Canon’s $680 EOS R50 is its most affordable RF camera yet

Canon is including a brand new, extra reasonably priced entry level into its RF mirrorless digital camera ecosystem. Alongside the full-frame EOS R8, the corporate unveiled right now the EOS R50, an APS-C RF mount digital camera that can begin at $680 when it goes on sale later this 12 months. Canon didn’t ship over a full spec sheet, however judging from the knowledge the corporate did share, the R50 might rapidly change into a go-to for a lot of newbies.

The digital camera includes a 24.2-megapixel sensor able to capturing uncropped 4K video footage at as much as 30 frames per second. The R50 may also shoot 1080p video at as much as 60 frames per second and S&Q-style slo-mo footage at as much as 120 frames per second. What’s extra, Canon claims the digital camera can seize a full hour of steady footage. Regardless of its modest value, the R50 additionally consists of the corporate’s glorious Twin Pixel autofocus know-how, with built-in topic detection for folks, animals and automobiles. Better of all, the tech is on the market for each stills and video.

You aren’t getting any log modes, however it does have HDR PQ which additionally offers you 10-bit video — not unhealthy for a finances digital camera. Different video options embody a microHDMI port for exterior video, each microphone and headphone ports, and UVC compatibility for direct webcam streaming. 

Burst taking pictures speeds are nice at this value as effectively: 12 fps in digital first-curtain shutter mode (there is no full mechanical shutter) and 15 fps in digital shutter mode, each with servo AF. It’s going to solely seize 13 C-RAW+JPEG information in a burst although, doubtless as a result of sluggish UHS-I SD card help. There is no in-body stabilization (IS) at that value, however it may use the IS constructed into lenses or digital stabilization (with a crop) for vlogging. It additionally has an OLED viewfinder, which many cameras on this value vary do not, although decision is pretty low at 2.36 million dots. 

On the identical time, Canon is increasing its RF lens lineup so as to add new crop sensor glass. The RF-S55-210mm is a compact telephoto lens with a full-frame equal subject of view between 88mm and 336mm. It includes a variable f/5 to f/7.1 aperture, four-and-a-half stops of built-in optical stabilization and close-focusing capabilities. The RF-S55-210mm IS STM isn’t the quickest possibility in Canon’s RF lens secure, however it does add some much-needed selection on the APS-C aspect of issues.

At $680 for body-only, the R50 slots underneath the EOS R10, which was beforehand Canon’s most reasonably priced RF mirrorless digital camera. Successfully, the R50 is a extra succesful model of the EOS M50 Mark II that’s lower than $100 dearer and doesn’t restrict you to Canon’s dead-end EF-M mount system. It’s additionally aggressive in opposition to Sony’s ZV-E10 and Nikon’s Z30, which value about the identical however don’t supply an digital viewfinder. The EOS R50 will arrive later this 12 months. Along with promoting the physique by itself, Canon will bundle the digital camera as a part of a Content material Creator Equipment that can ship with a microphone, 18-45mm package lens and grip for $800.