Canon has introduced an up to date model of its EOS R50 with improved video capabilities, a smaller physique, and a less expensive price ticket — thanks partially to dropping an digital viewfinder. The authentic, which launched in 2023, was an entry-level mirrorless digicam with 4K video capabilities that maxed out at 30fps. The new EOS R50 V bumps that to 4K at 60fps and borrows some options from the video-focused PowerShot V1 point-and-shoot Canon introduced in February.
The Canon EOS R50 V shall be out there someday in April at $649.99 (the unique debuted at $680) for the digicam physique alone. It can even be offered in an $849.99 bundle that features Canon’s new RF-S14-30mm F4-6.3 lens that includes optical picture stabilization and powered zoom capabilities managed by a hoop as a substitute of a button or a lever. Canon says the usage of a hoop makes it simpler to easily management the lens’s zoom, whether or not utilizing the digicam in portrait or panorama modes or whereas taking pictures selfie movies.
The digicam options the identical 24.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor as the unique EOS R50 and makes use of Canon’s Dual Pixel AF II system with focus respiratory compensation that will also be discovered on the EOS R6 Mark II and the PowerShot V1. New video recording modes embrace choices for sluggish or quick shutters relying on the kind of motion being captured. There’s additionally a video mode with digital stabilization to easy out footage captured whereas the digicam is shifting, however there’s nonetheless no in-body picture stabilization.
Where the EOS R50 V differs from its predecessor is an entire lack of a built-in flash and no digital viewfinder. Framing photographs is all performed both on an exterior display or utilizing the three-inch articulated touchscreen on the again of the digicam. The EOS R50 V can also be a lot simpler to make use of in both vertical or panorama modes because of a redesigned grip, a further tripod screw mount on the facet of the digicam, and a second video report button on the entrance.
Four completely different livestreaming modes are supported, accessible by a devoted button, together with HDMI and assist for Canon’s Camera Connect and Switcher Mobile apps. Although the EOS R50 V might appear to be an inexpensive cinema digicam answer for filmmakers, its considerably restricted capabilities make it higher suited to video content material creators searching for an improve to the PowerShot V1 that can allow them to swap lenses.
Alongside right this moment’s EOS R50 V information, Canon has additionally introduced international availability for the PowerShot V1. The point-and-shoot was initially introduced in February 2025 with a late April launch for a restricted variety of nations together with Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Canon says that very same delivery timeline will now embrace the US, with the digicam priced at $899.99.
