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Canon EOS M50 setup guide with tips and tricks
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Introduction
The Canon EOS M50 uses a 24.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor. The sensor has a native
ISO range of 100 to 25,600 and is the same sensor Canon M50.This small camera is
definitely a great option both for beginners and more advanced photographers. It’s easy
to carry everywhere, has excellent image quality and reliable metering and auto white
balance. Thanks to the new DIGIC 8 image processor the M50 can shoot at up to 10fps in
Single AF mode, and should you want to track your subject using Continuous AF this drops
to a still very strong 7.4fps.
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If you’re new to digital photography or Canon cameras, I’m sure this guide full of tips and
trips will make you more familiar with the various settings, features and functionalities of
the Canon M50. Now it’s time to turn your camera on and press the Menu button. You’ll
be able to follow along page by page with this guide. Please note that in order to see all
the pages, you’ll need to turn the camera Mode Dial to Av, Tv or M. (In Full Auto, some
settings are automatically configured).
Also, if you want to see this more soothing black camera interface instead of the bright
white, change the colour of the Menu in: Disp Level settings – Menu Display – Standard.
Canon EOS M50 Menu system
The Shoot Menu (Red Camera Icon)

Page Shooting menu 1 (SHOOT1)
Image quality: you primarily need to decide whether to shoot RAW or JPEG. Raw records
all the data from the sensor, Jpeg is basically a much smaller file that has all kinds of
information already baked in. Most serious photographers shoot RAW, as this gives you
the most flexible file to work with in an application like Adobe Lightroom.
You’ll be able to recover more colour in the highlights of your image for instance, and pull
more detail out of the shadows with a Raw file than with a Jpeg. The only downside are
the larger files and the fact that of course you’ll need to develop them later on. RAW file
average size of 15.5 MB an JPEG file average size of 7.4 MB with the M50.
You’ll see that the is also a cRAW option, this is a format that uses lossy compression to
reduce file sizes by roughly 40%. This is absolutely fine to use, the deterioration is
negligible.
Image quality Image size (3:2 aspect ratio) Shots / 32GB UHS-1 card Max. shots per burst
Large Fine 6000 x 4000 pixels 3651 Approx. 33
Large Normal 6000 x 4000 pixels 6782 Approx. 33
Medium Fine 3984 x 2656 pixels 6645 Approx. 30
Medium Normal 3984 x 2656 pixels 11741 Approx. 30
Small Fine 2976 x 1984 pixels 9948 Approx. 29
Small Normal 2976 x 1984 pixels 16455 Approx. 29
Small 2 2400 x 1600 pixels 16874 Approx. 30
RAW 6000 x 4000 pixels 1084 Approx. 10
RAW+Large Fine 6000 x 4000 pixels 835 Approx. 10
If you decide to shoot Jpeg, you can choose between Large, Medium or Small, each with a
Fine or Normal setting. Check the table above for the relative pixel sizes for each setting. I
would advise Large and Fine of course.
Still img aspect ratio: this describes how square (1:1) or wide (16:9) your image is. It’s
expressed as a figure, like this: width:height (width always comes first). The aspect ratio of
the APS-C sensor is 3:2, and you should use this if you want to use the full surface of the
sensor. Cropping can also be done later.
3:2: the native sensor dimension of the M50.

