The entry-level EOS R100 and EOS R50 cameras have been launched inside 6 months of one another as Canon seeks to dominate all areas of the mirrorless market, however which digicam do you have to select?
We’re bringing you this in-depth head-to-head comparability between the brand new Canon EOS R100 and its barely dearer sibling, the EOS R50, to search out out what the important thing variations are between them.
You may also learn our detailed Canon EOS R50 assessment to search out out precisely what we consider that individual digicam.
Sensor
The Canon R50 has a extra superior 24.2 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor which is partnered with the very newest Digic X processor.
The brand new Canon R100 additionally has a 24 megapixel sensor, however it’s an older mannequin that is been inherited from the EOS M50 Mark II and “optimised” for the R100.
The R100’s 24.1 megapixel sensor is totally different to the one present in each the R50 and R10, and it is also paired with the older Digic 8 processor.
Subsequently the picture high quality for each stills and video shall be higher within the R50 than the R100.
ISO Velocity
On the Canon R50 the ISO vary for stills runs from 100-32,000, which will be additional expanded as much as ISO 51,200, precisely the identical because the EOS R10.
The R100 has a barely extra restricted ISO vary of 100-12,800 which will be expanded as much as 25,600.
Video
The EOS R50 can file as much as 4K UHD / 30p / 10-bit footage internally with dual-pixel auto-focus and auto-exposure.
The brand new R100 additionally affords 4K video, however solely at 25 frames per second, and it nonetheless suffers from the identical heavy 64% / 1.55x crop because the EOS M50 II, which actually makes it a high-quality 1080/60p digicam slightly than a 4K one for almost all of customers.
Additionally be aware that on the R100, autofocusing throughout 4K recording is just contrast-based, which is slower and fewer exact than the phase-detection system that operates within the digicam’s 1080p mode.
The R50 affords full 1080 slow-motion recording at as much as 120p with autofocus (however no sound), plus reside streaming on YouTube and vertical video seize.
The R100 additionally supplies 120p slow-motion recording however solely at 720p decision. It additionally helps vertical video seize, however not reside streaming.
Recording time is proscribed to 1 hour on the R50 and half-hour on the R100.
Distinctive to the R50 is a capturing mode known as “Film for close-up demos”, which routinely focuses on something that you just maintain as much as the digicam throughout recording, after which focuses again on the topic when the item is faraway from the body or moved backwards.
Each fashions supply Film Digital Picture Stabilisation (IS), an additional Digital IS mode known as Enhanced which helps to maintain handheld footage sharp.
The EOS R50 can be utilized as a webcam just by connecting it to a pc with a USB cable, whereas with the R100 you must moreover set up the EOS Webcam Utility software program to ensure that it to be recognised.
Autofocus
The R50 has a way more superior auto-focus system than the R100.
It options the the identical deep-learning synthetic intelligence primarily based automated face, eye, animal and car AF monitoring modes because the way more costly full-frame R3, R5 and R6 fashions.
This AF system has 651 automated focus factors and 4,503 manually selectable AF factors, 100% body protection in Auto choice mode and 90% vertical and 100% horizontal in handbook choice.
The R50 can recognise and observe eyes, and it really works even when the particular person is carrying a masks, helmet or sun shades. Topic monitoring works for people and in addition canine, cats and birds, the latter even in flight.
It additionally has the flexibility to trace autos, together with automobiles and motorbikes. What’s extra, if the driving force is carrying a helmet, the AF system will lock on to that, making certain that crucial topic is in focus.
The R100 has a much less subtle autofocus system that provides face and monitoring AF with eye-detection.
It is disgrace to not see any animal and even fowl eye-AF added too, though that is most likely to be anticipated on an entry-level digicam like this one.
The R50 can focus in mild ranges as little as -4EV (when used with an F1.2 lens) or with most apertures as small as f/22, which allows autofocus even when utilizing extremely telephoto lenses with teleconverters.
Burst Capturing
The EOS R50 is a reasonably quick digicam, with 12fps burst capturing obtainable when utilizing the its first-curtain digital shutter and 15fps when utilizing the silent digital shutter, each with steady auto-focus and auto-exposure.
