Review By Expert: Revision of the Canon EOS M50 Camera:
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The Canon EOS M50 is Tagged as a "Beginner" level mirror less camera, and priced at Rs. 61.995 which includes a kit lens, goes against offers like the Sony A6300 and the Fuji film X-T100. Does the EOS M50 have what it takes to stand up to the competition? It's time to find out.
Review By Expert: Canon EOS M50 Design:
The Canon EOS M50 looks like a miniature DSLR camera, with reduced body width. This is possible because there is no physical mirror system, allowing the lens to be placed much closer to the sensor. Despite its small size, the camera body is not exactly pocket size due to the bulge at the top of the electronic viewfinder (EVF) and xenon flash. We are happy that Canon has kept the grip decently large, which makes it very comfortable to hold this camera. It weighs about 387g with the kit lens, which is quite light.
The Canon EOS M50 feels sturdy, and the quality of the buttons and switches is first class. There is a microphone input on the left, as well as Micro-USB and Micro-HDMI ports on the right. All of them are covered by fins, which offer a small degree of weather resistance. The camera also has NFC for fast pairing and a dedicated button to turn Wi-Fi on or off.
The EOS M Fifty have 3" LCD touch screen with a resolution of 1.04Milion dots or Pixels. The touch response is good and can be used to change focus and navigate menus, and as a touchpad for the electronic viewfinder (EVF). The screen opens outwards and can be fully articulated. The EVF is a 2.36 million dot OLED that produces sharp images to help you frame a shot. You get a built-in pop-up flash and a safety shoe on top.
The mode dial on the right is a little stiff, which is good. Even the on/off switch has a reassuring snap. The shutter button is comfortable to reach and around it we have a textured sphere. The video recording button is placed just at the edge of the top, but can still be accessed with your index finger. There are also some additional buttons on the back, and fortunately, all of them can be reprogrammed to the setting you prefer.
The battery and microSD card compartment are at the bottom of the camera. In the box, you get the LP-E12 battery, a charger, a neck strap and the lens of the EF-M 15-45 mm f / 3.5-6.3 IS STM kit. The lens has a built-in stabilizer, which is useful as there is no stabilization in the body. The lens is also retractable, giving you a smaller footprint when not in use. The EOS M50 uses EF-M-mount lenses, but with an adapter, you can also use EF and EF-S lenses.
Review By Expert: Canon EOS M50 Features and Specifications:
Canon has given the EOS M50 some decent improvements. It is the first to introduce the company's new DIGIC 8 image processor and the first M series camera to support 4K video recording. It has a 24.1 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor with autofocus contrast detection (AF) and Dual Pixel AF. The latter gives you 143 autofocus focus points for faster focus.
Unfortunately, PDAF does not work when 4K video is taken, and the camera uses contrast detection autofocus. The reason for this, according to Canon, has more to do with the way you want to put the camera on the market than a technical limitation.
The EOS M50 has an ISO range of 100-25,600 for still images and 100-6,400 for video. It has built-in Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth and NFC. The camera also has the usual set of functions such as face tracking AF, a healthy 10 fps burst mode with the autofocus type set in One-Shot, 4K video recording at up to 25 fps and 1080p video at up to 60 fps.
You can enable high frame rate shooting, which captures 720p images at 120fps. 4K timelapse videos are also supported.
In addition to PSAM shooting modes, the mode dial also has options for a fully automatic mode; creative fisheye filters and black-and-white effects; and a scene mode that includes a silent shooting mode. This last feature is useful when you want to avoid shutter noise, but you can't take burst shots, which makes its use a little limited.
The menus are well distributed, so it's easy to find what you're looking for. You can choose between the standard tab style menu system or a "Guide" for novice users. The M50 can also be paired with a smartphone via the Canon Camera Connect application for Android and iOS.
This allows you to shoot remotely and also have your photos automatically transferred to your phone as they are taken. This all works very much like what we've already seen in the EOS 1500D. You can do a bit of post-processing work inside the camera, such as red-eye correction, resizing, etc.
