The clearest explanation of the differences between M6ii and M50. thank you very much. liked & subscribed.

Really really helpful video-thanks for not just comparing specs and really getting into your experience using them 👏

Pleasing to watch and the audio is so good. Wonder what's the audio set up. The information in this video is great

Thanks mate for that, updating my m50 for my mark ii at the moment

Nice job! I'm still using both about the same amount. Every once in a while I switch back to the 4k video in the M50 because I need to take advantage of the crop factor that gives me the extra reach when shooting wildlife and I can't get close enough to get the shot. I just switch over to manual focus peaking. Looking forward to your next video. I have 2 videos left to shoot and I'll be done with my series. Keep up the good work.

Very informative comparison between the two. Can you show reviews and tests for the kit lens in closer subjects like doing a macro videography.

My M6 II is arriving today. My idea is to setup my M50 to the video studio and the M6 II for my photography and "on the street" video. Lets see how this goes. Thank you for the video comparison and wish you well

Video muy muy útil. Great !!. Me ha sacado de dudas. Gracias

Thank you for another excellent review!

Been watching review videos & reading comparison pages on these cameras all week, but you laid it all out so neat and tidy, maybe a little long winded but covered all the topics a photographer already 'in the know' would care about, so thanks!

Very informative. Thank you 👍

You are my favorite source for info on my new M50. Thank You for all the amazing info

Thank you for this helpful and honest video! It really helps me to make my choice!😀

In all my honesty, the M6II's direct successor should definitely have its own native EVF & IBIS, but the succession has been grasped by the R7 😭 making that R7 feel OVERLY DISADVANTAGED, lens-wise because of the absent support of the venerable Sigma DC DN prime lenses, etc

This has been super helpful. Thanks for putting it together. I appreciate Canon has rung the death bell for the 'M' mount, but i'm still drawn to these as a small, carry every day sort of option.

As someone with both the M50 and M6 MK II, I wish I could build a hybrid of the two, with built in EVF, uncropped 4k w/ dual pixel AF, 32mp sensor

Awesome advice!

Thanks for the vid. I have a g7xII and am looking to upgrade. I have been torn between these two so this helps. I really only do 1080, but thinking about future proofing and play around with the 120 FPS. Maybe this will jump me into 4K. Thanks.

The M6 Mark II also has in camera focus stacking and also has the ability to show blinkies in the image preview.

Nice video, as always. I see that both of these cameras can shoot when tethered with the Canon Digital Photo Professional. Curious if you would ever do a video on this shooting method?

Very nice detailed video.

Fantastic points of view, and very thorough and useful comparison. Kudos for putting this out. The M6 Mark ii does have a resolution advantage, and a really good sensor, but the resolution in the M50 is more than enough. The whole shortcoming for both of these cameras is the mount, and the limited native lens choices. As you said in your review, the M6 could/ should benefit from better lenses. Higher pixel count sensors really need good lenses. I’m not so opposed to the clip on viewfinder, as I had one on an Olympus Pen years ago. My take away is Canon should have offered more resolution in the clip on viewfinder. After all, this is the second one they made. Same for the real LCD. I believe your summary is about right on the ‘Mark,’ pun intended. 🙄😀☺️ Liked and Subscribed ! 👏🏻👍👍👍😁✌🏻🇺🇸📷

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. I NEED IT .

Fantastic review!

Superb video! very clear and crisp, straight to point, thanks for helping me make up my mind. just one Q, Is there a M6 Mark3 coming? should I wait or just pick up the Mark2?

This video has really helped a confused buyer like myself. Looks like the M6ii for me. Thanks for an informative video.

Good comparison video, Mark. I bought the M6 ii purely for video, and I have some EF and EFS lenses. I am actually surprised by the quality of stills this can take, but I am still not about to throw out my old 5d ii.

Great review bro! Congratulation. Anyway which camera and lens did you use to record this vlog?

