Mirrorless camera, Canon M50 II or Sony A6400?

How do novice photographers quickly choose their first mirrorless camera

What to buy a camera for?

The first step in buying a camera is to know what you are buying a camera to shoot, so that you can better choose a single camera that suits you. If you don't know what to shoot, look at the picture below.

Portrait: good focus, large aperture, good blur

Scenery: high pixel, wide Angle lens, high sensitivity

Travel: compact and convenient weight, long endurance, wide focal range

Movement: good focus, good control, fast continuous shooting

Vlog: Good video performance, good radio, anti - shake

Mirrorless camera budget

Micro single camera price from hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars, for novice photographer, according to their own budget, to choose their own needs for the mirrorless camera, rather than a blind choice.

There are a lot of novice photographers do not know the micro single camera and camera lens, when buying a camera did not consider the lens budget. So make sure you budget for it.

How to choose between Canon and SONY?

Canon:

Advantages: simple control, good colour straight out, various lens group, high market share

Disadvantages: lens price rise is high, often out of stock

SONY:

Advantages: strong focus performance, rich lens group, especially a lot of deputy factory lens

Disadvantages: screen quality is not ideal, menu control logic complex

Canon M50 Mark II  vs  SONY A6400

Canon M50 Mark II

Highlights:

Support portrait shooting, export video is portrait mode, for uploading short video platform is very friendly.

Equipped with a 270° fully rotating touch screen, it is very convenient to take selfies and Vlog videos.

Support eye focus function,

Body weight 350g, very small and light, even girls go out to carry is also very light.

It has a continuous shooting speed of 10 shots/second, which is enough for daily capturing.

It supports WIFI and Bluetooth connection to the mobile phone, and it is very convenient to transfer video and photos to the mobile phone with one click.

Shortcomings:

Shooting 4K 25 frames of video has 1.5x crop

The camera life is only about 305 shots, so you need to buy a spare battery

Suitable for the crowd: very suitable for portrait shooting, vlog video bloggers, daily travel shooting girl novice purchase

SONY Alpha 6400

Highlights:

SONY Sport Series Full frame Micro single A9 processor

Support real-time eye focus, real-time animal eye focus, real-time tracking focus.

11 photos/second continuous shooting speed, daily capture is completely no problem.

The display can be rotated 180 degrees up or 90 degrees down, making it very convenient for both vlog and selfie.

The electronic shutter supports silent shooting, which is great for meetings and animals.

Support 4K 30P, 1080P 4 times slow motion video shooting, video recording time limit

Support USB power supply, don't worry about battery life when shooting outside.

Shortcomings:

The screen display only supports touch focus, not menu control.

Without earphone monitoring interface, recording video can not be monitored in real time

Menu manipulation is not very friendly for beginners.

There is no way to install a gun microphone with the screen turned up 180 degrees, only a lapel microphone can be selected.

It doesn't have a five-axis stabiliser, but it does have a stabiliser. The stabiliser recommended wisdom cloud cloud crane M2, half frame micro single and mobile phone, motion camera can be used.

Suitable for the crowd: video Vlog shooting bloggers, will later HLG, log, and often capture the photographic crowd start.

Hope you have a better understanding of the features of Canon M50 Mark II and SONY A6400 after reading this blog, and select the mirrorless camera you want!