Photo Plus - UK (2019-09)

The Canon Magazine 101

DSLRs vs MIRRORLESS

FEATURES

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VERDICT
FEATURES
BUILD & HANDLING
IMAGE QUALITY
VALUE
OVERALL
CANON EOS M50 £489/$629
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gives full 100 per cent coverage.
There’s a wealth of shooting info
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as a live preview of the effect of
settings. While the M50 and 250D
offer 4K UHD video capture, they
also have a crop factor that limits
the wide-angle potential of the
lens. Like in the EOS RP, Dual Pixel
AF is unavailable when shooting 4K
movies, so you have to rely on less
effective contrast-detection AF.
Performance
One area in which the M50
outperforms the 250D is its max
burst rate. Whereas the 250D can
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shoots at up to 10fps, dropping to
7.4fps with Servo (continuous) AF.
Performance is slightly less
impressive when it comes to
battery, the M50 only managing
235 shots from a fully charged
battery, compared with the
impressive 1070 shots for the 250D.
For image quality and in other
areas of performance, the two
cameras are incredibly similar.
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The EF-M 15-45mm
kit lens helps keep
the package light.
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Dual Pixel CMOS AF
is fast and accurate.
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The 0.39-inch OLED
electronic viewfinder
has 2360k dots and
gives full coverage.
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Beginner-friendly
shooting modes
include Scene
Intelligent Auto,
Hybrid Auto and
Creative Assist.
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The vari-angle
touchscreen’s Quick
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mirrorless model is
delightfully svelte. The
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RAW* SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
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he EOS 5D Mk IV and EOS R lead the way for resolution

scores in our lab tests. Technically, the 5D Mk IV

captures slightly more fine detail at low to medium

sensitivity settings but the EOS R’s omission of a reflex mirror

reduces in-camera vibrations which can degrade sharpness in

real-world shooting. The same holds true when comparing the

6D Mk II and EOS RP, which have almost identical lab results.

In the APS-C format camp, the 77D wins out against the M5,

whereas there’s little to choose between the 250D and M50.

RESOLUTION

Which of these cameras has the most resolving power?

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