I love my M50, but after seeing so many videos recently on the M6, I have been blown away at how beautiful the 4K footage is; it takes my breath away; not to mention some awesome pics. You just can't beat the Canon colors! Even if it's upscaled a bit, and may be a bit softer than other brand 4K cameras, I just love how cinematic it looks! I'm still awestruck by one YTer's 4K 120fps footage of a moving train in the rain. I could have died and gone to heaven, it blew me away!! I do agree and appreciate what you said about the lens limitations in taking full advantage of the M6 sensor.

I was originally thinking about going with the m50 but you've sold me on the m6 ii, cheers

Good Review!

Great review.. i am going with M6

Great video. What kind of lighting set up are you using in this video?

Thank you!

I got mine about a month ago! Thanks for the tips and advice!

good review!! I like it!

Very nice. Videos and stills are crisp and sharp.

Thank you for not inundating this demonstration with unnecessary background music. Excellent straight forward comparison. Thank you dear god!! 😂

Thanks for a great video! I replaced my Sony A6000 with an M50, as I could get a great cheap very lightly used bundle with EF-S adapter and a Tamron 18-400mm lens. I use it as all-rounder for travels (landscape, portrait and wildlife, hence the longer reach to get to these smaller birds or big lizards on tall trees here in Australia). I'm feeling limited by the controls. I've remapped all the buttons, but am still missing one more dial. I'm completely baffled by Canon's strategy with screen (flip up/articulated), controls (expxosure dial on M3, 2 multifunctional dials on M6 MKII). And finally their product strategy with launching an m50 MKII with mere software updates and M6 MKII with a new sensor and a complete overhaul would have been perfect... without that's I see there will be no point of upgrading to M6 MKII, but rather stick to the original plan of maybe getting a 7D MKII with a Sigma 150-600 mm as a second body for birding at some point...

Thanks for the nice comparison! When it comes to timelapse shooting, is M6 mark ii better or more convenient than M50 besides the resolution?

Very great comparison! Was just wondering are u affected by the Canon M6 Mark II shutter shock issues discussed online? Thank you.

have you tried the m6ii using many flashes and trigering for photoshoot, if i use any cheap triger in the hotshoe do you think will it work. thanks and nice video

Great video. Not owning either (but do have the 77d) I’m being swayed by the M6 mkii and your video has helped do that. In the Uk at the moment there is a difference around £280 between the M50 and M6 mkii, both with kit lens and EOS EF M adapter (and DC2 EVF for M6) I think at that price difference the obvious choice is to go for the newer tech, I’m not particularly needing 4K but it would be a welcome bonus.

nice video!

Great review! I’m looking towards the m6 mk 2! Got a question, what are the next lens you would recommend. I’ll probably be doing 1080p video / vlogs or reviews in and outdoor. I love 4k but personally I feel the files are huge and take up tons of space and lag my MacBook Pro hahaha. Would the stock lens do or what’s the next step!

Thanks for this fantastic comparison! I got my mind set on the M6 Mark II for a while now but the R10 has me in doubt at the moment. The price difference for an R10 kit + RF 35mm and an M6k2 + EFM 32mm is only around €120. It will be my first camera, looking to shoot family/street/portrait/holiday/travel with just 3-4 lenses. Which would you advice? I love how compact the M line is but as someone who hasn't bought into EFM yet, is it smarter to get into RF given the future?

Extremely useful video although I am still undecided as I'm looking to change lens. I am thinking of up-grading from a Canon D77 to one of these cameras. I struggle with arthritis in my hands so need something that I can grip well and is small and light to carry around.

This new lighting set-up is pretty sweet!

Great Information. I would like to know where the Canon M6 fall in this situation. Is it a good camera as well? What is the major difference.

Hey, great comparison! How would you compare the 1080p quality and low light performance (video) between those two?

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i can tell the difference in the photos. the first photo on the stairs: the woman is more blurred e.g her bag strap and the green check window thing also. the trees in the third are a bit more visible

Looking for a backup to my old and loyal 60d. EOSM 6 MKII seems more solid and high grade but as I frequently do off-camera flash in events and studio the M50 is the better choice for my needs (with my EF lenses)

Once I sell my M6 mark 1, I would buy a M6ii just so I can use the 4K video full screen (which I would need at times), and there are a number of other upgrade features. Also I have one of the Sigma m mount lenses and it is very sharp. Regarding putting a mic on M6ii camera, just add a side bar on base for $20. as side mount, then self vlog video is no problem. Very thorough and honest review. Thanks for posting!

