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R50 - no hotshoe pins??

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Ali Senior Member • Posts: 1,969
Re: I still think this is a cheap move by Canon...

ChrisPCrunch wrote:

drsnoopy wrote:

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Of course, you don’t have to buy an R50, buy an R10 instead, which is more versatile in several ways. Then you can buy an inexpensive used flash such as a 430EX which will work just fine and keep costs down. But people who’ve already bought an R50, without understanding this issue, may feel cheated.

Yeah, I agree. The R10 is a much better camera. In some ways, I don't see the point of the R50 unless they dropped the price a ton. Right now it is too close to the R10 in price to make it worth while.

To me the main point of the R50 is the small size, and I am hoping it is at least a reasonable approximation of a replacement for M series.

I realize Canon is marketing it differently - as a beginner camera. The various limitations, including lack of hot shoe pins, are unfortunate, and I wish "small" did not mean "beginner" or "limited," but I'm intrigued.

On the hot shoe pins, even though I have a Canon flash, I haven't used it for years. Except for studio setups with multiple units and the like, I normally don't like the look of flash photography. So to me at least not a big concern.

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