Canon EOS M50 Review

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Canon EOS M50 4K UHD 24.1MP Compact Mirrorless Camera - Body Only - Black or White (2680C057 / 2681C051). Please Note: Camera body only - Lens not supplied.

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Small and amazingly light, this modern classic packs the latest photo and video technology into a stylish design that fits in your hand.
A sleek design classic, this mirrorless camera will inspire you to make memorable stories you’ll be proud to share thanks to technologies like 4k movies, a DSLR sized sensor and effortless connectivity. Tell unforgettable stories in rich colour and detail with the compact and connected 4K EOS M50. Its sleek design is packed with innovative technologies including cinematic 4k and 5-axis movie stabilisation, with DSLR image quality in a lightweight mirrorless body. This modern camera combines a 24.1 Megapixel DSLR sized CMOS sensor with powerful DIGIC 8 processing for outstanding low light performance and depth of field control. A large central electronic viewfinder provides an intuitive shooting experience, with a 7.5cm vari-angle touchscreen to shoot

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Image Sensor:

Type: 22.3 x 14.9mm CMOS

Effective Pixels: Approx. 24.1 megapixels

Total Pixels: Approx25.8 megapixels

Aspect Ratio: 3:2

Low-Pass Filter: Built-in/Fixed

Sensor Cleaning: EOS integrated cleaning system

Colour Filter Type: Primary Colour

Image Processor:

Type: DIGIC 8

Lens:

Lens Mount: EF-M (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M)

Focal Length: Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

Image Stabilisation : Optical Image Stabilizer on compatible lensMovie: In-camera Digital IS available.
Further stabilisation enhancements from lenses compatible with Dynamic IS

Focusing:

Type: Dual Pixel CMOS AF System. Phase detection pixels built onto imaging sensor.
Contrast detection method is used during 4K Movie Servo AF

AF System/ Points: Maximum 143/99 points depending on lens. Max 25 frames in Zone AF.

Selected AF point display: Indicated on LCD monitor/ EVF

AF Lock: Locked when shutter button is pressed half way or customisable AE Lock Button
AF Assist Beam via LED assist beam

Manual Focus: With EF & EF-S lenses -Select via AF/MF switch on lensWith EF-M lenses
-Select via dedicated MF Button/ other customisable buttons (toggle AF/MF). MF Peaking available
AF+MF available (Manual focus adjustment after One-Shot AF)Magnify image available during MF (5x or 10x)

Exposure Control:

Metering modes: Real-time metering from the image sensor
(1) Evaluative metering (384 zones)
(2) Partial metering at center (approx. 6.4% of Live View Screen)
(3) Center weighted average metering
(4) Spot metering (approx. 2.8% of Live View Screen)
Centre weighted only in Movie recording

Metering Range: Still image: EV 0 -20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100)Movie: EV 0 -20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100)

AE Lock: Auto: In One-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved.
Manual: By AE lock Button in creative zone modes.

Exposure Compensation: +/-3 EV in 1/3 stop increments

AEB: 3 shots, +/-2 EV, 1/3-stop increments (can be used together with Exposure Compensation)

ISO Sensitivity: ISO AUTO (100 -6400), 100 -25600 in 1/3 stop increments. ISO can be expanded
to 512004K Movie: ISO AUTO (100 -6400), 100 -6400 in 1/3-stop increments. Full HD and HD Movie:
ISO AUTO (100 -12800), ISO 100 -12800 in 1/3-stop increments. ISO can be expanded to 25600

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Shutter:

Type: Electronically controlled focal-place shutter

Speed: 30 -1/4000 sec (1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

White Balance:

Type: Auto white balance with the imaging sensor

Settings: Auto (Ambience Priority), Auto (White Priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White
Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature (100 Kelvin increments)White balance
compensation: 1. Blue/Amber +/-9 levels2. Magenta/ Green +/-9 levels

Custom White Balance Yes, 1 setting can be registered

Viewfinder:

Type 0.39-type OLED Electronic ViewfinderApprox. 2,360,000 dots
Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal) Approx100%

Eyepoint: Approx22mm

Dioptre Correction Yes

Viewfinder Information: Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
(1) Live view image with exposure info
(2) Liveviewimage with basic info
(3) Liveviewimage with full infoCustomisable settings:Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB),
Electronic Level, Multi aspect ratios

Depth of field preview Yes

LCD Monitor:

Type: 7.5 cm (3.0”) Touchscreen LCD (TFT). 3:2 aspect ratio. Approx. 1,040,000 dots. Electrostatic capacitive type. Vari-Angle

Coverage: Approx100%

Brightness Adjustment Adjustable to one of seven levels

Display Options: Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
(1) Liveviewimage with exposure info
(2) Liveviewimage with basic info
(3) Liveviewimage with full infoCustomisable settings:Grid overlay (x3 formats),
Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Multi aspect ratios, Hints and Tips

Flash:

Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters) 5

Built-in Flash Coverage Maximum coverage at approx. 15mm (35mm equivalent: approx. 24mm)

Built-in Flash recycle time Approx. 3 seconds

Modes: Auto (E-TTL II)

