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Has had the R50 V since before release and is impressed by C-Log3 footage and great stills from such a small, video-first body with customisable video modes.
“Getting this level of C-LOG3 footage and great stills out of a device this small makes no sense.”
Long-time Sony video shooter bought the R50 V as a fun toy and likes Canon skin tones; a few features are lacking but they'd use it for travel interview gigs given the price and quality.
“I bought the R50V on a whim for the price as a fun toy to test out.”
Uses the R50 V purely for stills in manual with everything mapped to buttons and the touchscreen off, and finds it excellent.
“It's been excellent as a photographer's camera (never using video. r50v always in manual).”
Upgraded from the R100 to the R50 V a week ago and finds it wonderful and very different in feel, though they miss the viewfinder.
“so far the experience has been wonderfull.im going through all the new tools and learning a tone of new stuff.”
Uses the R50 V with an adapted EF 50mm f/1.4 and was impressed.
“I got the R50v and the EF adapter for my EF 50mm F1.4 I was impressed”
Calls the R50 V with a 28mm tiny; it can be shot in Tv/Av/M without the screen and eye-tracking AF is great, even with big hands.
“Eye-tracking AF is great on the R50V.”
Keeps the R50 V as a run-around camera; stills from a prom were some of their best images, and the footage is incredible.
“the footage this thing pulls is nothing short of incredible. It's the most versatile camera I've ever witnessed.”
Uses the R50 V with a Sigma 18-50 mostly for gimbal video; it's not pocketable with that lens but is fun and takes nice stills.
“It’s a fun little camera though. I mostly use it for vid on a gimbal but it also takes nice stills.”
Bought the R50 V with the kit lens at 20% off and finds it brilliant for photography, easy to get very good images, with very customisable autofocus.
“I think it's a brilliant camera for the price.”
Uses the R50 V with the 14-30 kit as a small video camera and finds it works fine, though you miss an EVF in bright light; sees it as an upgrade on the R100.
“I have a R50 V as a small footprint mainly video camera and an R7 as a mainly photo camera.”
Content creator upgraded from a T5i to the R50 V; likes it for video apart from overheating, but the low-res screen and no viewfinder make product photos hard.
“I do like it for videos so far (except for the overheating), though when taking product photos, I find that it falls short.”
Bought the R50 V as a first camera after a summer with a 60D and is disappointed early on, not seeing much image improvement.
“I ended up going with the R50V because it’s entry-level, very similar to the standard R50, and leans more toward video”
Still owns the R50 V and enjoys it for travel video and good photos, but it's hard to grip with larger lenses without a cage.
“I personally enjoy this camera as I said before its super small so for travel its great for video and takes good photos.”
Loves their R50 V more than expected, finding the sensor and autofocus very capable.
“I love my R50V more than I thought I would tbh.”
Moved from a T8i to the R50 V for its smaller size and AF and gets far more keepers; calls it a great camera.
“with the R50v I get way more keepers”
Finds the R50 V meters high-contrast scenes much better than their old DSLRs and values its 10-bit C-Log3 video.
“I've found R50v to expose /meter much better in high contrast scenes than my old DSLRs”
R8 owner bought the R50 V too and finds it great for travel and short nature videos.
“This thing is great for travel and short video of the beach or some other nature stuffs imo”
Upgraded from the R100 to the R50 V and loves the colour profiles, touch tilt screen and C-Log3, though they miss the EVF.
“Gotta love having color profiles and a touchscreen and a tilt screen AND C-log3”
Their first camera is the R50 V; the kit lens is stable and compact for video, and it's fun to use.
“So far I’m quite happy, it’s fun to use which is the most important part.”
Uses the R50 V mainly for video and finds it a solid unit, though they wish it had a removable viewfinder.
“I have one that I use predominantly for video and it's been a solid unit.”
Uses adapted EF lenses on their R50 V for photography and gets very good shots.
“I also have a r50v and use my ef lenses and I get such good shots!”
Found the R50 V a fun travel camera, but its buttons were terrible.
“R50V was a fun travel cam but the buttons were terrible.”
Bought an R50 V as a small travel camera next to their R6 Mark II and really enjoys carrying it more often.
“So far, I’ve really enjoyed it! Allows me to be artsy with my hobby more often since I carry it around more than my r6.”
Used an R50 V as a B-cam and small camera but didn't enjoy it as much as their old SL2.
“I had an R50V for a while as a B cam and for times when I didn’t want to bring out its bigger brothers, but I honestly didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would.”
Gets about 45–50 minutes of video per battery from their R50 V.
“I have the r50v which takes the same battery. I can shoot video for about 45-50 minutes on the battery.”
Shot Budapest with their R50 V and 55-210 and finds it a beast of a camera coming from phones.
“it's a god damn beast of a camera as a newbie coming from phones”
Bought the R50 V for its camera control API and built a studio controller around it, which has been amazing for solo filming.
“I’ve only had this setup for a few weeks so far, but it’s been pretty amazing for filming myself without anyone else there to run the camera for me.”
Got an R50 V as an everyday camera; without a viewfinder bump it travels much more easily, though they sometimes miss the EVF.
“Having no viewfinder bump is a huge plus in my book. I miss the evf sometimes but I mostly just appreciate it not being there”
Chose the R50 V as a small second body to their R6, using their EF and RF lenses.
“Went with the R50v for my second/small cam. I already have a collection of EF and RF lenses, so it becomes a decent secondary body to my R6 when I”
Loves the R50 V with the 28mm pancake as a travel camera, mostly for video.
“I love my R50V with 28mm pancake lens”
Uses the R50 V mostly for photos with the RF-S 18-150 and some video with the kit lens, and loves it.
“And I have an R50V that I use for some videos but mostly take photos and I love it! I also have the RF-S 18-150mm”
Uses the R50 V mainly for video with the 18-150 and a 35mm f/1.8, and has had no trouble with photos or the missing viewfinder.
“I use it for video mainly but never had any issue with photos or the missing viewfinder. I also got a 35mm f1,8 for that”
Bought another R50 V as a B/C cam for weddings and video, but its touchscreen won't respond even with touch enabled and after resets.
“this camera body isn’t allowing any type of touch interaction with the screen even when touch sensitivity is active. I’ve tried hard resetting the camera multiple times to no avail.”