4:3: native resolution of a micro-four-thirds camera .
16:9: for a wider perspective.
1:1: a basic square setting.
Image review: You can modify the amount of time the image displays on the LCD monitor
after your M50 writes it to the memory card. You can set the preview time from 2 to 8
seconds or display the image until you turn off the camera. Or you can turn it OFF if you
don’t want this. I turn it off as I can always press the play button if I decide to review a
shot I’ve just taken..
Off
2 sec
4 sec
8 sec
Hold
Lens aberration correction: digital technology provides the ability to adjust images in-
camera. One area this can be useful is in correcting for optical performance. By mapping
the performance of each camera and lens at a variety of focal lengths, manual focus
distances and apertures, it is possible to correct for these irregularities and bring the lens
performance closer to ‘perfection’. These corrections are only available for photos
captured in the JPEG file format. There is no reason to turn this off, except if you’re
noticing a slow down when shooting in burst mode. Then this might be the reason
Peripheral illumination correction: This is called lens light fall-off or drop in the
corners or vignetting.
Distortion correction: If you’re shooting with a wide-angle lens you may have noticed
that at the wide end you will most likely find some distortion. This corrects distortion
for any lens in the lens database.
Digital Lens Optimizer: Performs high- level correction for lens aberration in-camera
Chromatic aberr corr: Automatically remove color fringing due to Chromatic
aberration.
Diffraction correction: a camera and lens specific correction that uses a profile of the
lens used to ameliorate the effects of diffraction caused by small apertures (usually
f/11 and beyond where there will be decrease in sharpness).
Flash control: Using this menu item, you can adjust flash power. The Flash Control option
also enables you to customize a few other aspects of the built-in flash as well as control
an external flash head.
Flash firing: Normally, this option is set to Enable. If you want to disable the flash, you
can choose Disable instead. However, you don’t have to take this step in most cases.
(just close the pop-up flash head on top of the camera if you don’t want to use flash).
E-TTL II meter: This option enables you to switch from the default flash metering
approach, called Evaluative. In this mode, the camera exposes the background using
ambient light when possible and then sets the flash power to serve as fill light on the
subject. If you instead select the Average option, the flash is used as the primary light
source, meaning that the flash power will expose the entire scene without relying on
ambient light. Typically, this results in a more powerful (and possibly harsh) flash
lighting and dark backgrounds.
Red-eye reduc.: When flash is used in a low-light environment, the subject’s eyes
may come out red in the image. Red eye happens when the light from the flash
reflects off the retina of the eyes. The camera’s red-eye reduction feature turns on
the red-eye reduction lamp to shine a gentle light into the subject’s eyes to narrow
the pupil diameter or iris. A smaller pupil reduces the chances of red eye from
occurring.
Slow synchro: Slow Sync Flash is a function found on many cameras that tells your
camera to shoot with both a longer shutter and firing the flash. This means you get
the best of both worlds above and can both get a relatively sharp shot of your
primary subject and get some ambient light from the background and foreground.
Safety FE: The camera automatically changes the shutter or aperture value when the
flash fires to avoid overexposing and blowing out the highlights in the scene.
Built-In flash settings:
If you highlight this option and press Set, you display the screen shown here.
But which options are adjustable on the M50 depends on whether you set the first option,
Built-in Flash, to Normal Firing, or to one of the two settings that set the built-in flash to
trigger off-camera flash units.
The other options available for normal flash operation work like so:
Shutter Sync: By default, the flash fires at the beginning of the exposure. This flash
timing, known as 1st curtain sync, is the best choice for most subjects. However, if
you use a very slow shutter and you’re photographing a moving object, 1st curtain
sync causes the blur that results from the motion to appear in front of the object,
which doesn’t make much visual sense.To solve this problem, you can change the
Shutter Sync option to 2nd curtain sync, also known as rear-curtain sync. In this flash
mode, the motion trails appear behind the moving object. The flash fires twice in this
mode: once when you press the button and again at the end of the exposure.
Flash Exposure Compensation: This setting adjusts the power of the built-in flash.
The M50 has four options affecting the flash here. Shutter Sync and Flash Exposure
Compensation are joined by:
Flash Mode: Ignore this; it’s not adjustable when you use the built-in flash.
E-TTL II Metering: See above.
External flash func. Setting and External flash C.Fn setting: these last 2 options on
the Flash Control list relate to external flash heads; they don’t affect the performance
of the built-in flash. However, they apply only to Canon EX-series Speedlites that
enable you to control the flash through the camera. If you own such a flash, refer to
the flash manual for details.
Drive Mode: Extremely high speeds continuous shooting up to 10 fps is possible using
One Shot AF (first AF position is fixed), and up to 7,4 fps using servo AF (where the camera
continuously focuses even with moving subjects).
Single: the camera fires one shot each time the shutter button is fully depressed.
continuous high: the shutter keeps firing for as long as you depress the button at
maximum burst rate.
continuous: the shutter keeps firing for as long as you depress the button at a slower
burst rate. Great idea if you need to be able to shoot and write longer to the SD card
without flooding the buffer.
self timer 10: the camera takes a picture after 10 seconds.
self timer 2: the camera takes a picture after 2 seconds.
self timer continuous: the camera take pictures continuously after a small delay.
Expo.comp./AEB: Exposure Compensation and Auto Exposure Bracketing.
Exposure compensation: If you believe that your camera is over- or underexposing your
images, or you want to do this for creative reasons, you can change the level of exposure
by a scale of plus or minus 3 EV.
Auto Exposure Bracketing.: Using the exposure compensation setting, you can capture
images at different exposure levels, and then select the optimal image later with a +/- 5
EV scale. These two functions can the be used in combination.
Only 3 shots are allowed. EV compensation is more easily available via other interfaces,
but is here so it can be used with auto exposure bracketing.
ISO speed settings for photos
ISO speed: can either be set to Automatic or determine an appropriate value for yourself.
Say for landscapes when using a tripod this is generally set to what is called base ISO 100.
ISO 100 would give you the optimal quality for this sensor, but for many other types of