I have an M50 stuck on the end of a sigma 150-600. I actually prefer it to the G9 with 100-400 which was more than double the price. Now the M50 is having issues. The menu button won't work. It is auto focusing without holding the shutter and will not stop. It won't connect to pc to copy the photos. For wildlife photography I should go for the mark ii. I love a flip up screen and using my right thumb to track on the screen instead of having to take my hand off the shutter completely when the screen is out to the left. I'm just wondering if the detachable EVF has more lag than the M50.

Great video! Currently I have M50 and thinking about upgrading to the M6M2, can I use the same M50 lenses?

Hi! Pro photographer here, my workhorses are R6 and R6mkII; I have an m50 as my EDC camera which is solely used for casual photos. It’s paired to a 22f2 and an adapted ef 50 1.8 (and all my other EF-L lenses if I need other focal lengths). The M50 feels adequate for what I use it for, yet I don’t really like the EVF (too contrasty and saturated than the monitor, and much much lower quality than my R6s), and the lack of controls: I’m accustomed to the three dials and back-button focus on the R6s, and I like the idea of having the same controls on the M6II. Is the EVF-DC2 any better than the m50 evf? Especially in terms of color and contrast: can I customize anything on it? Can I set the back button focus to eye-tracking AF as I do on my R6s? I can definitely live with the m50 as is, but I could also sell it and get a complete m6mkII kit, used, just by adding a couple hundreds to what I could get by selling the m50, which would be almost double what I had paid for it a few months back (I got lucky on eBay, hehe). Thanks for your insights!

Hell yeah it was worth the upgrade never liked the m50 but love my m6markii. So great. Love the c1 and c2 costum buttonw on the dial.

I think the overall comparison you did was very good. However I'm quite surprised at your comments regarding the M6 Mark 2 not having an advantage (with cheaper lenses) for photography. You could not be more wrong! I'll preface my following comments by saying I use cheap lenses (15-45mm kit lens, 22mm f/2, EF-s 55-250mm STM for birds in flight, 50mm f/1.8, 85mm f/1.8, 10-18mm and a few other similarly budget priced lenses). I have owned the M50 for over a year and I bought the M6 Mark 2 a few weeks ago and it is chalk and cheese. There's a massive advantage to the newer camera for photography. Its almost twice the price of the M50 in Australia, but it feels like twice the camera in the field. I always test new cameras, initially, by shooting birds in flight. The M6 Mk II has far better AF which seems to know what the subject is without guidance. It just jumps to the bird and locks on and OMG you can take a 20 shot burst with EVERY shot in focus. There is noticeably more detail in the wings and fine hair on the head and body. I could never just leave the M50 in tracking mode with all AF points active as it might focus on a tree or other background object. The M6 Mk II usually just grabs the bird and tracks. What's even more noticeable is the high ISO performance. There's slightly less noise at full resolution than there is on the M50, but by ISO 6400 on the M6 Mark 2, it has similar noise as the M50 at ISO 3200. However, forget the noise, the detail is so much better at higher ISOs, its crazy. Plus, you can downsize the image to 24MP and have significantly less noise with far greater detail than the M50 at the same image size. Shooting birds in trees (in a low light forest-like environment) at ISO 2000 is nothing for the M6 Mark 2. I would avoid that like the plague on my M50, M5 and 80D as the detail gets too mushy. There is a small step up in dynamic range at ISO 100, but it pulls away as you climb up the ISOs. So if you have to raise shadows at higher isos then there's an even bigger noise difference than the basic high ISO noise difference itself. The face detection works from a huge distance on the M6 Mark 2 and eye AF, although needs to be closer, works in continuous shooting with servo AF. The physical controls are vastly superior with more dials (one being multi-functional) and more customisable buttons. "From a photography point of view" the M6 Mark 2 is light years ahead of the M50. So better AF, usable eye detection, better dynamic range, better ISO performance, better handling, twice the burst rate, more customisation, better image quality... the M6 Mark 2 is a vastly superior camera for photography, even with cheap lenses. P.s. If you only view images to fit on the screen, you'll be lucky to see differences in detail between any 2 cameras. Zoom in to 100% if you want to compare and yes, you will see the M6 Mark 2 is superior.

