Monday, 7 October 2019

Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 Canon EOS M50 Mirrorless camera - Really rather good - Pro EOS M ???






































































My plan was to sell all my other interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras and concentrate on m/43. However, the EOS M50, since I've added the 3D printed battery grip is making a compelling case for staying. I'm now running the camera off a pair of high powered rechargeable lithium batteries, which should give me up to 8x the power of one native Canon battery. The problem was that I didn't want to have to remove the grip to either recharge the batteries or get the card out. I've found a way to get the battery holder in and out easily and I get the files on to my computer by using the Canon Imagetransfer Utility over wi-fi.

The grip has transformed the overall feel of the camera. It's very light, which doesn't add weight to the very light M50, but improves the grip a lot and of course lets me use these high powered batteries. I've always liked the cameras results and it was a backup for my Canon EOS R camera. However I've ended up keeping that and selling the R. Above you can see the results from the M50, which are very good.

I've had the 28mm f/1.8 for a while and use it on the M50, m4/3 and my Canon film cameras. It's a very good lens and has the advantage of focusing pretty close. I've been using it with a Canon EF > M adapter which turns it into an (approximate) 45mm f/1.8 lens and a Viltrox 0.71x 'speedbooster' which gives me 32mm f/1.2. However, autofocus is not always great with the Viltrox and I'm using it more and more with the Canon adapter, because the focus on the Canon adapter is fast reliable and accurate.

It remains to be seen whether I keep the M50, but at the moment I'm enjoying using it, so I'll see. And with the grip and battery it is close to a 'Pro' EOS M cameras. Not so great for video, but I shoot mainly stills anyway. After buying the Olympus E-M1X I have this plus my Lumix G9 and GX9 cameras 'on trial' to see what I want to keep. I do of course want to keep them all, but I seem to be in a sensible mode currently and I'm selling loads of stuff I use very rarely. Time will tell.