Exploring Canon EOS R50
Compact But Powerful Digital Camera.
A Game- Changer for content creators
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Content creation is no more a casual hobby. It has the potential to launch you as a brand to approximately 64.5% population of this world. Be it a blog, an image posted on social media, or a video uploaded on YouTube, there is always someone hooked to it. But that someone also have the options to choose from billions of images, infographics and millions of hours of videos uploaded every day on social media platforms. This includes the emerging high-quality contents from AI enabled websites and tools.
In this world of digital content creation, your success depends on originality and quality of your content. And, when it comes to quality of your images and videos, your gear can make or break your success. If you are an aspiring content creator looking to elevate your work, it is time for you to stop using smartphones and point & shoot cameras for clicking pictures and videos. Canon EOS R50 may be your gateway to make your work stand out in this crowded world of digital content creation.
Today, I am taking a deep dive into this entry level mirrorless camera from canon, which has been making waves in the content creation community. I have combed the reviews and tested it myself and here is what you need to know.
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Canon EOS R50: The rightful successor
Canon maintained top spot in this entry level mirrorless camera segment with its hugely popular models like M50 and M50 Mark II. But after the launch of Sony ZV-E10 in 2021, which was majorly targeted at good quality video content creation for budding creators, Canon started losing it grip on the segment. Responding positively to the situation, Canon quickly came up with R50, an exceptional blend of versatility and performance.
EOS R50: Compact and Portable Design
One of the first thing you will notice about Canon EOS R50 is its compact size. It’s lightweight and easy to carry, making it a perfect companion for creators on the go. Whether you are vlogging on the street, recoding interviews, live streaming or capturing breathtaking landscapes, EOS R50 won’t let you down.
R50 weight (including battery) 375g, slightly less than its predecessor M50 Mark II. Its more compact also, bringing it closer to its immediate competitor Sony ZV-E10. This makes it easier to carry. But, if you have long fingers and bigger palm, then you might face little difficulties, toggling between buttons, during handheld usage.
Stunning Image Quality
Canon EOS R50 is equipped with 24.2 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor paired with DIGIC-X processor, to deliver high resolution images with fine details and excellent colour reproduction. One of the standout features of EOS R50 is its continuous shooting capability. You can click burst shots up-to 15 frames per second in electronic shutter mode and up-to 12 frames in electronic first curtain mode. This is particularly useful in action photography while capturing that perfect shot of your child hitting her/his first goal in school football tournament.
Clicked on canon EOS R50
Canon EOS R50 is powerful tool for amateur photographers as it offers various pre-set modes and filters which can help you secure sharp, vibrant and true-to-life results. Canon cameras are already known for their beautiful colour reproduction. If clicked in right conditions and setting, you will get stunning results, especially with skin tones.
Canon R50 Give Perfect Autofocus
The Autofocus system in EOS R50 will surprise many of you with its subject-recognition AF and continuous tracking abilities. Just tap the subject you see on the screen, and it will automatically focus on it and start tracking. Canon R50 can recognize people, animals and vehicles easily. New ‘Servo Ai” mode can effortlessly detect and track subject and ensures that nothing important is missed in that perfect moment.
Canon EOS Advance Assistance Modes
Compact yet powerful Canon EOS R50 comes with an Advance (A+) Assist mode under which you get three smart automatic modes.
Creative Assist:
A handy and intelligent in-built assistance feature which allow you to choose from multiple pre-set colour settings, background blur, contrast, brightness, saturation and much more. Just select any one of the pre-set colour filter and camera will adjust rest of the setting to get you best of the result. No more technical puzzle to solve before hitting that click button.
Creative Bracketing:
Just like a super-efficient assistant, this feature creates multiple options of each image clicked, with different colour filters, brightness and other settings. It does all this on its own inside the camera itself and you can choose the best option as per your requirement.
Creative+:
Canon R50 has got some Ai feature as well just like your smartphone. It clicks multiple images at once and combine them to produce one single photo with improves dynamic range, sharpness, depth and colour gradation.
Along with these advance assistance features, Canon EOS R50 also have standard DSLRS type Mode Dial which will guide you to different setting options for each mode with an example image on the LCD screen or view finder. With so much of pre-set modes and Assistance, EOS R50 can easily be considered one of the best options of Point & Shoot camera out there for amateur photographers today.
Vlogging with 4k video
Canon EOS R50 can shoot 4K videos at 24 frames and 30 frames per second. Despite being an APS-C sensor, it does not crop your 4K video, unlike its predecessors. It manages to achieve such result by down sampling the 6K video into 4K with details and clarity of 6K. It also gives your lot of scope to zoom-in without losing any detail. With Canon R50, you can also shoot 4K slow motion in 60 frames per second and Full HD with 120 frames per second.
EOS R50 also have an Autofocus mode while video recording which is does decent job like other popular cameras in this segment. It has a product focus mode like the one in Sony ZV-E10 which make focus transition very smoothly without any delay. This is a very helpful feature for product demo videos. This camera does not have IBIS (In-Built Image Stabilization) but it does have electronic stabilization with does pretty decent job considering the size and price point of this camera.
New Canon RF lenses
Combination of RF-S Mount lenses and APS-C sensor is relatively new for Canon’s ecosystem. So, you won’t find too many lenses’ options. To start with, you can have two lens kit which includes 18-45mm and 55-210mm IS STM lenses.
Then you can add Canon RF mount lenses in your kit which are design for its full frame bodies but can fit in this RF-S mount sensor of EOS R50 boasting it focal length 1.25 times. For example, if you use a RF 50mm F1.8 STM lens with EOS R50, its actual focal length will be 50 X 1.25 = 62.5mm. This is a big advantage, but RF lenses are expensive. Those with a collection of old EF lenses can use a RF adaptor to use them with RF-S mount of canon R50.
Body and Connectivity
Canon EOS R50 is a user-friendly camera which is compact and light weight especially designed for beginners and amateurs. You get a very comprehensive, yet easy to navigate menu design which can be accessed easily through its 3-inch super responsive Veri-angle touch LCD screen and OLED Electronic Viewfinder (EVF).
It comes with a built-in manual flash and single card slot, compatible with UHS-I type high speed memory card. Card you will have to buy separately. You also get LP-E17, efficient but small battery and a charger adaptor inside the box.
This camera also has multiple connectivity options. You get USB-C type, Mini HDMI, Wi-Fi and Canon Connect App for charging, remote operations and file transfers. Thera is an in-built mic, but you can add external mic as well.
Verdict
The Canon EOS R50 is a well-built interchangeable lens mirrorless camera. With good photo quality and an impressive autofocus system, it is a perfect blend of basic to pro features. It promises to handhold you through your journey from an amateur content creator to a professional one.
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