Notice that this digicam doesn’t have a mechanical shutter, in contrast to the cheaper EOS R100 mannequin.
The R100 has a a lot slower burst capturing fee of three.5fps with full-time AF/AE and 6.5fps with out. It additionally affords a very silent mode.
Should you shoot quite a lot of sports activities, motion or nature images, the R50 can be a a lot better alternative due to its sooner burst charges.
Physique and Design
The design of those two cameras is just about equivalent, with only a few variations which might be nonetheless fairly essential.
Regardless of being nearly equally sized, the brand new R100 is definitely barely lighter than the R50, primarily as a result of having a fair smaller handgrip.
It weighs 356g with each a battery and reminiscence card fitted versus 375g for the EOS R50, making it the lightest and most compact full-frame digicam that Canon at the moment supply.
The R100 has a bigger D-pad than the R50, maybe as a result of it does not supply a touchscreen LCD, however there isn’t any devoted ISO button on prime of the R100.
On the flip-side, the R100 does have a distant connector port, which the R50 unusually lacks.
Turning as soon as once more to the negatives, the R100 has the older 5-pin hotshoe, not the extra subtle multi-function shoe that the R50 and all different latest Canon mirrorless cameras have.
IBIS
Neither digicam has an in-body stabilizer, solely offering digital IS for motion pictures in-camera.
As an alternative you must depend on a mixture of lens stabilisation (if the lens affords it) and/or in-camera digital stabilisation.
So if IBIS is a must have function for you, you may have to look rather a lot additional up the Canon vary.
Viewfinder
Each cameras have precisely the identical built-in OLED digital viewfinder with 2.36M dot decision and magnification of 1.15x.
The one on the R50 has a sooner 120fps refresh fee whereas the R100 is proscribed to 60fps.
LCD Display
The Canon R50 has a 3-inch, 1.62 million dot, vari-angle LCD display which tilts out to the facet and faces forwards for extra handy vlogging and selfies with a touch-screen interface.
The cheaper R100 mannequin has a lower-resolution 1.04 million dot, 3-inch display which is fastened in place. Sure, you learn that proper, the R100’s display can’t be moved or tilted or rotated in any path.
And that is not the one throwback to cameras of yesteryear – the R100 does not have a touchscreen both, in contrast to the R50 and all different present Canon mirrorless cameras.
That is notably perplexing on a digicam that’s aimed toward folks trying to improve from a smartphone.
Reminiscence Playing cards
The R50 and R100 each have a single SD card, however it solely helps the slower UHS-I format slightly than the newer, sooner UHS-II.
Battery Life
The R50 makes use of precisely the identical LP-E17 unit present in plenty of earlier Canon DSLR and mirrorless fashions just like the 850D and 250D.
The R50’s battery life is 440 pictures with the LCD and 310 with the EVF.
Connectivity
Each cameras function built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and will be simply linked to a smartphone and networks permitting high-speed file sharing and FTP/FTPS switch.
Notice that the each R50 and R100 solely assist the slower 2.4Ghz wi-fi protocol.
Each fashions will be remotely managed and even up to date utilizing Canon’s Digital camera Join and EOS Utility apps.
Reside streaming to YouTube is supported on the R50 by way of wi-fi and Canon’s picture.canon service, however not on the R100.
Worth
The Canon EOS R50 is priced at £789.99 / €829.99 / $679.99 physique solely within the UK, Europe and USA respectively and is accessible in black or white. It’s made in Taiwan.
The Canon EOS R100 is priced at £669 in a package with the Canon RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM lens. There is no such thing as a body-only possibility.
Conclusion
The brand new Canon EOS R100 is the smallest, lightest and least expensive mannequin within the intensive vary of R-series cameras, with an much more pronounced give attention to rookies than final yr’s EOS R50.
It does lose out to the R50 in most regards although, most notably picture high quality, video functionality, burst capturing speeds and auto-focus efficiency, to not point out the slightly perplexing fastened non-touch LCD display.
So what do you assume? Would you select the Canon EOS R100 or the EOS R50? Go away a remark beneath!