Canon R50 or M50 Mark II

RLight wrote:

Dareshooter wrote:

Dareshooter wrote:

RLight wrote:

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 .

https://www.amazon.com/Giottos-AA1900-Rocket-Blaster-Large/dp/B00017LSPI/

A rocket blower is about as much use as chocolate teapot once the dust has hit the sensor and you don’t see realise it’s there until you get to view the images on the computer display.

I have had a blower since time immemorial and have only used it on a few occasions and only wet cleaned once thanks to the sensor shake technology I’ve had on most of my digicams. That said cloning out dust spots is easy enough unlike tramlines on slide film 😊

Those rocket blowers is what camera shops use… right wrong or different.

Indeed but that wasn’t my point .