Canon’s EOS R50 revealed as an excellent successor to M50 bestseller

Canon’s EOS R50 APS-C mirrorless digicam has now additionally been revealed for pre-order in each body-only and physique/lens combo editions.

It has the look and specs of a revamped, improved model of the best-selling M50 and is essentially the most inexpensive R-Collection digicam but made.

In different phrases, this new launch lets M50 followers get to maintain having fun with all that they beloved about that older mirrorless version however with new entry to an entire vary of RF-mount lenses and a few new options.

For informal photographers, avenue photographers, newbie shooters, and touring photographers who need to transcend easy smartphone images with out spending an excessive amount of, that is nice information in the event that they’re Canon followers.

The R50 can also be an incredible gadget for vloggers due to its video creation options, which it additionally shares with the older M50.

The EOS R50 is Canon’s lightest and smallest digicam thus far, weighing even lower than the M50 it replaces. This compact shooter measures simply 0.83 lb or 13.23 oz and comes sized at 116 x 86 x 69 mm (4.57 x 3.39 x 2.72 inches). Regardless of this, it comes fairly full of specs and options.

The options and specs within the R50 are strong throughout the board for its price ticket. They embody a 24.2MP APS-C sensor that’s the identical because the one in Canon’s R10, the newest Digic X processor to energy that sensor and a 15fps steady digital shutter capturing velocity.

 The above capturing velocity is definitely superior to that of different pricier Canon R household cameras such because the R8, which was launched concurrently the R50.

The R50 additionally options Twin Pixel CMOS AF II know-how and a 2.36-million-dot OLED viewfinder with .96x magnification. Its LCD display screen alternatively is a 1.62-million-dot show that comes with contact management options.

Simply as is the case within the EOS R8, the R50 doesn’t include a totally mechanical shutter. As an alternative, it incorporates an digital entrance curtain shutter and digital shutter performance for its 15fps capturing velocity.

As a result of it is a price range digicam, it additionally lacks sure extra superior options like AI-based topic detection (which you in all probability gained’t want anyhow) and in-body picture stabilization (which might undoubtedly be an incredible factor to have.)

Customers who need their pictures to be extra steady whereas capturing shortly will thus must spend some extra cash on an image-stabilized Canon RF-mount lens to go along with the little R50.

The EOS R50 can shoot pictures in JPEG and HEIF each whereas additionally having RAW and C-RAW seize capability. It will probably additionally ship burst capturing at as much as 28fps if solely capturing pictures in JPEG format whereas utilizing its purely digital shutter.

For video creators and vloggers, the EOS R50 is promising to be simply nearly as good or higher than the M50 as a highly-rated vlogging digicam.

It will probably document uncropped 4K video at 30p with 6K oversampling and is able to capturing 1080p FHD video at as much as 120p if audio is turned off. With audio on, it could possibly shoot 1080p at a extra modest 60fps.

There’s additionally assist for vertical video, which is beneficial for fast social media posting. Different social media-friendly side ratios are additionally accessible for fast and simple importing to platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

One different cool video capturing characteristic within the EOS R50 is that it doesn’t have the 30-minute capturing restrict of earlier Canon cameras. As an alternative, it could possibly document for so long as an hour at a time.

Canon has additionally given this digicam focus respiration correction for sharper, extra steady video recording and audio noise discount as properly.

One other helpful characteristic within the R50 is that it may be related to computer systems as a no-setup webcam and streaming video gadget through UVC/UAC connectivity.

Identical to the EOS R8, the R50 comes with an A+ artistic mode setting in its bodily dial. The A+ modes on this mannequin let full newbie photographers sink their tooth into capturing with totally different artistic kinds with out having to be taught the ins and outs of guide settings at first.

Canon has made a beautiful little newbie, avenue photographer and journey photographer’s digicam out of all of the specs and options supplied by the EOS R50.

It’s laborious to imagine that it gained’t promote exceptionally properly amongst followers of standalone cameras.

The Canon EOS R50 is already accessible for preorder however will begin transport in early spring in each black and white variations.

The body-only version is pre-order retailing for $680 whereas additionally being accessible as an EOS R50 equipment with RF-S 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM lens for $799 or with the 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 and RF-S 55-210mm f/5-7.1 IS STM lens for $1,029.