I wanted an advanced camera with a good hand-feel (deep, so you can have full confidence in one-hand holding of the camera at any angle). Previously had the Canon T100/E4000D DSLR, which I liked, but I wanted more resolution and image quality.
The R50 came out earlier this year. It is mirrorless, so not a DSLR and thus no mirror flap, but also no optical VF (but excellent EVF). However, it has a nice simulated OVF mode (also found on some Olympus cameras). One thing to know about the OVF sim — just like with real OVF, there is no instant review in the VF. And if you’re in monochrome mode, the OVF will still be in color so you can forget you’re in monochrome mode unless you look for a symbol in the VF.
Has a readable 2-axis electronic level (in EVF and LCD). Mechanical shutter (electronic first curtain) or silent electronic shutter. Good manual-focus features. Lots of smart features added since the T100 came out. And it’s lighter than the T100 — only 375g body + kit ens 130g = 505g
The kit lens is very good — RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM. The sensor is sharp and so is this lens. But I am waiting for Canon to release an RF-S pancake prime. On the T100 I used their EF-S 24mm which was very good. I would expect Canon to release an RF-S 22mm prime, as they have (or had) a EF-M 22mm prime for their M50 cameras.
Anyway, hard to go wrong with this camera if you are going from a Canon APS-C DSLR to mirrorless. Recommended!
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