R 50 / 7 / 10 for a beginning photographer

Hi

I own the R10 and now the R7 too along with an R5 and M6II. Reason for saying this is the R10 and R7 only have 2 control dials, vs the 3 on the M6II and R5 I have owned before and I did initially find losing 1 dial annoying. Losing 2 dials (e.g. only having 1) would be a non starter for me - hence I'd dismiss the R50 for that reason. Controlling quickly exposure, aperture, shutter speed, any compensation and ISO are key for me and suspect would be you too as you get into it.

The R10 is a little powerhouse and great value - reduced now to £799 in UK. Ergonomically it is great apart from with the chunky new RF lenses like the 100-500 and 50 1.2. As others have noticed, no weather sealing, but it survived dust on a 3 week safari just fine in open jeeps. Use either CRAW or JPEG alone and a fast card not to run into buffer problems.

The R7 is bigger and better (other IMHO the joystick / control wheel, but I'll get used to it) but is more expensive, I'd still be cautious with salt water as this from LensRentals can kill even fully weather sealed cameras like the 1D series. IBIS is nice with non IS lenses and video plus the more advanced video features. A little extra resolution too but not radically game changing over the R10. Rolling shutter is not great on the R7 either - so if that's a concern, looks like the more expensive OM1 is best option.

Enjoy and good luck.