Ahoj. This is Zdenka. I absolutely love my Canon M50 but last month I added
another camera which is Canon M6 mark ii. I had a chance to tested it fully in
that month. I took it to a few shoots. I even filmed few YouTube videos with it
and last weekend, I took it to a wedding where I tested it in terms of
photography. I shot with it during the day and in the evening, in low-light
conditions. Well, what do I think? Do I think it is worth upgrading from Canon
M50 and mainly, why do I believe and I do believe, that's this camera
which had quite a bit of negative reviews when it was first announced, is
having a complete turned around and is going to be one of the best sellers when
it comes to vlog cameras next year in 2020.
If you are new here, welcome. My name is Zdenka Darula. I create photo and video
tutorials, tech reviews like this one and creative camera challenges, so if
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subscribe button. Well, let me grab those two cameras. Canon M50
and Canon M6 Mark ii. Let me show you the differences, let me show you some
samples and tell you what I really think and let's start with the build and design.
Both cameras have quite similar size. Their design is however different. M6
mark ii is tiny but heavier. When I hold those two, I cannot really feel the
difference. To me, it is quite the same. The obvious difference is that M50 has
electronic viewfinder and has flip out screen which you can rotate. M6
mark ii doesn't have viewfinder. You can attach it if you need it. The screen you
can pull out and tilt up. What do I think about this? When it comes to viewfinder, I
really don't need this. Those who are following me for a while know already
that at the beginning of this year I was diagnosed with some problems with my
right eye. Basically I'm seeing lot of floaters, I have a spasm, I have pains in
my right eye. I had early stage of retina detachment and all because I was using
the viewfinder for so many years, having all those strobes flashing into my eye.
And after talking to many professionals this year in the industry, I realized how
common it is. But don't you worry, it's fine. It only hurts quite a bit after the
weddings because I'm still using the viewfinder on the other DSLR quite a bit.
So then I have to rest. So my priority right now is not to use the viewfinder
but actually use the screen a lot more. The only time I would attach the
viewfinder is if I would be shooting on a very bright
a day and I could not see the screen very clearly or if I will be shooting
with my telephoto lens which is 70 to 200 millimeters. That lens is super
heavy for me and it's much easier for me to hold it closer. When it comes to
screen itself, I really don't mind that on the M6 Mark ii I cannot flip the
screen to the side. If I'm doing a video, I flip the screen upwards and I can
still see myself very clearly so there's no issue there. And actually during the
weddings when I was shooting all angles and I really like to shoot all angles, it
just looks so much nicer. I had the screen tilted upwards like
this and I really enjoyed it because I didn't have to do this. I didn't have to
round my back. My back was not sore anymore. It was, it was very comfortable. I
was just holding the camera like this, I was just looking down. I really, really,
really liked it. The only thing I prefer on the Canon M50 is the fact that you
can just rotate the screen and kind of flip it in, so the screen gets protected.
Especially if you are caring it somewhere in the bag. On this one, the
screen is always exposed. I'm thinking about getting a screen protector. Both
cameras have pop-up flash which I don't use. I would be more careful though on
the m6 mark ii. The mechanism is quite you know, I would be just more gentle with it.
If you look at the top, there is extra dial. This dial controls my aperture but
you can control other things. When you press the dial function button, the dial
in the front controls your shutter speed and I love the dials. That's actually
something I really enjoyed at the wedding because it made me operate the
camera very fast. The M50 doesn't have it and when I was shooting with that at the
wedding, it really slowed me down. So I really preferred to have those dials on
the top. The dial with modes has more options on the M6 mark ii. There is FV
which is flexible priority and then we have C 1 and C 2 which is
program AE 1 and 2. Red record button has been moved to the back which I like
better. There is also new manual focus and autofocus button with autofocus
on in a center and that one I like better. On the Canon M50 I
accidentally pressed the manual focus button many times, but here it is very
clear and it's just better. Let's talk about picture quality. Here is a photo
side-by-side taken with both cameras. Let's look at the main differences. Canon
M50 is 24.1 megapixel camera. Canon m6 mark 2 is
32.5 megapixel camera. Image resolution on M50 is 6000
x 4000 pixels. On M6 mark ii it is 6960 x 4640
pixels so they are a little bit bigger. This gives you more room when you
want to crop the images but still wants to maintain high quality prints. And
let's zoom in to hundred percent. I took both images with the same lens, just a
kit lens 15 to 45 millimeters and as I mentioned, I took both cameras to two
separate weddings because I wanted to test them out to see how it would be to
operate them in such a fast-paced environment and I still wanted to
see how it's gonna perform in low-light and I can tell you right now that I
really didn't like the Canon M50 that much. For those interested to see the
actual video where I'm talking about it, the link is in a video description below
so you can watch it after this one. So just like I did with the M50 I threw
Viltrox speed booster with 50 millimeter lens on it and took photos at
wedding which was in kind of dark wooden place. They had some light there but it
was it was quite dark. I shot in full manual mode as I always do and I was
pleasantly surprised that it was easy to work with.
