I'm Matt Adlard.
I'm a pastry chef and today, Canon have
invited me to test out the new EOS M50 Mark II.
I'm going to do loads of different bakes,
we're going to put it through its paces
and I'm driving to the location now.
Now I'm actually vlogging on the M50 Mark II right now and
usually my setup is a phone or a heavy, clunky camera
and I can see already the detail and the quality
is exactly what I'm going to need and it's nimble.
It's so easy to use.
Right. We're at location guys and you've got
to look at this kitchen, it is amazing.
We've got windows everywhere.
We've got natural light, which is going to make the food look amazing.
We're going to get set up, get the camera
ready and we're going to start baking.
Cake & Content
Today we are making not one, not two, but three recipes
and we're going to do all sorts of colours and techniques.
We're going to use vacuum forming, piping, and
there's even going to be some dry ice, but the
first recipe we're going to be live streaming.
CHAPTER 01 LIVESTREAM
So I'm shooting on my M50 Mark II.
I'm going to set it up in a presenter style on a tripod.
I'm going to connect to the camera with an HDMI
cable so I get a clean feed for my live stream.
And to simplify it even more, I can actually live
stream directly to YouTube from the camera itself. *Requires an internet connected wireless network with a speed of at least 6Mbs plus a YouTube account of at least 1000 subscribers.
The great thing about this setup is even if I didn't
want to live stream, I could use this as a webcam.
So when I am creating something for my audience, I
want it to be bold, I want it to be unique, I want
it to have different textures and colours and flavours.
And when I've put all that effort, weeks, months into a design,
I need to make sure that when I do show it off and I record a
video, or I take a picture, it looks as good as it possibly can.
And now I'm going to finish off these desserts, which
I've filled up with a fresh mint chocolate mousse.
So I've infused the cream with fresh mint
and then we top it with this edible chocolate
soil, which is one of my favourite recipes.
It's caster sugar in there, ground almonds, flour, butter.
So I'm going to add a little garnish on top so
that you think it's actually a mint plant, and
you'll see, in a second, it's very creative.
We've just finished the first live stream.
Have a look at those little bakes, we
made those cute, edible mint plant pots.
The M50 Mark II was so easy to use.
It was simple to set up the live stream
and now we're going to move on to the second bake,
which is a vanilla cheesecake, that has a twist.
You'll see.
CHAPTER 02 TOP DOWN SHOT
Now if you follow me, you know I love a top-down shot and
this is going to be so much easier with a flip screen.
So let's get set up.
I've got my top-down shot ready to go
and the M50 Mark II was so easy to set up.
And one thing to mention is the M50 Mark II
automatically recognises when it's vertical, which
means the files come into the edit vertically.
Easy.
Right, I'm done for the day and the
final bake came out looking real good.
Now it got a little darker in here than I usually shoot
in, but the M50 Mark II handled the low light so well, and
tomorrow, we're going to take some beautiful photographs.
CHAPTER 03 PHOTOGRAPHY
Right it's day two and we are back at it.
Today we're going to make a chocolate
sphere with an amazing surprise.
And yesterday, we tested all the video features of the
M50 Mark II, but today we're going to focus on photography.
Now I'm not the most confident when it comes
to changing settings and things like aperture.
So the fact that I can go into the M50 Mark II and
just select the food scene mode, means it's all done
for me and I don't need to worry about any of that.
So I've been able to use a variety of lenses like the
macro lens, which is going to give me close-up details.
And then I've been able to switch to the prime lens, which
gives me that lovely shallow depth of field, but being able
to switch those lenses quickly and easily means that I can
vary all my shots and offer a whole variety of content.
I've just finished the final bake and the dry ice looks amazing.
The high speed continuous shooting on the M50 Mark II
was able to capture the exact moment I needed.
It was perfect.
Obviously over the last couple of days, I've been
taking different photos and videos and if I want
to transfer them to any device, I can send them
from the camera to the image.canon cloud service.
But if I want to transfer them to my
phone, I can use the Camera Connect app.
Now this is really important for me because often I'm shooting
out and about or I might be collaborating with someone else.
I need to be able to transfer those files over to
my devices really quickly and upload them onto my
social channels and this makes it so much easier.
I can actually set up the camera to automatically
transfer my images to the Camera Connect app, which
means I don't even need to transfer them later on.
Now from using the M50 Mark II over the last couple of days, I've
realised there's things that I've wished I could have done with
my content or never quite had the capability technologically
to be able to do, that I can now do with the M50 Mark II.
Whether it's live streaming, whether it's
uploading straight to my devices, which is going
to speed things up when it comes to the edit.
There's so many little elements that are going to
save me time and also really enhance my content.