photography you’ll need a higher ISO in order to have a fast enough shutter speed and
hence no movement in your images. Leave this on auto for most uses.
ISO Auto: This is used to set the max for Auto, from 400 to the top value of 25600. When
raising the ISO value, you are effectively raising the sensitivity of the sensor by boosting
the output. This leads to more and more noise with every doubling of power. A Maximum
of 6400 is as far as I would go with this camera. Perhaps 3200 would be better if your
shooting style allows it and you don’t get blurry images .
ISO speed settings for movies
ISO Auto: set to 6400,12800 or 25600. Don’t go higher than 12800 for video.
Auto Lighting Optimizer
Auto-corrects image brightness and contrast. This only affects Jpeg and not your Raw
files, but it can be handy for the Jpeg shooters out there. Have a go and see if you like the
effect set to low or standard.
Highlight tone priority
Improves gradation in highlights to avoid over exposure in bright subjects. What the
camera does in highlight tone priority is underexpose the image to avoid clipping
highlights, then boost the shadows up to give the appearance of a wider dynamic range in
the jpegs. It does the same thing you might do when processing raw files, except it just
applies it to jpegs. Another great feature to experiment with. Either Off or enabled.
Metering mode
Taking a picture is often referred to as ‘making an exposure’. This is because when you
press the camera’s shutter release you set the start for the registration of light hitting the
sensor.
Another sensor inside the camera, called the metering sensor, is central to this whole
operation: it measures the light that’s coming through the lens and determines how much
is needed to produce a well-exposed photo.
You can select four different ways how this sensor will read light:
Evaluative: This mode meters the whole scene, but places more emphasis on what
the camera is focused on. Because the camera effectively applies its own exposure
compensation in this metering mode, it can improve your chances on getting a good
exposure when you need to grab a shot quickly. Most photographers stick with this
metering mode.
Partial: This alternative to spot metering enables you to take a reading from a very
small area in the centre of the frame. This area is around six percent of the sensor.
It’s a slightly larger area than the normal spot metering, which makes it easier to use.
This is a great tool for portrait photography.
Spot: Spot metering only covers the centre autofocus point and the area immediately
surrounding it. It offers pinpoint precision when it comes to metering, although you’ll
need to judge tones accurately to get the most out of this metering mode.
Center-weighted average: This is the oldest metering mode, where a meter reading
is taken across the frame. It will however place more emphasis on what is positioned
in the center of the frame and it doesn’t use any exposure compensation, it applies
the same averaging pattern to every shot.
Metering timer
When you half press the shutter (or use back button focus) in one of the creative zone
modes and then release it, the camera’s meter takes a reading and sets the exposure
values. These values time out and disappear after the amount of time set by this option.
You have to half press again to take a new reading at that point. From 4, 8, 16, 30 sec too
1, 10, 30 min.
Expo. Simulation
When ‘Exp.SIM’ (which stands for Exposure Simulation) is on, indicates the image you are
seeing on the rear screen and EVF is what the final image will look like. You can leave this
on except when using flash in the studio as you’ll only see a dark frame in that case.
White balance
Normally AWB (auto white balance) will do just fine but you also have the option to
change this to AWB W (auto white balance with white priority This setting is amazing for
indoor lighting), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White fluorescent, Flash, Custom and
Colour Temperature adjustable.
Custom white balance
This setting brings up compatible images to use. Set the white balance under the same
light source thatwill illuminate your shot.
WB Shift/Bkt.
White balance shift is a setting on the EOS M50 camera that allows a photographer to
bias the colours in images in either blue, amber, magenta or green directions. This colour
shift can be used to add or remove colour shifts that may occur when shooting in mixed
lighting conditions. Typically think flash and daylight, flash and indoor lights, street lights
and daylight and so on. White balance can be shifted from -9 to +9 in both blue / amber
and green / magenta directions, or combinations of blue/amber and green/magenta
shifts. The blue/amber shift is equal to five mired for each step.
Color space
sRGB is what is used online, and Adobe RGB has a more extended colour profile that
mimics the human eye. You might think that the latter is preferable, but unless you print a
lot of photos with professional equipment, Adobe RGB is more hassle than its worth since
you’ll need to proof every picture you want to use online and convert it to sRGB.
Picture Style
Picture style allows you to take photos in the color tones that Canon deems most suitable
to each subject . These include normal presets like Standard, Portrait and Landscape but
also advanced scenarios like Monochrome, Fine Detail, Neutral and Faithful.
All these picture styles can be individually adjusted to taste with adjustments like
Sharpness, Fine detail, Threshold, Contrast, Saturation, Hue. These adjustments can be
saved in 3 user defined slots and even transferred to other EOS cameras.
Auto, Standard, Portait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def.
1, 2 and 3]
Long exp.
Turn On noise reduction for exposures of 1 second or longer with the Canon M50. This
function takes a second black or dark frame (with the shutter closed) with the identical
shutter time of your first photo. The noise in this frame is then subtracted from the
original photo. This method is the most reliable type of noise reduction, as the noise is
measured specifically at that place and time with the same level of humidity and
temperature. All factors that can contribute to noisy images especially in long exposures.
Some photographers however find it annoying to have to wait for this to finish as it
doubles the time. You can turn it off and experiment with other types of noise reduction in
Lightroom or any other photo editor if you shoot RAW.
High ISO speed NR
You can choose from 3 levels of noise reduction: Standard, High or Low. This function is
especially effective when shooting at high ISO speeds.
Multishot: This technique automatically combines four images captured at once to reduce
noise. Compared to setting High ISO speed NR to [High], this feature minimises loss of
image quality while reducing noise. Best technique for Jpeg shooters.
Dust Delete Data
This function allows you to download your shots to your computer using the canon
software. The software will analyse the images, and it will register any dust spots that
show up on multiple images. This database is then relayed back to the Canon M50 that
will ignore the pixels with dust on.
I don’t think this is necessary, as periodically wet cleaning yourself or by a professional

