850D (T8I) OR M50 Mark ii

I bought two Canon M50 MKII cameras, each with their own EF-M lens.  I also have three Canon T7i (800D) cameras which are very similar to the Canon T8i (850D) camera.  If I had to choose between the two with what I know now I would pick the Canon T8i (850D) camera.

The reasons for the T8i (850D):

1) The OVF is easier to see through than the EVF.

2) There's a wider range of lenses available that do not need an adapter.  It would work well with something like a Canon 100-400mm lens or Sigma/Tamron 150-600mm lens.

What I don't like about the Canon M50 MKII:

1) I do not like the sensor that automatically shuts off the LCD screen if a person gets too close to it.  I like to use the LCD screen and viewfinder, both at the same time.

2) I like the smaller size of the Canon M50 MKII, but in some ways it is too small.

In general:

From my perspective, there are still too many growing pains with the Canon mirrorless cameras.  We don't know for sure, but in the future Canon may only have a RF mount, for both full frame and crop mirrorless cameras.  The may abandon the EF-M mount for lenses.  Again...but we don't know for sure.

I still like all of them, including the Canon M50 MKII.  I'm just giving you a brief answer of what I would pick, if I had to choose between the two of them.  There's probably more reasons, but those are the ones I can think of that come to the top of my head.  Definitely I would choose the Canon T8i (850D) camera.

I thought of something else. I should mention a reason that the Canon M50 MKII would be better. If you take a lot of video instead of still photos, I think the Canon M50 MKII would be better. When we are taking video with the Canon DSLR cameras we are forced to use the LCD screen (or just aim the camera and hope). On bight sunny days, it's difficult to see what is being video taped (when the sunlight is directly on the LCD screen). But with the mirrorless cameras, we can use the EVF viewfinder for better composition. I played around a little with video. I should remind myself to do more. That's a plus for the Canon M50 MKII camera that I'm glad I remembered.

Digirame wrote:

I thought of something else. I should mention a reason that the Canon M50 MKII would be better. If you take a lot of video instead of still photos, I think the Canon M50 MKII would be better. When we are taking video with the Canon DSLR cameras we are forced to use the LCD screen (or just aim the camera and hope). On bight sunny days, it's difficult to see what is being video taped (when the sunlight is directly on the LCD screen). But with the mirrorless cameras, we can use the EVF viewfinder for better composition. I played around a little with video. I should remind myself to do more. That's a plus for the Canon M50 MKII camera that I'm glad I remembered.

So if I want only photos and not video I should pick the t8i?

Thanks for the comments 🙂

In my opinion with what I know, yes...for still photography the Canon T8i (850D) camera would be my pick.  Have you searched on-line for comparisons?  You might want to do that too.

Check cameradecision.com.  That will give you a really nice comparison.

I think you should see if you can live with the M50's EVF lag and blackout.  This is why I bought the SL2 over the M5.  This is more of a problem for burst shooting but does show up in other use cases.