Red-Eye Reduction Yes -with red eye reduction lamp

X-sync 1/200 sec

Flash Exposure Compensation +/-2 EV in 1/3 increments

Flash Exposure Lock: Yes

Second Curtain Synchronisation: Yes

HotShoe/ PC terminal Yes/No

External Flash Compatibility: E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support

External Flash Control: Via camera setting/ flash setting menu

Shooting:

Modes Scene Intelligent Auto, Hybrid Auto, Creative Assist, SCN(Self-Portrait, Portrait,
Smooth Skin, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Food, Panning, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control,
Silent Mode), Creative Filters (Grainy B/W, Soft Focus, Fish-eye Effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect,
Miniature effect , HDR Art standard, vivid, bold, embossed), Program AE , Shutter priority AE,
Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure, Movie (Movie auto exposure, Movie manual exposure, Time-lapse movie)

Picture Styles: Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)

Colour Space: sRGBand Adobe RGB

Image Processing: Highlight Tone Priority (standard and enhanced)Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
Long exposure noise reduction, High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings + Multi Shot NR)
Lens peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction, Diffraction correction,
Creative Assist: Presets Background Blur (5 settings)
Brightness (19 levels)
Contrast (9 levels)
Saturation (9 levels)
Color Tone 1 & 2 (19 levels)
Monochrome (Off/Black and white/Sepia/Blue/Purple/Green)

Drive modes: Single, High-Speed Continuous, Low-Speed Continuous, Self timer (2s, 10s, Custom, Remote)

Continuous Shooting: One shot AF: Approx. 10 shots/sec for up to 33 frames in JPEG and 10 frames
in RAW With Servo AF: Approx. 7.4 shots/sec for up to approx47 frames in JPEG

Live View Mode:

Coverage: Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)

File Type:

Still Image Type: JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.31 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system
(2.0)RAW: RAW (CR3 14-bit), Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording Yes, RAW + various JPEG compression possible
Image Size: RAW: (3:2) 6000 x 4000, (4:3) 5328 x 4000, (16:9) 6000 x 3368,
(1:1) 4000 x 4000 JPEG 3:2: (L) 6000 x 4000, (M) 3984 x 2656, (S1) 2976 x 1984,
(S2) 2400 x 1600JPEG 4:3: (L) 5328 x 4000, (M) 3552 x 2664, (S1) 2656 x 1992,
(S2) 2112 x 1600JPEG 16:9: (L) 6000 x 3368, (M) 3984 x 2240, (S1) 2976 x 1680 (S2) 2400 x 1344
JPEG 1:1: (L) 4000 x 4000, (M) 2656 x 2656, (S1) 1984 x 1984, (S2) 1600 x 1600
In-camera RAW processing & Image Resize available in playback

Movie Type : MP4 [Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (stereo)]

Movie Size: 4K -3840 x 2160 (23.98, 25 fps)Full HD -1920 x 1080 (59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) HD -1280 x 720 (119.9, 100, 59.94, 50 fps)

Movie Length: Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB

Other Features:

Custom Functions: 9 customisable buttons

Metadata Tag: User copyright information (Author's Name, Copyright Details)Image rating (0-5 stars)
Playback zoom 15 steps plus smooth pinch-to-zoom

Display Formats: (1) Single image with information (toggle options)
(2) Single image
(3) Index display (4/9/36/100 images)
(4) Jump Display (1/10/custom number image, by shot date, by rating, by folder, by movies only, protected only)

Slide Show Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10/30 secondsRepeat: On/OffTransition Effects: Off, Slide in 1-2, Fade 1-3

Histogram Brightness/ RGB

Highlight Alert Yes

Image Erase/Protection Erase: Single image, Selected images, Selected range, All images Protection: Selected images,
Selected range, All images. Unprotect all images

Menu Categories (1) Shooting menu (x8)
(2) Playback menu (x4)
(3) Setup menu (x5)
(4) Display menu
(5) My Menu

Menu Languages 29 Languages:English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian,
Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish,
Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Japanese

Interface:

Computer: Hi-Speed USB (Micro USB)

Other: Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n), (2.4 GHz only, 1-11 ch), with Dynamic NFC support

Bluetooth Specification version 4.1, Bluetooth low energy technology
HDMI Micro -Type-D connector, HDR output to compatible TV supported

Direct Print:

Canon Printers Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge

PictBridge Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge

Storage:

Type: SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I compatible)

Software:

Image Processing: Digital Photo Professional

Other: Picture Style Editor, EOS Utility, Image Transfer Utility Camera Connect app available on iOS and Android devices

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Physical Specifications:

Body Materials Polycarbonate

Operating Environment 0 –40 °C, 85% or less humidity

Dimensions (WxHxD) 116.3 x 88.1 x 58.7mm

Weight (body only) Approx 387g (black), 390g (white), CIPA testing standard including battery and memory card

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I always love canon. becous canon is tha bast camara company.

Great article! Interesting camera.

nice post..

I always like Canon. Their cameras are very quality.

Whah what along post.

Good job bro. Carry on.

Canon is the best camera. Quality & price is affordable.

It's really a awesome camera with a great specification.

That's amazing.Huge configuration camera.I think canon is better than any other camera.

Was the photo of the dog actually captured using the m50? Great pic :).

The Canon M50 is a solid camera, I just with more flash units worked with the Canon M50 with more than just TTL functionality.