should be part of your camera cleaning routine, anyway.
Touch Shutter
If the Touch Shutter function is set to On, you can take shots easily by having
the camera focus on your subject and adjust the brightness simply by touching. I don’t use
this function, but if you’re coming from a smartphone, you could find it very useful.
Touch & drag AF settings
Touch & Drag AF basically means that you can drag the desired autofocus point to
anywhere on the screen. This is much faster than any other method to do this.
You can select the active touch area: Whole panel, Right, Left, Top Right, Btm Right, Top
Left, Btm Left. I have it set to the Bottom Left since this allows you to look through the
EVF and change the focus point easily at the same time.
Page Shoot 6 (SHOOT6)
AF operation
One Shot: for Still Subjects. When you press the shutter button halfway, the camera will
focus only once.
When focus is achieved, the dot inside the AF point achieving focus lights up briefly in
red, and the focus confirmation light <> in the viewfinder will also light up.
With evaluative metering, the exposure setting will be set at the same time focus is
achieved.
While you hold down the shutter button halfway, the focus will be locked. You can
then recompose the shot if desired.
Servo: This AF operation is for moving subjects when the focusing distance keeps
changing. While you hold down the shutter button halfway, the subject will be focused
continuously.
The exposure is set at the moment the picture is taken.

When the AF point selection is automatic, the camera first uses the center AF point
to focus. During autofocusing, if the subject moves away from the center AF point,
focus tracking continues as long as the subject is covered by another AF point.
AF method
Face + Tracking:
the Canon M50 searches for faces in the frame. If it finds one, it displays a white
focus frame over the face.
In a group shot where more than one face is recognized by the camera, you see
arrows on either side of the focus frame. To choose a different face as the focusing
target, tap the face or use the Multi-controller to move the target frame over the
face.
To lock focus on the face, press and hold the shutter button halfway down or press
and hold the AF-ON button. When focus is locked, the focus frame turns green, as
shown on the right above, and the camera emits a beep. (Disable the sound effect via
the Beep option on Shooting Menu 1.) If focus isn’t successful, the focus frame turns
red.
Zone:
Select a zone where the EOS M50 will look for focus. Nice to use with the Touch and Drag
AF settings of the previous page .
1 point: only one AF point is used for extremely precise autofocus.
AF frame size
Select either Normal or Small frame size for the 1 point AF operation.
Eye Detection AF
his is an exciting new feature, introduced with the EOS M50 camera. When its AF Method
is set to Face Detect + Tracking, the entire active AF area (see the colored outlines in the
graphics above) is used for focusing. And, if a human face is detected, the Face Detect
technology has been enhanced — the camera doesn’t simply focus on the most
prominent face in the scene. Instead, it now is able to detect the nearest eye on that face,
and puts a smaller focus box on that eye. If that person moves around the picture area,
the Eye Detection AF continues to track that eye, as long as it remains visible.
When Eye Detection AF is active, you’ll see a large, outer box indicating that Face
Detection has recognized a human face. And within it, a smaller box will surround the
actual eye that is being concentrated upon for Eye Detection AF.
This means that sharp focus will more than ever be placed on the “leading” eye of your
subjects, whether you’re shooting portraits or candid pictures. Where many experienced
photographers might have previously made the effort to change to a single AF point, and
move it manually to cover the face of a human subject, the new Eye Detection AF
technology means that the process can be left to the EOS M50 in many cases.
All that has to be done to activate Eye Detection AF is to Enable Eye Detection AF in the
3rd Shooting Menu screen, and be sure that Face Detect + Tracking is the active AF
Method. It will function in most shooting modes.
While Eye Detect AF will normally focus upon the eye nearest to the camera, if you want
to concentrate on the subject’s other eye, that’s easy to do — just press the AF Point
Select button, on the back of the camera, twice. You’ll see the smaller “box” surrounding
the detected eye jump to the subject’s other eye.
For Face Detection AF, and the more advanced Eye Detection AF to function, the camera
basically has to be able to identify typical human facial features two eyes, a nose, and a
mouth. Accordingly, there can be some limits to the M50’s Eye Detection AF:
It will not function with Servo AF, so it’s unable to work with moving subjects
(therefore, Eye Detection AF is not possible in Sports Mode or Panning Mode).
It’s disabled if you’re using the Miniature effect or Fish-eye effect settings, within the
Creative Filters modes.
Eye Detection AF cannot be used when recording video (overall Face Detection is
possible during video recording, including when continuous Movie Servo AF is active).
The primary face in the scene needs to be sufficiently close to take up a certain
amount of space in the picture — if a detected face is too distant or small in the
frame, the EOS M50 will revert to conventional Face Detection, and you won’t see
the smaller “box” displayed over a subject’s eye before you take the picture.
Eye Detect AF may have problems if the subject’s eyes are partially or fully closed.
The primary face needs to be turned so it’s essentially facing toward the camera, and
the eyes need to be somewhat in the camera’s direction as well. While direct eye
contact with the camera isn’t required, if the subject’s eyes are angled significantly to
one side or the other, the M50’s Eye Detection AF may not be able to detect the eye
nearest the camera (again, it will usually revert to ordinary Face Detection, or
conventional Automatic AF point selection).
If one or both of the subject’s eyes are in deep shadow, Eye Detection AF (and
sometimes overall Face Detection AF) may have difficulty functioning.
Sunglasses, excessive make-up around the eyes, masks, and so on will usually
prevent the Eye Detection AF from being able to detect and focus upon the nearest
eye. And, like Face Detection, it’s designed to detect human eyes… it normally will
not work with animals or other non-human subjects.
Continuous AF
Enable or disable continuous AF where the camera constantly tries to acquire focus, even
without pressing the shutter. Turn this Off.
Focus mode
Select either autofocus where the camera focusses automatically or manual focus where
you need to turn the manual focus ring on the lens to manually achieve focus.
Lens electronic MF
Disable after One-Shot AF/Enable after One-Shot AF: The latter allows you to fine-tune
focus manually in AF mode whilst half-pressing the shutter button.
AF-assist beam firing
This is a read beam that some flashes have, which helps to gain focus in situations with
low light.
MF peaking settings
Peaking is a manual focussing aide when the camera is set to manual focus. The in-focus
area will have a type of coloured noise superimposed onto scene in the EVF or on the
screen. This is of course not stored, it’s merely an aide that helps you determine where
your manual focus lies and if your subject will be in focus. Very handy feature, I have it set
to the Color red and Level High.
IS settings
Some lenses have optical image stabilisation built in. This helps with getting sharp
pictures even with low shutter speeds; There are really no negative sides to using this,
except that it’s not necessary to use when shooting landscapes.
There is also an electronic image stabilisation system for use with video, that might be
beneficial to some, although the effect is minimal.
Movie Auto level:
If you have Digital IS on, this is greyed out. But switch it off – and you may as well if lens
has OIS but doesn’t support Combination IS – and you can switch auto level on. This
compensates for roll – e.g. it should keep the horizon level.
It’s possible to record 4K video with the Canon M50 but, it comes with some limitations.
It’s only available when the Movie mode is selected on the mode dial. And the frame rate
is only 25 fps with a maximum bit rate of 150Mbps.
A more serious restriction is the degree of frame cropping, which combines the 1.6x crop
associated with the APS-C sensor with an additional 1.6x crop imposed by the 4K setting.
This is a very heavy crop and for some bloggers or videographers, it might be a too big a
hurdle to overcome.
Movie rec quality: You can choose between 4K, FHD or HD.
Quality setting Recording file size Recording time on a 32GB card
4K 25p 15000 KB/sec. 35 minutes 33 seconds
FHD (1080p) 50p 7500 KB/sec. 1 hour, 11 minutes 7 seconds
FHD 25p 3750 KB/sec. 2 hours, 22 minutes 13 seconds
HD (720p) 100p 6500 KB/sec. 1 hour, 22 minutes 3 seconds
HD 50p 3250 KB/sec. 2 hours, 44 minutes 6 seconds
Continuous recording will stop after 29 minutes and 59 seconds or when a single HD
100p recording reaches seven minutes and 29 seconds. It will create new files after
recording stops if the user holds down the recording button.
The additional frame cropping doesn’t affect the Full HD or HD recording modes, which
can also benefit from Dual Pixel AF, allowing faster, more precise autofocusing. Time-
lapse recording is also supported with three pre-set ‘Scene’ modes and users can choose
between Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels).
The first (3 seconds between shots) is for subjects like moving people, the second for
slower changes (5 seconds between shots), like clouds in motion and the third is even
slower (15 seconds between shots) for ‘slowly changing scenes’. There’s also a Custom
setting that lets you select the interval between shots and the total numbers of frames in
the sequence.
Note that Dual Pixel AF is not available when shooting 4K video. You must rely on
contrast-based AF, which can be noticeably slower.
Sound recording:
Sound rec. Auto/Manual/Disable;
Manual gives access to a Rec. Level 5-point scale, and a Wind filter/Attenuator screen
with Enable/disable for the Wind Filter and Auto/Enable/Disable for the Attenuator.
All these screens have a full-width live horizontal scale showing the current sound levels
on the L and R channels.
Movie Servo AF:
When shooting video, a Movie Servo AF mode offers smooth and natural focusing when
changing from different subjects or different distances within the scene, as well as the
ability to specify tracking sensitivity, AF speed, and Face Tracking priority.
Shutter release btn function
You can select the function of the Shutter release Half-press here:
Meter.+Movie Servo
AF/Meter.+One-Shot
AF/Metering only
Auto slow shutter
The Canon M50 automatically uses slow shutter speeds to obtain brighter recordings in
places with insufficient lighting. It uses speeds down to 1/30 second.
Playback Menu (blue playback icon)