Again the dials really helped, the autofocus is brilliant.
It was working very fast and I didn't miss any important moments and I didn't
even need a flash. Here is for comparison photo I took with my DSLR which is 5D
mark 3 at the same wedding and with portrait lens 24 to 105 millimeters and
I had to use a flash. Now here is a photo from Canon m6 mark 2 with no flash. Quite
impressive right? I still didn't test this camera with
flash, with external flash as I really don't have one comparable but that will
come in the future. Let's talk about autofocus which is so good. Both
cameras have dual pixel autofocus system but m6 and two is a bit more advanced.
Focusing brightness is a wider minus 5 to 18 versus minus 2 to 18 and has spot
autofocus mode. It also enables eye detection when tracking a subject. When
recording video or in burst mode sports and wildlife photographers will prefer
m6 mark 2 because it is capable of shooting up to 14 frames per second.
That's the maximum continuous shooting speed with autofocus tracking feature.
It has electronic shutter which enables raw burst mode and it is silent so the
electronic shutter makes silent shooting possible. So you can take a series of
photos with different focus and then merge them in 1 in software like
Photoshop for example and I know that a lot of landscape photographers are using
that technique. Now let's talk about a video. At this very moment right now this
camera doesn't shoot 24 frames per second. It shoots 30 frames per second but
Canon is changing that. In early 2020 whoever purchased this camera will be
able to update the firmware where 24 frames per second feature will be added
and I totally know that cannon actually had to
do that if they want to hit the sales. And by doing that I strongly believe
that this camera will be the next big thing in 2020. So let's say this camera
will soon shoot at 24 frames per second. Now you can also shoot 4k in 30 frames
per second and it's not cropped like canon M50 and there is also autofocus.
On Canon m50 there is no autofocus if you shoot in 4k. It also shoots
60 frames per second and 120 frames per second in Full HD which is
1080p. On Canon M50 it is in 720p. You can shoot time-lapse in 4k and also
take 4k video frame photo. When it comes to time lapses, there are the same
options on both cameras but if you want to do the proper photo sequence the
proper for the time-lapse, for example sunrise or sunset or the flower opening,
then the Canon m6 mark 2 has intervalometer built-in so you don't
need an external trigger or you don't need another software. 3 more things
we need to talk about. Memory cards, batteries and the price. Batteries are
different than what you got with Canon M50. M50 uses LP-E12 batteries which
get you about 235 shots. It all depends how much you use the screen and playback.
And 6 mark 2 uses LP-E17 batteries and gets you roughly 305 photos. You can also
charge the camera via USB port which is awesome when you travel. You cannot do
that with the M50. When it comes to memory cards both cameras use SDXC cards.
M6 mark 2 supports UHS type 2 cards which is ultra high-speed data transfer
of up to 312 megabytes a second. M50 supports UHS type 1 where transfer is up
to 104 megabytes a second. When it comes to price,
the difference between those two bodies, again it depends on the story on a deal
I've seen is around $300. And I absolutely see the M6 mark 2 as the next
best vlog camera. I don't necessarily see it as the best camera when it comes to
photography but when it comes to video for vlog with the added 24 frames per
second, yes absolutely. For those interested, I posted links to
both cameras in a video description below for you to check the pricing. Those
are international links so you can see the pricing in your currency based on
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you. Let me know which camera you prefer and why. I would love to read that
so please do that in the comment section below and I'll see all of my friends you
in the next video. Cau.... Ahoj...