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R50 vs M50 MkII

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Fjzk Regular Member • Posts: 220
Re: R50 vs M50 MkII
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roblpm wrote:

Fjzk wrote:

roblpm wrote:

I was going to buy the M50 Mk ii as a present for my partner's 50th birthday. I don't think she will do much video and will be her first proper camera. Then the R50 came out.

However the pricing of the R50 in the UK looks bonkers!

M50 mk ii with kit lense is £647.

R50 on Park cameras is £899 with kit lense! (R10 is £899 too!). Maybe the price will go down after the launch.

Seeing as she might want to buy one or two other lenses and there is hardly anything available for R50 I am having a hard time seeing the benefit for her of the R range. Most of the advances seem to be in the video?

Am I crazy buying her an M50 Mk ii in 2023???!!

I don’t think so, go for it. A camera like this lasts for years and she can build a very decent little kit of lenses for less than $1000, cheaper and better than the current (and perhaps future, from what we have seen so far) RF-S offerings.

Great thanks for that. The cost difference in the UK is nearly 50% more. The think that worries me about the R50 is the kit lense seems weak and there aren't really any reasonably priced alternatives.

Other brands (shock horror) don't seem as good. Sony - no EVF and terrible menus. Fuji - more expensive. Nikon - no EVF in Z30.

It does seem that the M50 Mk ii is unique!!

I think so too! I had no issues at all with any of the 5 m lenses I bought since 2019: 15-45, 11-22, 22, 18-150 and 28 macro. I like them so much that I bought a M6II during Black Friday so I don’t need to worry about upgrading my lightweight apsc gear for many years. For full frame I do plan to keep using my Rp until it breaks or the R8 becomes a real bargain

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