Can you please test AF system? How eyeAF looks on back screen?

You can set up back button focus on the Canon M50.

My friend! Is it worth upgrading from the m50 to the m6 for the talking head shots of KZfaq?

Great review! I thinking about buying the M6II. Is it worth buying a used or renewed M6II 18-150 kit on Amazon ?

Really fantastic video. I am having major buyers remose regarding the M50ii , Im wondering if I should have gone with the M6ii. I take a lot of macro shots with L glass, mostly of reptiles like rattlesnakes. I also love cropping photos in so they become abstract photography. The crispness of the the M6ii sensor is highly attractive, but the lack of built in EVF is very unattractive. I have a remote trigger on my hotshoe, and I dont think the M6 shoe can be split so that I can run both an EVF and a flash trigger. If it could, i would buy the m6ii. I dont understand why canon released the m50ii a year after the m6ii with a severely handicapped sensor. I really really want the M6ii's sensor, and in-camera-charging, but i am fairly certain I will come to miss the viewfinder when I am choosing to run my flash trigger in an outdoor daylight shoot of animals. But man, man oh man its like you were talking directly to me about the issue. Very good delivery on your video!!

both cameras are great, it's just personal preferences for each user. for me thou, the reasons for the m50 are one, the ev is in there just like any pro dslr but in a smaller form, two, the price for the m50 is cheaper but you get value with the feature that are included while the m6 if you want to have an ev in there you have to buy as an extra option. there are a lot of better features that i wish is included like a better 4k video but i can live with that. a satisfied user of the m50

another great video Mark, seems like I'll stick to the m50

When you say that the EF-M zoom lenses are not enough to reach the full potential of the 32-megapixel sensor, what is the decisive factor in a lens? What properties a lens needs to have in order to be able to fully "use" the 32 megapixels? For example, I have Tamron 150-600 G2 that I use with M50 + adapter, and I wonder if the images could be substantially better from M6ii.

Recent M50 owner here (a bit more than month). I'll admit I do miss some of the M6 II features like 120fps in 1080p for one, but I'm a huge fan of the flip out screen, so I'll just be waiting for M50 mk II which is rumoured to be announced sometime at the end of this year. Hopefully Canon can learn what people like about the M50 and what people like about the M6 II and combine a nice new M50 mk II (or some say it might be M60) with best of both worlds!

I use the m10 and gave used the m50 but hated the fully articulated screen on the m50. I like the flip up screen as when I would do a selfy shot the screen to the side is just odd you wsnt to look into the lens but you look att the screen instead so it does not work. The flip up screen works bettet for a selfy. Getting the m6m2.

Excellent review. I was going to buy a video camera for a few trips I am planning to take over the next 2 years but now I am really thinking about getting the M6 Mark II instead. It seems to give me the best of features of both - photos and videos as well as a compact size that can be carried in a jacket pocket. And with Canon's new beta streaming software, I can even use it as a webcam for Zoom meetings and streaming.

How does the m6ii hold up in 2023? I'm looking for a used camera for run n gun documentary filmmaking with good auto focus and some kind of stabilization. I'm even with good 1080. I want to spend less than $750

Can you make youtube videos that have the quality of this video,with the M50? I'm looking for a camera to start using for YT, that will mostly be used inside, in a "studio" setting, with maybe some kitchen tutorials, and want to know if the M50 would suffice,with the included lens kit? Thanks!

In terms of sharpness and detail which one would you recommend me to buy, iPhone 12/13 Pro Max or Canon M6 Mark II? And my second question would be if Canon M6 Mark II can compete with iPhone 12/13 Pro Max in nnight and low light situations? Thanks in advance for your response.

Hi, which one do you recommend for music videos? Thanks !!

