The EOS R50 may be very mild and compact. It could be exhausting to inform precisely how small in images since all of us have totally different hand sizes, however it’s 116 x 86 x 69mm (4.6 x 3.4 x 2.7″) and weighs about 375g (13.2 oz) with the battery and a card inside. That is surprisingly small for an interchangeable lens digital camera.
Each DPReview’s Richard Butler and Chris Niccolls commented on the small hand grip and located they needed to undertake an off-center, 45 diploma hand grip angle, moderately than attempting to know it straight-on. It isn’t the top of the world, simply totally different, and each Richard and Chris say it grew to become a non-issue in brief time.
Throughout the highest, there is a lone command dial, mode choice dial, devoted ISO button, video document button, on/off swap, sizzling shoe, pop-up flash and, in fact, a shutter button. The command dial provides customers some management to make changes in P, A, S or M modes, however it’s moderately under-utilized within the extra automated modes. It is because the digital camera has a really touchscreen-focused consumer interface.
The totally articulating rear contact display is the principle supposed method to work together with the digital camera, permitting many direct changes equivalent to faucet to focus, and that includes screens explaining the mode you’ve got simply chosen – all within the service of a beginner-friendly UX design.
A part of that is the Artistic Help mode, which shows a sequence of icons representing choices equivalent to brightness or colour. It is fairly easy to make use of however, whereas the command dial can be utilized to regulate the settings, it is solely energetic when you’re within the regulate settings screens. When you’re truly taking pictures, the command dial does nothing, which looks like a waste, since your finger is more likely to be resting on it.