Canon EOS M50

22.3 x 14.9mm CMOS

Approx. 24.1 megapixels

Approx 25.8 megapixels

3:2

Built-in/Fixed

EOS integrated cleaning system

Primary Colour

DIGIC 8

EF-M (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M)

Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

Optical Image Stabilizer on compatible lens

Movie: In-camera Digital IS available. Further stabilisation enhancements from lenses compatible with Dynamic IS

Dual Pixel CMOS AF System. Phase detection pixels built onto imaging sensor ¹

Contrast detection method is used during 4K Movie Servo AF

Maximum 143/99 points depending on lens.

Max 25 frames in Zone AF

Freely position 1 AF point/ 1 AF Zone via manual selection (area available lens dependent)

EV -2 – 18 (at 23 °C, ISO 100, with EF-M 22mm f/2 STM)

One-Shot AF and Servo AF

Face + Tracking: Face and subject tracking via automatic recognition/ manual selection via touchscreen. Automatic selection over AF points when no face recognised within frame.

Eye AF available in One Shot AF

Smooth Zone AF: Manual zone selection, plus automatic selection over AF points within selected zone

1-point AF: Manual selection via touchscreen/ buttons

Indicated on LCD monitor/ EVF

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*with EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM at 50kph

Locked when shutter button is pressed half way or customisable AE Lock Button

via LED assist beam

With EF & EF-S lenses – Select via AF/MF switch on lens

With EF-M lenses – Select via dedicated MF Button/ other customisable buttons (toggle AF/MF).

MF Peaking available
AF+MF available (Manual focus adjustment after One-Shot AF)
Magnify image available during MF (5x or 10x)

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Real-time metering from the image sensor
(1) Evaluative metering (384 zones)
(2) Partial metering at center (approx. 6.4% of Live View Screen)
(3) Center weighted average metering
(4) Spot metering (approx. 2.8% of Live View Screen)

Center weighted only in Movie recording

Still image: EV 0 – 20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100)
Movie: EV 0 – 20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100)

Auto: In One-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved.
Manual: By AE lock Button in creative zone modes.

+/-3 EV in 1/3 stop increments

3 shots, +/- 2 EV, 1/3-stop increments (can be used together with Exposure Compensation)

ISO AUTO (100 – 6400), 100 – 25600 in 1/3 stop increments. ISO can be expanded to 51200

4K Movie: ISO AUTO (100 – 6400), 100 – 6400 in 1/3-stop increments. Full HD and HD Movie: ISO AUTO (100 – 12800), ISO 100 – 12800 in 1/3-stop increments. ISO can be expanded to 25600

*Recommended Exposure Index

Electronically controlled focal-place shutter

30 – 1/4000 sec (1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

Auto white balance with the imaging sensor

Auto (Ambience Priority), Auto (White Priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White
Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature (100 Kelvin increments)

White balance compensation:
1. Blue/Amber +/-9 levels
2. Magenta/ Green +/-9 levels

Yes, 1 setting can be registered

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0.39-type OLED Electronic Viewfinder
Approx. 2,360,000 dots

Approx 100%

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Approx 22mm

Yes

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Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
(1) Liveview image with exposure info
(2) Liveview image with basic info
(3) Liveview image with full info

Customisable settings:
Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Multi aspect ratios

Yes

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7.5 cm (3.0”) Touchscreen LCD (TFT). 3:2 aspect ratio. Approx. 1,040,000 dots. Electrostatic capacitive type. Vari-Angle

Approx 100%

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Adjustable to one of seven levels

Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
(1) Liveview image with exposure info
(2) Liveview image with basic info
(3) Liveview image with full info

Customisable settings:
Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Multi aspect ratios, Hints and Tips

5

Maximum coverage at approx. 15mm (35mm equivalent: approx. 24mm)

Approx. 3 seconds

Auto (E-TTL II)

Yes – with red eye reduction lamp

1/200 sec

+/- 2 EV in 1/3 increments

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Yes

Yes

Yes/ No

E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support

Via camera setting/ flash setting menu

Scene Intelligent Auto, Hybrid Auto, Creative Assist, SCN(Self-Portrait, Portrait, Smooth Skin, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Food, Panning, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control, Silent Mode), Creative Filters (Grainy B/W, Soft Focus, Fish-eye Effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect , HDR Art standard, vivid, bold, embossed), Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure, Movie (Movie auto exposure, Movie manual exposure, Time-lapse movie)

Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)

sRGB and Adobe RGB

Highlight Tone Priority (standard and enhanced)
Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
Long exposure noise reduction
High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings + Multi Shot NR)
Lens peripheral illumination correction
Chromatic aberration correction
Diffraction correction

