Canon released 20 cameras since launching RF Mount in 2018, but it had a gapping hole in a major market: Vlogging. Now, the company has packed that with the launch of $ 700 R50 V, which is aimed at the purpose of the creators on a budget and is designed to take Sony’s ZV-E10 II.
The R50 V has the same 24-megapixel APS-C sensor as the R50, but adds 4K 60p video, C-clog3 for additional dynamic range, a livestreaming button and a side tripod socket for vertical videos like a side tripod socket adds features. It is cheaper than $ 1,100 ZV-E10 II and even slightly lower than the old ZV-E10. After some long testing, however, I found that it was remembering some key features compared to its Sony rivals, especially those who make Vlogging easier for beginners.
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Canon’s EOS R50 V is a solid budget Vlogging camera for excellent video quality, but it is remembering important features compared to its rivals.
- Good photos and videos quality
- Fast and accurate autofocus
- Cooling fan allows extended shoots
- Decently fast photo shooting
- Rolling shutter deformation
- No in-body stabilization
- There is a lack of waling friendly features of the opponent
- Intermediary battery life
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Design and handling
Like other Vlogging cameras, the R50 V is taken away in terms of both size and control. It contains a polycarbonate body instead of metal, which reduces cruelty and weatherprophing, but helps it to keep light on only 323 grams. The grip is also smaller than the R50, so it is not ideal to use with large lenses.
A major feature missing from the R50 is an electronic view -signs. It is also a case with ZV-E10 II, but can make someone’s deficiency shooting in bright sunlight. At its top, the rear display is low-race and is not particularly bright. However, it fully articulates and flipped around for vloggers.
The R50 V is designed to control through touchscreen, so it has less manual controls than other canon mirrorless models. It has top, rear and back dial to set primary functions such as iris and shutter speed. However, you need to use your thumb to control both of them that makes the operation a bit strange.
The front rocker is designed to control the zoom on a canon lens-supported canon lens like the new 14–30 mm F/4-6.4, which was released at the same time as this camera. It also has livestream and color buttons dedicated to the creators, as well as a mode dial with six different video settings.
The menu system is usually canon with color-coded pages for each category (video settings, autofocus and more). However, the major settings can also be adjusted from the quick (Q) menu using touchscreen when walking. Functions in that menu can definitely be rebuilt for your preferences.
The R50 V has microphones and USB-C ports with both microphones and headphones. It uses the canon’s small EP-17 battery that distributes one-hour video shoots or 300 shots in a charge, less than the ZV-E10 II (113 minutes and 600 shots). It has only one SD card slot, but fortunately it is a rapid UHS-II type. Finally, content is a very easy feature for creators: a tripod socket to make it easier for solo vloggers to shoot vertical videos.
Video
Video and Vlogging is the primary power of R50 V compared to R50. It can shoot both 4K 30 FPS and 4K 60 FPS videos with C-Tog3 and 10-bit quality. However, 4K 60 FPS settings require fat 1.56x crop, which also reduces Bokeh along with quality. Sony’s ZV-E10 II, by contrast, requires 1.1X crop for only 4K 60 FPS videos.
The Z50 V also lacks body stabilization. This means that the R50 V optical lens shake depends strictly on shake reduction or electronic stabilization. To be fair, this price range is to be expected and ZV-E10 II is also missing in the body. The electronic system does a good job that removes the shock from the handheld video and if you try to move liquidly, it can also be smooth, but if the movements are excessive then it can make the footage soft. “Enhanced” electronic mode, which applies a small crop, is designed to make the shots in hand “lock off” as you are using a tripod.
Background blur and product showcase-type button are also largely missing compared to ZV E10 II. This is very bad, because manufacturers use those characteristics often to focus on objects or to blur the background behind a subject – without them, you are forced to manually set those things.
Rolling shutter deformation on this camera is quite noticeable with a scan rate around 30ms on this camera compared to just 16ms to ZV-E10 II. This means that suddenly pan or Jolts can result in “gelo effects” videos. Meanwhile, the video autofocus is rapid and reliable, even if your subject is all around. AI-operated face and eye detection can also track the locks, and animals and vehicles strongly.
Canon took a page from Panasonic and Fujifilm in addition to a color button on R50 V. It lets you select shooting mode like standard Bt.709, C-Tog, HLG and PQ. Another setting film looks with mode like film, fine expansion, loyal and monochrome. And the last “color filter” mode allows for tinted videos with colors such as Chaiti and peach, although the results looked a bit to me.
With a built -in cooling fan, the R50 V is more resistant to heating more than the smallest cameras. When recording standard 4K at 30 FPS, I was able to shoot for 60 straight minutes, with no indication of overheating. The issue, er, 4K 60p does not have crops, as less part of the sensor is used in that mode.
Overall, the quality of the video is a strong point, which is accompanied by a sharp detail when using 4K 30 FPS oversamplade mode. The colors are rich and accurate, and the ton tons of the skin please with a sign of warmness that is known to the canon. The 10-bit C-LOG 3 footage retains additional expansion in shade and highlight regions, providing excellent dynamic range for such a cheap camera. However, 4K 60p video is quite soft, and 1080p 120 FPS Ultra Slo-MO setting also lacks acuity by HD standards. The APS-C camera has a low-light capacity average, clearly with noise the ISO starts at 3,200 or 6,400. In addition, it becomes infiltrated and difficult to get rid of using noise reduction equipment.
Photography
Although photography is not a camera raison d’etreThe R50 V performs decency in that regard. It can shoot quite quickly for a small camera, with an electronic shutter with a burst speed of 15 FPS or 12 FPS with a mechanical shutter. However, it cannot maintain those speeds for a very long time due to small buffer that holds only 36 raw images.
Autofocus is again a strong point, easily monitors subjects and keeps the photo sharp. With video, the AI-operated face and eye detection is quick and reliable for people, animals and vehicles. Rolling shutter is an issue with photos as it is with video, but since the R50 V has a mechanical first-parda shooter, you only require electronic mode for photos when you need silence. Lack of in-body stabilization means that you will need a stable hand to take sharp shots at low shutter speed, or you want to shop for lens with optical stabilization if this is an issue.
The quality of the photo is similar to R50 as it shares the same sensor. For normal shooting, I saw color-colored photos with skin tones, which bend on the warm side, as specific with the color science of the canon. JPEGs create a good balance between sharp and noise decrease, while raw files allow a good amount of room to have a good amount of images. With video, low-light performance is not amazing, so I will not go to ISO 6,400 until it is too dark for the film.
Wrap
Cannon’s R50 V is a very good effort for a Vlogging camera, hitting scars in major areas such as video quality and purpose. However, its rival, Sony’s ZV-E10 II, beats it in almost every region, even better video quality, high photo resolution, rapid autofocus, smooth electronic stabilization and clean features that disappear on R50 V-the product showcase.
That said, Canon is targeting a more budget-minded buyer as the R50 V cost $ 700 (only body) compared to $ 1,100 for ZV-E10 II. Vloggers forced for that budget will still get a great camera that easily defeats a smartphone for the final product. If you have an additional $ 400 to spend, however, I would recommend ZV-E10 II instead.
