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- Let's compare the Canon EOS R against the M50
and see what the difference is in image quality.
I actually don't know if this is a useful test or not,
but I like comparing things.
So let's see what the difference is
between a 600-ish dollar camera
and an 1,800-ish dollar camera.
So, as you might know,
both cameras do have dual pixel auto focus,
they both have tilty flippy LCD screens,
and they both have great image quality,
and of course they are mirrorless cameras
with the M50 being Canon's first mirrorless camera
that offers 4K.
Now, of course, there are some differences
with the biggest one being sensor size.
The M50 is a crop sensor,
whereas the EOS R is a full frame
gloriously beautiful sensor.
Now of course, it does crop in if you shoot in 4K.
The M50 has a bit of a 4K crop as well,
but the biggest difference between that 4K
is that the EOS R still has dual pixel auto focus in 4K
but the M50 does not have dual pixel auto focus in 4K,
only in 1080p.
If you're filming in 1080p,
the M50 records at 60 megabits per second,
but the EOS R records at a 180 megabits per second.
That's a pretty huge difference,
and in 4K the difference is even more obvious.
The M50 records at 120 megabits per second
and the R does a massive 480 megabits per second.
And what that really means,
I honestly did not care about bitrates at all
until I got the R and saw the difference.
It basically means you've got more information
packed into your footage
which helps improve overall image quality,
and especially in the case of the R,
it makes the footage much more adaptable
to post-processing and editing.
So I have to say
as silly as I thought this test was initially,
I've actually been really impressed
looking at the footage filmed with the M50 and the EOS R.
The M50 holds up, it holds its ground
against a higher end camera really, really well.
And just for good measure,
I wanted to see 60 frames per second from each camera
slowed down to 24 frames per second.
So what kind of slow motion capabilities
does each camera offer?
In terms of build quality,
the two cameras are pretty different.
They're both built very well.
The R is much more robust, it's weather-sealed.
The M50 is smaller, it really feels more on par
with the Rebel series cameras.
That's not necessarily a bad thing
because the Canon Rebels can really stand up
to quite a lot of use
and they last a really, really long time.
I'm really impressed with how the M50 holds up
against the EOS R.
I think that this is an absolutely incredible camera.
I know there are quite a few people, especially on YouTube,
who are big fans of this camera
and use it for everything.
And it's got this amazing compact size,
it delivers a lot.
You got the wonderful flip-out screen.
This is quite an incredible little camera.
And despite the fact that it's really small,
you can still swap out lenses.
So I've honestly thought for myself
that the M50 could be
a really awesome second camera to have.
But really there's only three reasons
that I don't have an M50 myself,
and it comes down to 4K,
not that I use 4K all that often on my EOS R,
but I do use it fairly regularly,
and having dual pixel auto focus,
I mean, it's the best focusing system there is.
Why wouldn't you want that?
Manual focus in 4K,
especially with these M series lenses,
I found to be really difficult.
It's like, I've had a really hard time
telling when 4K footage is and is not in focus
using manual focus, I don't know why.
I haven't really enjoyed that very much.
But the other two reasons
that I haven't gotten an M50 for myself
are the battery and the lenses.
So the battery life on this is great.
It lasts a long time,
especially if you're doing video.
The battery's fine,
but the only reason that I haven't gotten my own
is because it doesn't take Canon's LP-E6 style batteries,
and I am just in favor of simplicity.
I like all my cameras to use the same batteries.
So if you're doing any kinda travel,
where you just want your life
to be a little bit simpler and easier,
the fact that you can use the same battery
and the same charger
across multiple cameras and devices
just really helps to streamline everything.
And then last but not least are the lenses.
I'm not a huge fan of the M series lenses.
They're fine, I mean, you can get great results,
they're very sharp.
There's just nothing in the whole series
that really stands out.
Sigma and a few other companies
are starting to release M series lenses
that are pretty interesting,
like some fast primes and all that,
but nothing really crazy.
And again, just like with batteries,
having two sets of lenses
just adds to kind of the clutter of the camera bag,
and I like to try to avoid that.
It is possible and very worth mentioning
that you can get an EF adaptor for the M50,
which means you can use
any of Canon's EF and EF-S lenses with this camera.
And that is a great option to kind of simplify that,
open up some lens options.
For me, though, one of the benefits of the M50
would be its small size,
putting an EF adaptor and then a big old EF lens
does kinda kill that.
So I know I'm sorta complaining
that I'm not a huge fan of the lenses,
and then I'm like, well,
I also don't want to lose the ability to use those lenses.
But really if there was just an M series lens
that was on par with an L series lens,
I don't know if that'd be practical
for Canon to produce,
but that would definitely, I think, make a lot of people
give the M50 a second look.
So who would the M50 be for, in my comparison,
two and a half years after the camera was released?
I would say if you're somebody
who doesn't have a camera system yet,
and you're on a budget,
this is a great way to get incredible results,
especially if you're interested
in the world of YouTube at all,
or if you're somebody
who does have an existing camera setup
and you want a second camera
but you don't mind having different batteries
and different lens systems,
again, this could be an absolutely awesome option.
But despite the fact how much I love the M50,
the EOS R really holds a special place in my heart,
even though it is more expensive,
still think the price is very reasonable for what you get.
But in the last eight or nine months
that I have been using it,
I have grown to love it so much.
It's basically my favorite camera.
I get amazing results with it, it's fun to use.
I've made quite a few videos about it.
In fact, I actually put together a whole playlist
of just some of my EOS R videos.
So if you're interested in this camera right here,
you wanna know more about it, check that out,
and I will see you over in those videos.