CANON EOS M50
£499/$579
It’s the most lightweight camera in the group but still packs a wonderful wallop
Significantly downsized from the 250D reflex camera, this mirrorless model is delightfully svelte. The theme is continued by the little EF-M 15-45mm kit lens, which is retractable to reduce storage space. It also gives a wider max viewing angle than the 250D’s 18-55mm kit lens, with an effective 24mm rather than 28.8mm focal length in full-frame terms.
The M50 is only the second Canon M-series mirrorless camera to feature a built-in electronic viewfinder. Despite being an entry-level model, the viewfinder matches that of the range-topping M5 with a 2360k dot, 0.7x magnification OLED display that gives full 100 per cent coverage.
There’s a wealth of shooting info available in the viewfinder, as well 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 fire off stills at up to 5fps, the M50 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.