Page Play 1 settings (PLAY1)
Protect images
You can select how to protect and unprotect an image from deletion on the EOS 50D.
Once an image is protected, it cannot be erased by the camera’s erase function. To erase a
protected image, you must first cancel the protection. If you erase all the images, only the
protected images will remain. This is convenient when you want to erase unnecessary
images all at once.
You can choose to Select images, Select range, All images in folder, unprotect all images in
folder, All images on card or unprotect all images on card.
Rotate image
Vertical images are rotated automatically so they are displayed vertically on the camera’s
LCD monitor and personal computer instead of horizontally. The setting of this feature can
be changed.
Immediately after image capture, the vertical image will not be automatically rotated
for the image review.
If the vertical image is taken while the camera is pointed up or down, the image might
not rotate automatically for playback.
If the vertical image is not automatically rotated on the personal computer screen, it
means the software you are using is unable to rotate the image.
Erase images
Select and erase images by selecting a range or All images in folder orAll images on card.
Print order
You can connect the camera to a printer via Wi-Fi to print your images directly. This setting
takes you to the selection screen where you can select a single image, multiple images for
printing and the general set up. See the tutorial below on how to connect to a
smartphone, it is the same procedure to connect to a printer
Photobook Set-up
This function is useful for ordering photobooks online and for printing photobooks on a
printer.
When you select images to use in photobooks (up to 998 images) and use EOS Utility
(provided software) to transfer them to a computer, the selected images will be copied
into a dedicated folder. This function is useful for ordering photobooks online and for
printing photobooks on a printer.
Creative Filters
Creative filters offer a way to add special effects to your images. You have a wide range of
filters available: Grainy B/W, Soft Focus, Fish-eye Effect, Water painting effect, Toy
camera effect, Miniature effect , HDR Art standard, vivid, bold and embossed.
RAW image processing
Being able to perform RAW image post-processing right after shooting on a camera is a
function that comes in very handy.
These settings are available on the Canon M50:
Brightness adjustment: EV-1, EV-2/3, EV-1/3, EV±0, EV+1/3, EV+2/3, EV+1

White balance: WB: Shot settings, Auto, Day Light, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light,
White fluorescent light, Flash, Colour temperature
Picture Style: Picture Style: Shot settings, Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine
Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1, User Def. 2, User Def. 3
Auto Lighting Optimizer: Disable, Low, Standard, High
High ISO speed Noise Reduction: Disable, Low, Standard, High
Image quality: write small, medium and large jpeg files in fine or standard resolution.
Peripheral illumination correction: Enable/Disable
Chromatic aberration: Enable/Disable
Diffraction correction: Enable/Disable
Creative Assist
Even if you know little about photography, you can select from on-screen options written
in simple English to change the brightness, blur the background, and take pictures that are
all your own.
You can also save your favorite settings and easily load them back in later. It can even
apply settings from images shot in Creative Assist.
When you display images shot in Creative assist mode, the camera can show you which
mode settings correspond to which camera settings, making it easier to step up to the
Creative Auto shooting modes.
Quick Control RAW processing
This allows you to quickly process a RAW file according to a creative filter and/or creative
assist mode.
Red-eye correction
You can automatically correct red eye in images taken with the flash. You can also correct
red eyes in recorded images. However, red eyes may not be automatically detected in
some images or the results may not turn out as you intended.
Cropping
Complementary to the other in-camera RAW processing feature, you can crop your image
or multiple images here freely or according to preset dimensions.
Resize
It’s also possible to resize your RAW images and save them in-camera for posting on
social media for instance.
Rating
You can add a star rating to your images here. This rating will show up later when you
transfer the images to your computer if you use Canon’s Digital Photo Professional.
You can:
Select images
Select range
All images in folder
All images on card
Slide show
You can setup and start an in-camera slideshow here.
Set image search conditions
You’ll find lots of factors to choose here, I honestly don’t know why this was implemented
and never use it.
Image jump w/dial
This setting selects how much of the jump your image library will tale when you turn the
dial.
You can select one by one, jump 10, jump by specified number, by date, by folder, display
movies only, stills only, protected only or display by image rating.

Playback information display
You can enable up to 9 individual screens–all except the first, which is the basic shooting
info overlay, allow the histogram to be specified as brightness or RGB, and in some cases,
both.
AF point disp.
This setting either shows or hides the number of AF points on screen and in your EVF.
View from last seen
Either enable or disable the view from previous images in order to compare them.
Set Up Menu (Spanner, yellow gear icon)