Creative Assist:
Presets
Background Blur (5 settings)
Brightness (19 levels)
Contrast (9 levels)
Saturation (9 levels)
Color Tone 1 & 2 (19 levels)
Monochrome (Off/Black and white/Sepia/Blue/Purple/Green)

Single, High-Speed Continuous, Low-Speed Continuous, Self timer (2s, 10s, Custom, Remote)

One shot AF: Approx. 10 shots/sec for up to 33 frames in JPEG and 10 frames in RAW ⁴
With Servo AF: Approx. 7.4 shots/sec for up to approx 47 frames in JPEG ⁵

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Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)

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JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.31 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0)
RAW: RAW (CR3 14-bit),
Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

Yes, RAW + various JPEG compression possible

RAW: (3:2) 6000 x 4000, (4:3) 5328 x 4000, (16:9) 6000 x 3368, (1:1) 4000 x 4000

JPEG 3:2: (L) 6000 x 4000, (M) 3984 x 2656, (S1) 2976 x 1984, (S2) 2400 x 1600
JPEG 4:3: (L) 5328 x 4000, (M) 3552 x 2664, (S1) 2656 x 1992, (S2) 2112 x 1600
JPEG 16:9: (L) 6000 x 3368, (M) 3984 x 2240, (S1) 2976 x 1680 (S2) 2400 x 1344
JPEG 1:1: (L) 4000 x 4000, (M) 2656 x 2656, (S1) 1984 x 1984, (S2) 1600 x 1600

In-camera RAW processing & Image Resize available in playback

MP4 [Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (stereo)]

4K – 3840 x 2160 (23.98, 25 fps)
Full HD – 1920 x 1080 (59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 23.976 fps)
HD – 1280 x 720 (119.9, 100, 59.94, 50 fps)

Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB

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New folders can be created and selected

(1) Continuous, Auto Reset
(2) Manual Reset

9 customisable buttons

User copyright information (Author’s Name, Copyright Details)
Image rating (0-5 stars)

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15 steps plus smooth pinch-to-zoom

(1) Single image with information (toggle options)
(2) Single image
(3) Index display (4/9/36/100 images)
(4) Jump Display (1/10/custom number image, by shot date, by rating, by folder, by movies only, protected only)

Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10/30 seconds
Repeat: On/Off
Transition Effects: Off, Slide in 1-2, Fade 1-3

Brightness/ RGB

Yes

Erase: Single image, Selected images, Selected range, All images
Protection: Selected images, Selected range, All images. Unprotect all images

(1) Shooting menu (x8)
(2) Playback menu (x4)
(3) Setup menu (x5)
(4) Display menu
(5) My Menu

29 Languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Japanese

Firmware update possible by the user.

Hi-Speed USB (Micro USB)

Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n), (2.4 GHz only, 1-11 ch), with Dynamic NFC support

Bluetooth® (Specification version 4.1, Bluetooth low energy technology)

HDMI (Micro – Type-D connector), HDR output to compatible TV supported

Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge

Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge

SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I compatible)

Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1
Mac OS X 10.9 / 10.10 / 10.11 / 10.12

For Wi-Fi connection to a PC:
Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1
Mac OS X 10.9 / 10.10

For Image Transfer Utility:
Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1
Mac OS X 10.9 / 10.10 / 10.11 / 10.12

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Digital Photo Professional

Picture Style Editor, EOS Utility, Image Transfer Utility

Camera Connect app available on iOS and Android devices

1 x Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E12

Approx. 235 shots (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
Eco Mode: Approx. 370 shots
Movie Recording: Approx. 85 mins
Playback time when playing back a slideshow of still images: Approx. 4 hrs

4 levels

Display off (15, 30 sec or 1, 3, 5, 10, 30 mins)
Auto Power Down (30 sec or 1, 3, 5, 10 mins, Disable)
Viewfinder off (1, 3 min, disable)
ECO mode

Battery charger LC-E12E

Compact Power Adapter CA-PS700
DC Coupler DR-E12

Polycarbonate

0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity

116.3 x 88.1 x 58.7mm

Approx 387g (black), 390g (white), CIPA testing standard including battery and memory card

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Body Jacket EH32-CJ (beige)
Body Jacket EH32-CJ (light brown)
Neck Strap EM-E2 (black)
Neck Strap EM-E2 (white)
Neck Strap EM-200DB

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EF-M lenses
All EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M

Canon Speedlites (including 90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 430EX III, 430EX III-RT, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, 600EX II-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX II, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT)

Off-Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3, Speedlite Bracket SB-E2

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Bluetooth Remote BR-E1

Interface cable IFC-600PCU
Mount Adapter EF-EOSM