Canon introduces the EOS R50, its new entry-level mirrorless camera

What simply occurred? Canon has launched a brand new entry-level mirrorless digicam physique concentrating on budding content material creators, these seeking to transfer past smartphone pictures or people in search of a stable backup resolution.

The Canon EOS R50 packs a 24.4-megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor alongside a DIGIC X picture processor that’s able to capturing 6K oversampled 4K uncropped video at as much as 30 frames per second. Round again, you may discover a 3.0-inch, 1.62 million dot touchscreen LCD in addition to a 0.39-inch OLED digital viewfinder, which is considerably uncommon on a mirrorless on this worth vary.

Canon’s newest can snap as much as 12 frames per second utilizing the digital first curtain shutter mode, or as much as 15 frames per second in digital shutter mode. The previous affords taking pictures with much less distortion whereas the latter advantages from silent operation, making it perfect when taking pictures in sound-sensitive environments.

The twin pixel CMOS auto-focus system breaks down pictures into as much as 651 automatically-selected AF zones, and covers almost 100% of the image space.

In video mode, customers can constantly file video for as much as an hour (though Canon notes within the tremendous print that recording could cease as a consequence of battery degree, card capability or temperature). A devoted close-up demo mode can shortly shift the main focus from on-camera topics to things put in entrance of the lens, like when filming unboxing movies or cooking segments. UVC/UAC compatibility, in the meantime, permits the R50 for use as a webcam with out extra software program to stream as much as full HD video to common apps like Skype, Microsoft Groups and Zoom.

The physique helps only one SD card and though specialty playing cards like these from Eye-Fi usually are not supported, the digicam consists of built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for wi-fi transfers.

The Canon EOS R50 is obtainable to pre-order beginning at $679.99 (physique solely) in your alternative of white or black. A package with an 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 lens will set you again $799, or you possibly can add a 55-210mm f/5-7.1 to the combination for $1,029 out the door. Search for the primary shipments to go out the door this spring.