Set Up Menu Page 1 (SET UP1)
Select folder
You can select and/or create the folder on your SD card where files will be stored here.
File numbering
You can set the file numbering for each new shot to Continuous or Auto Reset/Manual
Reset. Continuous will consecutively number your photos. Auto reset will reset the
numbering every time an SD card is inserted, and Manual reset will reset the numbering
once;
Auto rotate
Auto rotate automatically rotates your images that are shot in portrait mode to fit the
screen size. You can turn this on or off and decide whether this will behaviour will also
apply to images imported to your PC using the canon software.
Format card
You should format your SD card in-camera every time you insert an SD card when starting
a new session. This to make sure that there won’t be any writing errors. Remember that
formatting will erase all the images on the card, and won’t even be recoverable if you
choose the low level format option.
Wireless communication settings
You can wirelessly send images to your computer, smartphone or printer. This can be
done either through Bluetooth or WiFi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVLxV-tny_s
GPS settings
Even though the Canon M50 does not have a GPS module built-in, it is still possible to add
location data to your images via the GPS data of your smartphone. You’ll need to install
the Camera Connect app from Canon in order to do this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QicBPPyq_VU
Eco mode
This function allows you to conserve battery power.When the camera is not in use, the screen quickly
darkens to reduce battery consumption.
Power saving
The power will shut off in the following circumstances. Press the power button again to
restore power.
Powers down approximately 3 minutes after the last control is accessed on the camera.
Shooting The LCD monitor automatically turns off 1 minute* after the last control is accessed
Mode even if [Auto Power Down] is set to [Off]. Press any button other than the power button
to turn the LCD monitor back on.
Playback
Mode or
connected Powers down approximately 5 minutes after the last control is accessed on the camera.
to a
Printer.
Display brightness
Adjust the brightness of the display in 7 steps.
Date/Time/Zone
Select your local time zone, a date and time for your camera. This information will be
written in the EXIF data of your photos.
Language
Select your preferred language for the camera Menus. I choose English, as it is easiest to
find information online in English.
Video system
Select either NTSC or PAL depending on the region where you live.
Touch control
You can turn on or off the touch sensitive screen on the back of your Canon M50.
Standard/Sensitive/Disab
Beep
You can either enable or disable the beep when you engage the shutter as well as when
you touch the screen.
Sensor cleaning
You should set this to Auto cleaning. This will send a charge through your sensor every
time you turn it off, dislodging any dust particles that might be on the sensor. You should
also make a habit of regularly cleaning the sensor cage with a simple air blower.
If you prefer to only periodically clean the sensor, you can use the ‘clean now’ function to
immediately do this procedure.
HDMI resolution
You can choose either Auto where the camera will decide automatically what type of
device it’s connected too, or 1080p.
HDMI HDR output
HDR output to compatible TV supported with a Micro – Type-D connector. If you won’t be
using this function, turn It off.
Shooting info. Disp.
There are a few sub menus here, let’s see what they do.
Screen info. settings: these settings give 5 different screen options. The first 3 allow you
to configure the data overlaid on live view and save them as 3 separate screen types. You
can turn on or off the basic shooting info (the data at top and bottom of screen), the
detailed shooting info (the icons running down the left and right sides), whether the data
acts as a touch button or not – if not, it loses the white frame and grey background – this
applies to the Q menu button, the touch shoot button, the magnify button, the shutter
frequency, aperture, EV compensation scale and ISO value and “buttonizes” or
“debuttonizes” them all at once; the histogram; the level gauge.
The fourth screen style is just the AF targets and the exposure info when it is active, and
the last screen type is the black, non-live view DSLR-style info screen. These options are
the ones you cycle through with the Info button when shooting with the camera –
effectively this section allows you to customise them to taste.
Still within this submenu we have LVF info/toggle settings (3 different EVF choices – one
with basic shooting info under the screen, the other two configurable to individually add
and combine as desired the vertical detailed shooting info icons, histogram, level gauge].
Like the previous item, it’s a way of customising what you get when you cycle through the
styles of VF display whilst shooting when you use the Info button to do so.
Then the submenu has Grid display [Off, 3×3, 6×4, 3×3+diag], Histogram disp
[Brightness/RGB, Large/Small], Reset. That’s the end of this submenu.
Reverse display
Even though the display looks the same when this function is turned on, it is
symmetrically opposite along the vertical axis. Quite a neat feature for the swivel screen
when it comes to taking a self portrait or on a self-timer mode.
Disp. Performance
You can set this to Power-saving to conserve battery life, even though refresh rates will
be a bit slower than with the Smooth setting.
VF display format
[Display 1] shows the Live View image across the entire viewfinder screen. This allows
you to fully maximize use of the EVF display, but shooting icons such as those indicating
white balance settings and the Auto Lighting Optimizer will be overlaid on the sides of the
viewfinder image. If you do not fancy that, you may prefer [Display 2], which features a
smaller Live View image, with the shooting icons in the borders surrounding the image.
The icons displayed are customisable to some extent and rotate accordingly when you
switch to portrait orientation.
Display settings
You can select whether to automatically switch from the back screen to the EVF if your
eye is detected, or only use the back screen, or only use the EVF and turn the screen off.
Custom Functions (C.Fn)
This Menu has 5 sub menus:
ISO expansion: you can boost ISO setting from 25600 to 51200, but this works for
Jpeg files only.
Safety Shift: Safety shift overrides your current settings if they are so far out that you
would just get a blank photo. It will override your settings and change either your
aperture, speed, or ISO so you get something instead of a blank photo.
Release shutter w/o lens: allows you to engage the shutter even though no lens is
detected. This is a function necessary to use lenses with the right fit, but without
electronic contacts.
Retract lens on power off: sets whether to retract the lens when you power off the
camera or not. Always set to Yes for safety reasons.
Custom Control: see explanation below.
It’s possible to use the camera’s Custom Controls menu to change default operations to
assign a different function (like video start/stop control) to any of these keys:
M.Fn button (top of camera, to left of shutter button)

AF/MF button (9 o’clock position, on round rear control pad)
Exposure Compensation button (12 o’clock position on round rear control pad)
Flash button (3 o’clock position on round rear control pad)
Erase button (6 o’clock position on round rear control pad)
There are up to 26 functions that can be assigned to these buttons: exposure
compensation, movie record, manual focus, flash mode, one-touch image quality setting
[this can be configured in detail], one-touch image quality (hold) [again, configurable in
detail], still image aspect ratio, flash function settings, drive mode, ISO, Auto lighting
optimiser, metering mode, Picture style, white balance, touch shutter on/off, touch & drag
AF, AF operation (one shot/servo), AF method, magnify, peaking, Eco mode, temporarily
maximise screen brightness, temporarily manually switch between VF and screen, display
off, depth of field preview, or no function on this button.
The exception is the Shutter release button customisation – this is separate from the one
in an earlier menu and offers 3 choices of what should happen on half-press of the
shutter button: Metering and AF start, Metering start only, AE lock (while button pressed).
Display level (Camera + head and shoulders icon, turquoise)

DISPLAY LEVEL (just the one page)
Menu display
By default the M50 shows a simplified version of the menu, which is different from the
standard Canon menu. It hides lots of advanced settings and in order to get access to all
settings you’ll need to switch to the classic Canon DSLR menu by setting Menu display to
standard.
Mode guide
The Mode guide gives you an explanation of the mode that you choose with the Mode dial.
Leave this on if you’re a beginner.
Feature guide
If this is turned on, you’ll see an explanation of every element in the Menu system through
a pop-up box at the bottom of the screen.
Star icon (green)

MY MENU1
My Menu allows you to build your own menus. You can add all your most used Menu
functions to this page like Format for instance. Adding favourite functions to this menu
means that you’ll be able to access them quicker than having to browse through the
entire Menu system.
Common Canon M50 questions

Is there a remote for the Canon EOS M50?
The M50 doesn’t have a port for a cable release and lacks an infrared receiver for the
Canon RC-6 remote. The Canon BR-E1 Bluetooth remote control can however be used.
How to Use Canon EOS M50 Manual Focus?

Go to shoot page 6 and change to shooting mode to manual focus. On Shoot page 7, turn
on Peaking. When uou turn the manual focus ring on the lens, the in-focus area will have a
type of coloured noise superimposed onto scene in the EVF or on the screen. I have it set
to the Color red and Level High.
How do I update my Canon EOS M50 firmware?

