have a soft spot for the M, but there’s a time for everything.

In case anyone’s curious on the R50 sensor, photonstophotons has the R10 benchmark, which that 24MP + no crop 4k tells me these are identical or close cousins. R50 may actually be a touch better, btw. Shocking I know, it’s the cheaper camera. Canon plays dirty sometimes…

A couple of negatives for the R50 that might have slipped under the radar:

No sensor cleaning and the hotshoe will need an adapter for EX flashes .

And, as with other R's, no competition from third-party AF lens makers allowed. As Marco Nero observed, one after another R series camera comes with designed-in potential deal breakers.

Then, there's that shiny new line of mostly big and brutally expensive lenses. The selling of which, IMO, is really what ditching the M and EOS DSLR lines is all about.

I don't like being so negative, but I'm getting tired of  camera makers orphaning popular camera lines. If they keep this up  in a time of ever more clever smartphone cameras, camera makers such as Canon and Nikon might  find themselves in a bind. They had better hope there are enough pro's out there with budgets for four- and five-figure cameras and lenses to keep their camera-and-lens businesses profitable.