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3 Reasons to Get the EOS R50 For Travel

2023-11-28
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Looking for small, travel-friendly interchangeable lens camera that lets you get great pictures easily? Check out the EOS R50! It packs high-quality images and fun, convenient features into one tiny, portable body. You’ll be clocking lots of photo mileage on it before you know it!

EOS R50: Key Specifications

  • DIGIC X image processing engine
  • Native ISO: 100-32,000
  • Max. continuous shooting: 15 fps (electronic shutter)/ 12 fps (1st curtain electronic shutter)
  • YouTube livestreaming*
  • People, animal, vehicle detection
  • 4K 30p uncropped (6K oversampling
  • Full HD 120p video
  • Battery: LP-E17
  • 1 SD card slot
  • Size: approx. 116.3 x 85.5 x 68.8mm
  • Weight: approx. 375g

In this article:

 

1. High-quality images and videos, even in low light

EOS R50 + RF28mm f/2.8 STM @ f/5.6, 1/25 sec, ISO 6400

Wherever your destination, it’s probably going to look quite different at night. The EOS R50 is equipped to help you preserve precious travel memories even after sunset and beyond!

This is possible because the APS-C image sensor on EOS R50 is around three times larger than the one on your smartphone. This captures more light, providing cleaner, clearer images with better detail in dim locations.

 

2. It’s small and easy to bring around

At approximately 85.5mm tall, 116.3mm wide, and 68.8mm deep, the EOS R50 easily fits into a small everyday bag with room to spare. It also weighs only 375g, so you can still travel light!  It feels comfortable on a strap around your neck, too—all ready to shoot. And because it’s compact, it’s discreet: perfect for street and candid photography.


EOS R50 + RF-S18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM @ 18mm, f/11, 1/125 sec, ISO 100

Go ahead, keep one hand firmly on the railings. The EOS R50 should be easy to hold steady and operate with your other hand, especially when combined with a small lens. The fast, accurate Dual Pixel CMOS AF II system detects and keeps subjects in focus, so all you need to do is compose and start shooting!


More travel-friendly features

Built-in flash

This is something even the more advanced cameras don’t have. It will be handy for scenes where you need more light. You can even control the output and use it for creative effects! Find out more in: In Focus: Built-in Flash Techniques.


In-camera USB-C charging and power supply

Your EOS R50 can be charged on the go. All you need is a compatible USB-C cable and power bank!

 

3. Get beautiful pictures intuitively

EOS R50 + RF-S18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM @ 18mm (28.8mm equivalent), f/4.5, 1/25 sec, ISO 100
SCN mode: Handheld Night Scene

The EOS R50 has multiple modes and functions that make picture control easy even for beginners. Here are some modes that help you with settings so you can focus on the shoot!


Scene Intelligent Auto

Automatically detects the scene and sets the best settings.


Creative Assist

An intuitive interface for changing settings like background blur, brightness, contrast, and colour.


Advanced A+ mode

Advanced A+ mode automatically shoots and merges multiple images to give better results in scenes with tricky lighting.


Creative Bracketing

Need ideas on how to tweak the colours? Use Creative Bracketing to help. It generates several different versions of your shot with different colour and contrast settings, so you can choose which to use on social media.


Hybrid Auto Mode

Auto-create a travel reel with this mode, which takes short clips of scenes before your shots and auto-combines them into a digest movie.


Special Scene modes

These modes help you handle specific scenes, such as Close Up Shooting or Food. Here’s one to try at the airport: Panning mode!

EOS R50 + RF-S55-210mm f/5-7.1 IS STM @ 70mm (112mm equivalent), f/11, 1/50 sec, ISO 100
SCN mode: Panning

The Subject Blur Guide function makes panning like a game. Simply keep the reference lines green as you move the camera, and you will be rewarded with a beautiful panning effect.


Other useful functions:
- Aspect ratio markers to help you compose videos for different display platforms. 
- Camera Connect for easy wireless transfer of photos and videos to your smartphone.
- Vari-angle touchscreen monitor: Easier shooting from challenging angles.

 

Sample images from the EOS R50

 

Lens recommendations

If you can only bring one lens: RF-S18-150mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM


With a superzoom lens like the RF-S18-150mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM, which covers wide-angle to telephoto focal lengths (28.8 to 240mm equivalent), you will be well-equipped to preserve diverse travel encounters! Here are some shooting ideas.


1. Go low angle at 18mm

18mm (28.8mm equivalent) @ f/4, 1/50 sec, ISO 100

This makes things look tall (and tall things look taller).


2. Zoom into nature

150mm (240mm equivalent) @ f/6.3, 1/30 sec, ISO 100

Achieve high-quality close-ups of faraway objects by zooming to 150mm!


3. Get closer to food

18mm (28.8mm equivalent) @ f/3.5, 1/13 sec, ISO 100

The lens has a closest focusing distance of 0.17m, which means that you can get very close-up to small subjects like food. Using manual focusing lets you get even closer and creates the unique Centre Focus Macro effect.


18mm (28.8mm equivalent) @ f/3.5, 1/320 sec, ISO 100

The Centre Focus Macro effect creates unique bokeh at the edges.

 

If you can bring a second lens: RF-S10-18mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM


Expansive surrounding landscapes that seem to go on forever. Grand architectural structures and interiors that can be photographed only from tight spaces. Featherweight at just 150g, the ultra-wide RF-S10-18mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM is the perfect supplement for those scenes where the 18mm end of your kit lens doesn’t feel enough!


Some shooting tips:

1. Make good use of leading lines

EOS R50 + RF-S10-18mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM @ 10mm (16mm equivalent), f/6.3, 1/1250 sec, ISO 200

Find an angle where the leading lines run from the front to the back, shoot close to something in front, and watch your picture immediately take on that distinctive ultra-wide-angle “wow”! More ultra-wide-angle composition tips here.


2. Dress up for your travel portraits

EOS R50 + RF-S10-18mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM @ 10mm (16mm equivalent), f/6.3, 1/1250 sec, ISO 200

The lens’ ultra-wide-angle coverage lets you easily capture full-body portraits that simultaneously show more details of the location. Plan that OOTD well!

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