Canon has added another discontinuation to their EOS M camera lineup, this time it's the Canon EOS M50 Mark II, the bestselling EOS M camera. It has been confirmed that the body only kit has been discontinued by Canon Japan, with only the “Double Zoom” kit remaining current.
It's quite rare for Canon to discontinue products before a replacement is announced, but it has happened. We don't think this is one of those cases, but time will tell.
This follows the discontinuation of the EOS M6 Mark II in May and more recently the EOS M200.
There should be inventory of the EOS M50 Mark II for a few months at least and some dealers may decide to split up their “Dual Zoom” kits to sell only the bodies.
We do believe that the EOS R100 will fill the void left by the end of the EOS M lineup and we're really hoping that Canon releases some of the better EOS M lenses in an RF mount.
The M300 would be for using with all the EF-M lenses I have and as a pocketable camera, the R100 would be more for bringing on business trips and hikes.
I wouldn't be surprised if they discontinue the EF-M-EF adapter sometime soon.
The external EVF on my M6II gets the job done, but I wouldn't miss it if I misplaced of broke it.
Since the shutter dial on my M6II is acting up and the store I bought it from refuses an RMA since it "sounds like software, try reinstalling the firmware", I'm looking forward to having a replacement that is a similar size, or smaller. And before you say "Fuji!", that starts at being twice as expensive as the Canon equivalent and it only gets more expensive from there.
I tend to agree. I bought the M6 II with the external viewfinder, put it on, and basically left it in place. I actually prefer it. And of course if I ever have to pack the camera in a tight space and that viewfinder sticks up too much, I can remove it.
What was irritating to me was the camera came by itself, or as a kit with the viewfinder and one or the other of two lenses I either already had or just wasn't interested in. No option to buy camera and viewfinder. Not only was I irked, but also the owner of the store who sold it to me, who went to some sort of event put on by Canon to explain their plans for the camera, and he challenged them on that very point, and they basically blew him off.
Canon hates it when people resell their kit lenses--to the point now where kits often don't save any money--but in this case they gave me no alternative. I would have happily bought a kit without the part I didn't want and not sold it...but they didn't even give me that option so tough sh*t, Canon.
-Becca N
M May, the month the M6MkII was discontinued
5 What month is May...? Of course it's the 5th month!
0 October is the current month!
M Who completed their takeover of Twitter on the same day the M50mkII was discontinued? Elon Musk.
K If we take the M200, remove the M and the last 0, we get 20, subtract 1 and that's 19. What's the 19th element? Potassium... or K!
3 What year is it next year? 2023!
There you have it, conclusive and irrefutable proof that the M50mk3 is coming in 2023. See? Everything's fine.... EVERYTHING IS FINE!
All kidding aside, I still really like the original M50, and will continue to use it when I need to go ultralight, as long as it holds up. But I'm also able to separate my love for the M mount from the fact... ugh... okay my opinion that Canon effectively shut down the M system 3 years ago.
I noticed the R10 with kit lens is one of the top sellers now in Japan, I guess the kit lens will be fine for those who did buy them.
Also bought my first E mount zoom, a really nice power zoom lens 18-105, F 4.0, E mount for my A6400. $660. Canon offers nothing afaik comparable for APSC.
So, general question @neuroanatomist- you have been helpful with history to me, what wild guess would you say for most Canon sales say of past 20 years of DSLR's and now MILC's those customers never buy another lens other than the kit lens? I wonder how many % wise of M50's sold for youtubers and those customers never spent any more money on other lens? If Canon's profit as said here is in the lens (and customers never buy a prime) and even if this M50 has been a best seller but low margin- seems logical to move on to the R mount as posted here say the "R100". I get it, if they make $200 a unit versus 2-3x that on RF $2-3k primes.
Canon now drops M, moves to all R, and changes business focus mostly to mid higher end, more profitable segment yet quite below the Ferrari rung of the ladder where Leica and Hasselblad sit, so prosumer market? As a business decision with sales volumes post 2012 way off peak, needed to refocus.
That Sony ZV-1F will be a 2 year experiment imo. An R100 also, and perhaps could be the end of all small, hobby cameras since the M50 even as a best seller isn't enough revenue and market share continually chewed off by Smartphones. Unless of course the wild card that Canon targets some market driven functions in smartphone imaging functions so consumers get better photos or equal cloud based, AI icloud like features from their cameras.
It would be interesting if Canon made some sort of larger sensor(s)and larger diameter lens all-in-one yet in a smaller pocket size but with connectivity, onboard memory, no EVF, no moving parts like the powershot models but better imaging than say an iPhone. Less internal parts, consolidated miniaturized DSP chip, less ribbon cables, etc. and thin 3000ma Li-ion batteries like cell phones.
I am pretty sure that Canon discontinued the 7Dii before releasing the R7 :)
The only reason I never bought into M was lack of IBIS. Of all the technologies to introduce in a consumer-level body, IBIS is by far the most needed and useful. Pros know how to get sharp photos. Amateurs struggle with blurry pics and give up in frustration, using their iphone instead. IBIS should be a standard feature. No one in sub-$1k category cares about new sensors. Just reuse the 80D sensor forever, it's fine! Spend the money on computation and IBIS.