Canon’s newest mirrorless camera shoots 4K video 4

Canon is finally embracing 4K video with a new mirrorless camera called the M50. The petite shooter is, essentially, 2016’s Canon M5 with fewer dials and buttons and a more streamlined body. But the upgraded internals and a swivel-out screen mean this will be the company’s most video-friendly mirrorless camera to date when it ships in April.

The $779 M50 uses a 24.1-megapixel APS-C sensor that’s a hair smaller than the 24.2-megapixel one found in the M5. Despite that, the camera is capable of doing more, and should capture better images in low light, Canon claims. This is thanks to the fact that the M50 employs a brand new version of Canon’s image processor, the DIGIC 8. The M50 is the first Canon camera to use the DIGIC 8, which lets the camera capture 4K video at 24 frames per second, 1080p video at 60fps, and 720p video at 120fps. DIGIC 8 also gives the M50 fast still shooting speeds — 10 frames per second in RAW or JPEG with one-shot focus, and 7.4 frames per second with continuous focus.

Beyond adding 4K capability, one thing vloggers and videographers (and even I) didn’t like much about the M5 was that the screen only flipped out and down. Canon has changed that on the M50, too. The screen now swivels out to the side and can flip around 180 degrees, making it easy to point in all sorts of directions, and ensuring that it won’t get blocked by a tripod.


Source :- theverge

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