Canon EOS R50
Announced February 7, 2023
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Reviewer Consensus
Strong
The Canon EOS R50 is a compact, entry-level mirrorless camera that offers impressive subject-tracking autofocus and sharp 4K video capabilities for beginners. While it serves as an excellent, user-friendly tool for content creators, its small form factor results in limited physical controls and a lack of in-body image stabilization.
Weighted from 31 reviewer scores
Pros
- Compact, lightweight, and portable body design
- Highly capable subject-recognition and tracking autofocus
- High-quality, uncropped 4K video recording
- Fast burst shooting with electronic and mechanical shutters
- Intuitive touchscreen with a fully articulating display
Cons
- Lacks in-body image stabilization
- Cramped physical controls and lack of custom dials
- Limited selection of native RF-S lenses
- Short battery life during intensive use
- Overheating issues during extended video recording
- Launch price $679 (USD)
- Sensor 24.2MP APS-C CMOS
- Video 4K 29.97p
- Stabilization None
- Burst 15 fps electronic 12 fps mechanical
What the Reviewers Say
All 31 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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- PetaPixel 8/10
The Canon R50 takes the size benefits of the M50 and M50 Mark II and combines that with the autofocus improvements found on the R6 Mark II.
- DPReview 84/100
The Canon EOS R50 is a very capable mirrorless camera, especially when you take its $799 (with lens) price into account. It delivers in nearly all areas, most importantly photo quality and autofocus.
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The Canon EOS R50 will delight anyone looking for a compact and affordable camera with the flexibility of interchangeable lenses.
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The R50 is a true beginner camera with smartphone-features and paired down controls.
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This places the Canon EOS R50 in the odd position of being one of the most capable cameras in its class, yet being completely hamstrung by the lack of available RF-S lenses.
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The Canon EOS R50 features outstanding AF performance, excellent image quality, compact size, light weight, and a near-bottom-of-the-line price. There is a lot to like about this camera.
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I suspect the Canon EOS R50 will be a fairly popular camera based on its merits, but Canon absolutely has to be more serious about lens development for RF-S than they were with EF-M!
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Bigger than a digital SLR, so that is annoying, but the camera itself is excellent in my view, great, funny, huge fun, easily Canon's best low-budget effort for years, and I loved testing it out.
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Reasonably priced, straightforward to use and with plenty of features under the hood to keep the photographer interested and able to develop their style, this small camera has much going for it.
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The Canon EOS R50 is a small content creation camera that makes it ridiculously easy to capture sharp and saturated stills, as well as bright, detailed video with very little effort.
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The Canon EOS R50 is the perfect companion for content creators and travelers that want a small and simple-to-use camera.
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This complication, along with the somewhat cramped controls, are the main reasons we can’t fully recommend the EOS R50 as a travel camera for enthusiasts, despite its excellent picture quality and autofocus capabilities.
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If you’re looking for a camera to use as a stepping stone for improving your photography, this compact little camera from Canon could be just the ticket.
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If you’re a beginner or want to shoot good-looking video for social media, taking some photos along the way, the EOS R50 is a tight package. It’s pricey, but will have everything you need for a while, including fantastic AF, great images and 4K video.
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With the R50, Canon has found a good balance between power and affordability.
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All in all, I think the Canon EOS R50 is a great entry-level camera. It's fully capable, it has some really great technology, I love the back screen that you can control the autofocus and the menus from there, and it's fully articulating.
- Photo Review 88%
The R50 is a good performer and a nice fit for its target market, which is why we’ve nominated it as an Editor’s Choice.
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The Canon EOS R50 is a genuinely impressive entry-level camera that does not feel like a compromise.
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While it’s not a high-end camera, the Canon EOS R50 is an excellent starter camera for people to learn the basics of photography and videography. It takes sharp photos and videos, perfect for sharing on YouTube and social media.
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[T]he R50V is a fantastic beginner camera.
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The biggest downside is its size. It’s too small for my hands, even though my hands aren’t that big.
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I'm really impressed with my R50; its images are first class like from my pro cameras, not anything I was expecting from such a tiny toy-like camera.
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The compact Canon EOS R50 is perfect for beginners who want a camera that can shoot video, and take pictures easily. It's basically the update to the older EOS M50 Mark II, and moves the camera over to the R series with the RF mounts.
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This Canon R50V is a real winner from Canon.
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The Canon EOS R50 is exactly what a modern camera for everyday life should be: it isn’t weighed down by extra specifications, consistently gets the job done, and is easy to learn.
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If you’re a smartphone creator looking to take the first step into content creation with an interchangeable lens camera, the Canon EOS R50 could be just what you need.
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[I]f you want something that is going to be sort of a good hybrid professional photo and video camera, especially if you're doing sort of client projects or you have any desire to get into client projects like wedding videos and that sort of thing [...]
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I was surprised by by how lightweight this is the features of the camera the image quality, which is the main thing, and the microphone built in are extremely good for this price range.
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The pros far outweigh the cons, and I absolutely love this camera overall. I highly recommend it, and for the money, you're probably not going to find a camera with better autofocus and the image quality.
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Now I just want to say I think the Canon EOS R50 is one of the best cameras you can get at this price point [...]
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My opinion is this camera is decent; it's pretty good for beginners, intermediate shooters for the price.