What camera and lens did u use to film this? Thank u sir 😊😊😊🙏

still like my m5 as a second camera to my EOS R

Hey Mark! Having trouble finding out if the Tamron 18-400 can resolve the M6 Mk II's sensor quality. Have you heard anything?

Mark I was considering stepping up to the Canon M50 from my current M3? I know the stats are very similar with the M50 having a newer image processor? I am primary a photo guy do you think that and the dual pixel focus would make it worth it over lets say buying some new glass like the 32mm or maybe the 55-250mm stm lens? I am currently using solely the 22mm f2 lens what do you think?

Which one would you recommend? because ill be using it for sports photography (shooting race cars) and ill be putting a 70-200mm lens with it

Great review. but Do you actually know when does the M50 mark 2 release? I am so afraid that the second I purchased either of these cameras, and it releases the new model.

As someone that wants to delve deeper into photography and upgrading from a compact camera/phone camera, would you suggest the M50 or M6 Mark ii ? @ 15:36 when you mention buying the kit and just using the kit (no additional lenses) you kind kind of threw me off, that was definitely not my intention.

Nice sir

Hi Mark! I watched your previous vídeo about Canon's picture style, but I was wondering : how do you get this picture style of your children at 5:16 to 5:57 in the current vídeo? Did you use any LUT? Can you make a vídeo showing US how to ger these skin tones (these are awesome) Thanks

Hi. Regarding with evf for M6, is there any cheap brand or like OEM for evf that would fit for M6? Will it work if there's one? Thank you :)

love camera 😘😘

Wait, I wasn't sure because you didn't say it enough times ... so you do like the M6 Mark II better than the M50?

just upgraded from m50 to m6 ii! what tilted the scales for me was the clean HDMI out with autofocus. too many limitations with m50 when it comes to livestreaming.

Great video I was in dilemma about m50 or m6 2. You have made me clear. I’m only still photographer already I own sigma 18-35 f 1.8 i am going to buy m62 here I want one detail how m62 perform with sigma glass in is & eye af (photography only) I am expecting your reply thanks

Im thinking of upgrade from my M-50. to RP or M6 mark II. I have a handful of ef zoom L lens. Will I see a more of an improvement with RP or M 6 mark II?

can you tell me does the m6ii do long exposure time lapse in movie mode. thanks

What camera diod you shoot this video on? Was it the M6, or do you have a full frame camera?

Hi man, im in australia as well and owns canon eos m6 mark ii i love your videos man. But i think can we compare 1080p of M6m2 and M50 on same color profiles side by side? You get a lot of videos on those comparisons and its very useful to know 1080p qualities on cameras because often times they are very different. Can we also compare preAmps, and 4k quality of m6m2 vs 1080p. Preamps are kinda important in vlogging so it would be convenient to buy microphone with no preamp on it or record on higher gain within the camera settings. Thank you have a good day!

The 4K vids you did with the M6-II, which frame rate did you use? 24, 30? And any news on 24p update? Thanks for the info! God bless!

I kinda see the articulating screen argument alot with these. But as an m50 owner it can be distracting and if you have trouble with distraction it can lead to you disconnecting from the audience.

How do EF lenses feel on the M6. is the balance okay . i know it will be lens heavy but is it okay?

What do you recommend? I have a Sonya5100 and I hate that it dies fast because it heats up quick. Reason why I want to buy a new camera. I use this camera for vlogging outside and inside . What do you recommend M50 or M6 ??

Is ef lenses with adapter work good with m6ii = ef lenses on 90d

Terrific explanation! I find the M6 II with Sigma 56mm lens produces stunning photos of animals posed or in motion. Couldn’t be happier.

How is the low light video performance of M6 mark ii vs m50? Does it improve a lots or about the same? I hope it will be close to Sony a6400 which is hard to use on its manual system. I have the m50 with a sigma 16mm F1.4 , planning to upgrade a better video apsc camera . Thanks.

i think if we talk about photography only if i ever feel i would need that 32MP then its time to upgrade to a full frame camera. I dont see the true sense of of a 32mp sensor on APS-C especially if you want some nice lowlight results as well.