Review By Expert: Canon EOS M50 Performance And Battery Life:
The EOS M50 has a good ISO range on paper, but now it's time to see what part of that range is really usable. In our ISO test, the camera handled the noise quite well up to around ISO 1,600. The details also held up well. There was a slight drop in quality when we went to a higher stop, and at ISO 6,400, the noise was easily visible. The image was quite distorted at the native ISO maximum of 25,600, so it is unusable. There is an extended ISO setting that allows it to go up to 51,200, but the resulting image quality is very low.
Review By Expert: Canon EOS M50 ISO Test:
The Canon EOS M50 is easy to master, as there are not many buttons or dials to worry about, although advanced users may find this a bit limiting. Dual Pixel autofocus works very well and the camera quickly locks the focus while scrolling or focusing on different objects in a frame. The change of focus is also very smooth, allowing you to achieve some ingenious focus-attraction effects in videos.
Distortion correction must be enabled in the menu, because without it, there is a noticeable barrel distortion in the images. In daylight, details are good and colors are very well saturated without any noticeable bias toward a particular color. Sharpness is also good in areas that are in focus, but objects on the sides of a frame tend to look a little soft and blurry at times, if they are in the similar level of attention.
Shut Down shots have good dynamic range and convergence levels. The edges around objects are also well defined, although our macro shots of very small subjects, such as a flower, seemed a little soft. The 15-45mm kit lens doesn't have a very wide maximum aperture, but even at f / 3.5, the bokeh effect is decent.
In low light conditions, we consider it best to limit the automatic ISO value to ISO 6,400, as all of the above results in relatively noisy images, even with the 'High ISO Noise Reduction' setting enabled. The sensor captures good details even at night.
The camera's lightness makes it easier to handle, and the ability to flip the screen in all directions gives you more control when you have the camera pointing at you for vlogging. The audio quality with the built-in microphone is also good. The EOS M50 can take good portrait shots, with support for automatic focusing of the eye if you use Face + Tracking AF mode. We found it works decently well.
The EOS M fifty can record Excellent quality Image at 1080 p and 4 K resolutions. Lens stabilization along with electronic stabilization inside the camera works well for resolutions up to 1080p. In 4K, we do not find the stabilization as effective. The Dual Pixel autofocus works well for video, but if you are recording at 4K, get ready for a much slower autofocus. This becomes a problem in low light, where the camera tends to search for focus even with a slight movement.
Most cameras without interchangeable mirror lenses are not known for battery life and that's because, to keep the body slim, you must compromise a little battery capacity. The EOS M50 is no different. It is rated to deliver 235 still images with the LCD screen in use, and during our tests, which inevitably involved recording some video as well, we only got about 183 shots. You can't charge the camera via USB, which is disappointing.
Review By Expert: Conclusion:
The EOS M50 seems like a step in the right direction for Canon, as it features features that long ago should have been due to the company's non-mirror offerings. The new model is built very well, takes high quality images with good light and is quite compact. The Rs. The selling price of 61.995 is not bad either, considering that it includes the lens of the 15-45 mm kit. However, we believe there is still a lot of room for improvement. Low light images are noisy at higher ISO values, the battery life is weak and the lack of double pixel autofocus on 4K could be an obstacle for some.
Meanwhile, the Sony A6300, which was released two years ago, addresses all the shortcomings of the M50 and offers advanced features as well, including the ability to shoot in S-Log for color classification in publishing. It has a slightly higher price at approximately Rs. 68,000 with a 16-50mm lens, but you also get many more features. The Canon M50 is a fun little camera, but it's hard to ignore the more versatile options that have been around for a while.
Pros:
- Lightweight and compact body
- Fully articulated screen
- Above average image quality in daylight
- Dual Pixel auto focus works well
Cons:
- Weak battery life
- Slow auto focus on 4K
- ISO high average yield
Ratings (out of 5):
- Structure / design: 4
- Image quality: 3.5
- Video quality: 3.5
- Performance: 3.5
- Value for money: 3
- Overall: 3.5
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