However you can further crop a bit more into the 4K frame in post and deliver 3K. The zooms mostly do, and primes wider than 25mm. On the M50 in 4K, a 25mm c-mount lens is around 55mm equiv.īecause it is a bit larger than Super 16mm some lenses will vignette. That was a 2.3x crop and the M50 is a 2.34x crop.
Initially I feared something like a 3x crop for this camera but it is actually not far off a GH4 in 4K mode.
The M50 has Canon’s full suite of Picture Profile capabilities and EOS Utility compatibility, so it loads EOSHD C-LOG via USB and lots of other very filmic profiles which is a bit like having LUTs in-camera.īy modern standards this camera has a slow sensor which cannot read the full resolution in video mode, hence the cropped 3840 x 2160 from a 6000×4000 sensor. Although c-mount lenses also adapt to most Micro Four Thirds cameras with their superior video specs and features, here is the first time we get 4K with these lenses AND Canon’s colour science, on a small affordable compact body. The other thing that absolutely made the Digital Bolex was the colour rendition. As we know, Canon do colour science *right*.
The rendering is fantastically other-worldly and organic. If you enjoyed the look of the Digital Bolex it is probably at least 50% down to C-mount lenses like these and I try to show what’s special about them in the video above. The Canon M50 quite by accident then, is close to the 2.7x crop of Super 16mm film when shot in 4K, which a LOT of nice lenses are designed to match. The Kern Switar 26mm F1.1, Zeiss Tevidon 26mm F1.4 and Canon TV-16 50mm F1.4 to name but a few. You see from above, that I am quite the fan. The crop in 4K is what kills this camera for most people (especially Canon lens owners) but it absolutely MAKES the camera for me. All the best things are happy accidents when it comes to Canon, who gave us DSLR video by accident, then later RAW video on a 5D Mark III with Magic Lantern by accident, then with the M50’s ridiculous crop – a Super 16mm camera! It’s 2018 and a good video feature arrives on a Canon! I immediately assume it’s an accident, so taunt is the leash Canon has on video specs. Indeed, what makes the M50 appealing to me is the happy accident of what crop factor you get when you cut an 8 megapixel window out of a 24 megapixel sensor.
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