Japanese digital camera large Canon has been on a roll this 12 months. In March, it dropped not one however two model new cameras nobody noticed coming: the fixed-lens Canon PowerShot V1, and the ILC (interchangeable lens digital camera) Canon EOS R50 V.
No, neither of those are geared toward photographers — they’re purely for vloggers and videography fans on the lookout for easy-to-use cameras. And you recognize what? It is a hella good transfer from Canon.
I am not a videographer or a vlogger, and I hate listening to my voice performed again to me. However I would be mendacity if I stated I did not totally take pleasure in testing each of those cameras… particularly the EOS R50 V.
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It is principally a child Cinema EOS digital camera (Canon’s, properly, lineup {of professional} cine cameras) which units it aside from the opposite cameras a part of Canon’s EOS R System mirrorless lineup.
The EOS R50 V is just like the EOS R50 if the latter did not have a viewfinder and had very video-specific options — that is what the “V” stands for, in fact.
The rationale I feel that the EOS R50 V is Canon’s smartest resolution of the 12 months (thus far) is straightforward: it is stripped again, it is low cost, and it is excellent for newbies/fans who principally shoot in auto and need to dabble in handbook capturing, and can ultimately improve to a greater, sooner digital camera.
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In my Canon EOS R50 V evaluation, I repeatedly say that this digital camera is for individuals who need to step up their videography sport, and primarily for these coming from a smartphone.
It is like driving a motorcycle with coaching wheels on or driving a completely computerized automotive, so if you do not know tips on how to drive stick shift (which it’s best to), you may be simply superb utilizing the EOS R50 V.
That is as a result of a lot of the digital camera’s default video modes do not require you to regulate shutter velocity, ISO or publicity.
There are three customizable ones for individuals who dare (and it’s best to undoubtedly experiment with them) however for spur-of-the-moment vlogging, you possibly can put the digital camera into, say, Cinema View mode and file 4K/24P video in 2.35:1 widescreen facet ratio for a film-like look. Sure, it truly is that straightforward.
Canon EOS R50 V — Cinema View Mode – YouTube
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The EOS R50 V’s video specs are nice too — 4K/60fps or 30fps oversampled from 6K, FHD/120fps slow-mo, C-Log 3 for capturing a large dynamic vary, you identify it. 4:2:2 10-bit video additionally means the digital camera is able to capturing as much as 1.07 billion particular person hues which is implausible. For a digital camera geared toward newbies, the EOS R50 V actually would not disappoint.
Wait… can I not take photographs with the EOS R50 V?!
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The Canon EOS R50 V, like I stated, is a video-first digital camera however it’s nonetheless a digital camera, and also you can take photographs with its 24.2MP CMOS sensor. There is a dial on the highest plate which helps you to swap between eight totally different modes… and solely one in all them is for stills, which is not a nasty factor in any respect.
Then it is a matter of selecting both auto settings adjustment or handbook the place you possibly can modify the shutter velocity et al.
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And the photographs the EOS R50 V takes are literally fairly good. It is filled with Canon’s best-in-class autofocus with Auto topic detection and correct colour science that makes colours pop, as you possibly can see within the gallery above. The digital camera precisely tracks and focuses on birds, animals, people, automobiles, what-have-you, in each stills and video.
Locked into one system… eternally
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Okay, not eternally however the factor with shopping for a funds digital camera from one model is that you’ll ultimately need to improve, and as soon as you have gathered a pair lenses for a specific mount, you may need to improve to a digital camera from the identical model. That rings further true within the Canon EOS R50 V’s case.
Sure, it is a terrific digital camera for newbies however it’s borderline ineffective for critical shooters. No in-body picture stabilization, restricted native RF-S lenses, and a equipment lens with a most f/4 aperture (not nice for low mild).
Ultimately, the day will come when you get tired of the EOS R50 V and need to improve to, say, the Canon EOS R6 Mark II or the EOS R5 Mark II — the pure course of issues — and should you’ve already dropped a pair grand on glass, at the least you will not have to purchase new lenses each time. Identical mount, see? Nicely, you can use RF-S lenses on full body cameras so long as you are okay with the crop.
That is why the EOS R50 V may be the neatest digital camera Canon has made thus far. Not for its autofocus because the EOS R5 Mark II takes the cake. Not for its digital shutter because the EOS R8 outclasses it with its 40fps. And never for its RF-S lenses as they’re skinny on the bottom. However for being so low cost which you can barely resist it.
Canon EOS R50 V — 4K 60P video – YouTube
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Pricing the EOS R50 V’s physique at simply $699 / £729 is a Massive Mind Transfer. It is cheaper than the Sony ZV-E10 II ($999), the Fujifilm X-M5 ($799) and the Nikon Z 30 ($709). Canon has principally undercut its main opponents, and as somebody who’s well-versed with its cameras, boy does Canon know tips on how to make ’em.
Even should you’re locked into the EOS R System eternally, belief me, that is not a nasty approach to dwell.
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