Act444 said:
As an M6 owner, i’m looking at this camera and wondering what the differences are. It appears these two cameras are more or less meant to co-exist - the M6 being more “enthusiast” with its numerous dials and custom modes (albeit no viewfinder) and small size, and the M50 being essentially an M100 in an M5 body and also w/4K video. The improvements seem nice but it also looks very simplistic. Maybe the video functions are worth a look - mic input? Time sync (w/external audio - something the M6 lacks)? If it can be a legit video recording companion to an external audio recording setup = might be something to look into.
Considering the M6 line versus M50 line, it looks to like me like M5/M6 are stratified to be more "enthusiast", currently, by giving them more physical controls -- with M6 a smaller footprint camera in exchange for no built-in VF.
One could surmise that if the M50 is successful, Canon could build an M60 that has similar ergonomics to the M6, and is $100-$150 or so less.
Moving forward, I would expect M5 Mk2 and M6 Mk2 to have the tech that is in the M50, like silent shutter, pupil AF, 4k video -- and perhaps maybe even some better versions of each. I would also expect that Mx cameras be further differentiated, because frankly, a lot of people don't really care about those extra dials, so Canon will want other reasons to upsell them by a couple hundred bucks.
At the moment, there is a HUGE benefit for stills for M50, in my opinion: a fully articulating screen versus a tilt-only screen. For me, I would take the fully articulating screen any day of the week (hell, I'd take it over 4k video). And, of course, more FPS and pupil AF are better than not, but just give it a year or so and it should be in M5/M6.
Since naming conventions are a fetish of this site... Canon should have named the current models M50 and M60 to be consistent with xxD, and the new camera M500, to be consistent with Rebel xxxD numbering. Then, full frame cameras could have been M5, a superpro M1, and a pro MILC APSC called the M7. Wouldn't that have been logical? But noooooo... 8)
snappy604 said:
Thought my 80d was so-so camera when I originally got it, but found I could push it much harder than my 7d and get good results through processing. Always want better, but pretty satisfied with it given the price/market it was aimed at.
When I bought my 80D, I hardly looked at reviews and forums; it was an auto-buy because I really loved the 70D. At first, I thought... huh.. not that big of a deal -- but it was fine, because I wanted another xxD body anyways, because I needed to catch to have 2 tripod positions. But after using it for a week (again, never having read a review), I absolutely fell in love with it.
If I had listened to the reviews, I wouldn't have bought a 6DII, and I absolutely love that camera too. Like you said, though, I'm always looking forward to better