1. Go to your regional website.
2. Download the latest firmware in the support section.
3. Copy the files to an SD card in the main folder.
4. Make sure your camera battery is fully charged and insert the SD card with the latest
firmware.
5. Turn on your camera and go to the setup menu page 5, Firmware tab.
6. Press OK and keep the camera on without touching your camera.
Conclusion
I hope you’ve enjoyed this run-through of the entire Canon M50 Menu system with some
added tips and tricks.
The Canon M50 is a fantastic mirrorless camera, and as you might have noticed, there are
many features hidden inside the Menu system. If you have questions, ask them in the
comment section below. Happy shooting!
Tags: Canon EOS M50 setup guide Canon M50 tips and tricks
wim arys
Wim Arys is a photographer from Belgium Europe with a passion for mirrorless
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Yehuda Katz  April 12, 2019 at 8:03 pm

Great-great info, especially on the background of a lousy manual.
Thank you.
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wim arys  April 15, 2019 at 5:24 am

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Thanks for the compliment Yehuda.
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FJ Dávila  April 21, 2019 at 7:00 pm

The best info I’ve found about the (my) M50.
Thanks a lot!!
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wim arys  April 22, 2019 at 7:35 am

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Happy to help 🙂
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Sanket Negi  May 15, 2019 at 10:54 am

have you used EF-M 18-150mm lens. Is it sharper than kit lens.
I feel sometimes the images are not as sharp as I would like them to be. I am learning things
about photography and I have started using manual mode. Most of the things I learn I use
implement it practically and make sure its not just theory.
There was a blogger who wrote that certain camera settings can affect sharpness. Is it true.
would you want to give certain tips for making images sharp. Am i expecting too much from
kit lens?
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wim arys  May 15, 2019 at 7:35 pm

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Hi Sanket, sure, f/8 will always be sharper than maximum aperture. Unfortunately this
depends on the light available most of the time.
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JT  June 13, 2019 at 2:46 pm

Just bought my M50 and this is the best info I have found so far. Thank you for the very
informative tips and tricks.
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wim arys  June 14, 2019 at 4:35 am

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Thanks JT, it’s good to Knox that my work is helping you guys out.
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Rgaini  June 16, 2019 at 7:39 pm

This online tutorial is immensely helpful to novice like myself. I was wondering how that
manual is going help me.
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Kittiwat Isarangkoon  July 17, 2019 at 10:10 am

Thank you. I saved this article for my future reference. Much easy to understand compared
to the manual.
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Mike  July 25, 2019 at 2:24 am

I need advice
I go to 10 day vacation what canon lenses you recommended to add > i rented M 5o 15-45 .
Usually i go with my K3 II Pentax and Pentax lenses ,but at this time after my arm surgery
its to heavy to . I can rented adaptor but i not expert about Canon lenses Thank you for
advice Mike
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wim arys  July 26, 2019 at 4:14 am

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Hi Mike, I think a 15-45 mm will do just fine. If you’re into landscape photography, I would
also suggest the Canon EF-M 11-22mm f4-5.6 IS STM. Enjoy your travels!
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RAVI SETHI  September 7, 2019 at 2:16 pm
can i have these settings for M50 camera and your article in form of booklet . thanks
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Nick Griffiths  September 25, 2019 at 2:42 pm

Have just bought an M50. Documentation is rudimentary to say the least so this is very
helpful
Thanks for your time
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wim arys  September 25, 2019 at 4:09 pm

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No problem Nick!
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Sanne  September 27, 2019 at 9:22 am

How can I punt on grid display (3×3) on Canon M50?
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Poul Hansnæs  October 29, 2019 at 4:54 pm

Completely new to M50 Used DSLR’s for years…
Very happy i found your guide wich helped me with a problem
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wim arys  October 30, 2019 at 6:24 am

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Thanks Poul
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chris  November 13, 2019 at 9:06 pm

I understand that when using a tripod, image stabilization should be turned off. There does
not seem to be any way of turning off image stabilization ( for stills as opposed to video)
with the kit lens. Any ideas about this ?
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wim arys  November 16, 2019 at 4:14 am

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You only need to turn off the in body 5 axis image stabilization Chris.
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Petru  November 30, 2019 at 3:08 pm

Thanks, Wim, very useful info! Greetings from Evere!
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Suvra Sutradhar  December 22, 2019 at 10:49 am
Thanks
but i can not use slow Motion video. Please tel me the faction
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wim arys  December 27, 2019 at 3:23 pm

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I believe this camera can’t do slow-motion video Suvra.
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Bob Thomas  February 19, 2020 at 1:52 am

Very good detail, Wim! I have a question about the viewfinder display. I want to use the
level, but I can’t seem to enable it. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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wim arys  February 20, 2020 at 5:25 am

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Set-Up Menu Page 4: Shooting info. Disp. Bob
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PK  March 6, 2020 at 7:03 am

Wow. This is a really impressive blog post and I cannot tell you how immensely helpful it
was to me, not to mention that it saved me a lot of time! Well done and many thanks!
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Shamil  May 7, 2020 at 1:28 pm

Hii, this information is amazing. I’ve got the M50 for 4 months now but this page has given
me so much more information than the basic manual.
Can I ask your opinion on which Speedlites work off camera for M50? Is Neewer NW 670
any good? Thanks very much in advance.
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wim arys  May 8, 2020 at 4:44 am

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Thanks Shamil. Sure, Neewer will work well. They usually rebrand Godox so it’s just as
good.
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Shamil  May 8, 2020 at 9:03 am

Awesome! Thanks heaps.
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George  June 25, 2020 at 7:47 pm

Hello Wim. I’m late to the game! – It’s June 2020 and I bicycled over to Target to pick up the
M50 yesterday. But I do so appreciate this guide – I’ve admired your work before and will
look forward to printing and reading it offline. Thank you!
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michelle  July 7, 2020 at 8:37 pm

Hello I am a beginner and wanted to learn how to get a picture with great focus and
background defocused to 1.0 af or the lowest it can go. Is this achievable with canon eos
m50? If so i would greatly appreciate any advice tips. Thank you
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wim arys  July 10, 2020 at 11:38 am

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Hi Michelle, what do you mean with “defocused to 1.0′? For a shallow depth-og field you
need a fast prime lens. Preferably around 75mm with a large aperture like f/1.8.
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Tracey  November 14, 2020 at 7:20 pm

Hello,
I am an amateur photographer mom, who just purchased this camera to replace an old
NIkon D60.
I am terrifies of taking anything manual as I have no idea what I am doing! Is there an auto
setting that is good for outdoor portraits with and without blurred background.
I need to take some photos of my daughter for her year book.
Thanks for any help or tips you could email me,
I will try to decipher some of this post. It seems very user friendly.
Thanks again.
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wim arys  November 16, 2020 at 5:15 am

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Hi Tracy, sure, set the camera mode dial to “Av”. This is aperture priority mode. Now
change your lens to the largest aperture (the smallest number). Try to move as close as
possible to your subject. This method will give you the maximum blur you will be able to
achieve with your lens.
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Samardh  January 6, 2021 at 5:58 pm

Hi, my dad owns a Canon M50..I’m am going on a trip to a beach with his friends…I am sure
this will help me in taking pics in his camera..👍👍
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Samardh  January 7, 2021 at 3:17 am

I have a question, where do u activate these creative filter.
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wim arys  January 7, 2021 at 5:55 am

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Go to Page Play 1 settings (PLAY1) and scroll down to the Creative Filers tab in order to
select and activate a creative filter.
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Mrsv  January 12, 2021 at 2:41 pm

Very helpful, thank you.. I have been to a few classes but it is hard to remember all the
settings when told all at once. This information will be vey valuable 🙂
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wim arys  January 13, 2021 at 4:14 pm

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Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it.
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Ned  January 18, 2021 at 1:07 am

This is a terrific guide for someone new to the camera, like myself. Thanks for making it!
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Mark Day  January 22, 2021 at 4:48 pm

This tutorial scratched two itches:
1. Focus peaking
2. Small histogram in EVF.
Thank you.
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Mel  January 30, 2021 at 7:26 am

Hi Wim,
Fabulous info, thank you so much. I have two questions please:
1. My old Nikon had U1 and U2 where I could save my settings and just click onto either one
when I needed them, I have searched high and low and presume there is no way to do this
on the M50?
2. I use bracketing A LOT and the camera is constantly resetting/switching off the ‘Expo
comp/AEB’ settings where I’ve set it to 2 stops up and down, why is it doing that when I’ve
set it? It’s so annoying and I’m constantly having to go into the menu to set it again? And
not just when I switch the camera off, I mean constantly during a shoot where I’m taking
100-150 photos, I’ll need to go in at least 5 times, maybe more to set it again? Thanks so
much for your advice about this, fingers cross you have some good news for me :))
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Hi Mel, the only user defined settings that can be saved is a picture profile I’m afraid.You
could use the custom functions to assign specific operations to a button to more easily
make changes. In regards to your bracketing issue, I would suggest clear settings on Set
Up Menu Page 5, and see if resetting the camera changes anything.
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Jennifer Steadman  February 14, 2021 at 1:33 pm

February 2021 and I’ve upgraded from a Canon EOS 450D to the M50 and Im lost!! I knew
my 450d inside out, bless her, but the old girl needed to retire.
Id love to have the shooting info displayed permanently on the screen in Manual mode so I
can use the touch screen to change them ie Fstop, shutter speed etc… but I can find the
option to add this. Can you help please? Many thanks to you. By the way, this guide is
INCREDIBLE!! Thank you so so much!! Just wish Canon would print the booklets how to
again to distribute with their new fangled cameras. Ha Ha Ha!!
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Thank you for your kind words Jennifer.
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Denise  February 14, 2021 at 4:23 pm

Thank you so very much for this fantastic guide! Very helpful, I was so lost with the online
manual. It’s my first DSLR and have been quite overwhelmed.
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Thanks Denise.
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Rick Cormier  April 27, 2021 at 4:38 am

I want to try using a prime lens with my Canon M50 Mark 2. I bought two EF-M compatible
prime lenses. I tried using them today but the shutter button refused to snap the pictures.
Exactly what setting(s) do I need to change on the camera that will allow me to use a prime
lens?
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wim arys  April 27, 2021 at 3:11 pm

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First, set the camera to P,A,Tv, or M mode. Then, go to the end of the menus and look for
“custom functions”. Shutter release without lens attached: ON
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HaRuN  May 24, 2021 at 6:34 am

Hi there,
just got 2 question about this M50.
1. can this m50 print out the date once we press the play button to check the outcome of
the picture we took
2. i am new to this M50. Where can we get the info on how to use the dial setting.
Previously, from my canon power shot, i always use to Auto setting.
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wim arys  May 25, 2021 at 11:20 am

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I don’t think printing out the dates is possible unfortunately. Dial settings, you can check
your original manual for that.
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RICHARD LAWRENCE  August 22, 2021 at 8:38 am

Extremely useful and very much appreciated
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Thiago  September 28, 2021 at 12:14 pm

I was having a problem trying to use my Canon M50 in my microscope for
photomicrography.
Thanks to your setup guide and tips I solved the problem.
Thank you very much, sir!
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Casey  December 17, 2021 at 12:05 am

Hi there, I’m getting confused with how to take pictures of moving things such as people or
vehicles and having the photo come out clear(not blurred) how do I do this?, thanks 😊
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victoria newall  January 17, 2022 at 9:22 pm

hello, this is so helpful, thank you
How do I turn off the sensor thing by the viewfinder that shuts off the screen display
please?
I want to be able to put the camera against a wall with the display rotated so i can see what
I’m framing
thanks so much!
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I believe in the Display settings Menu Victoria.
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XNG  October 7, 2022 at 11:15 am

Super guide! Very useful (and I have been digging before).
Three little comments:
1. The “Video System” – while it derives from the TV world locale – is irrelevant in that
original sense, since all movies are anyway packed in AVI files.
WHAT IT DOES, though, is giving you access to two different sets of movie quality settings.
PAL gives you the options of 25fps and 50fps in FHD, as well as 50fps in HD. NTSC OTOH
offers you FHD in 23.98fps (=24), 29.97fps (=30), and 59.94fps (=60), as well as HD in
59.94fps (=60).
Note that the last chosen quality setting is not remembered when switching around the
Video System setting…
2. Configuring the Custom Controls (Custom Functions 5) is well worth the time. There are
quite a few YT vids that show good ways to set them up.
3. Use the Custom Menu option. For instance I have Choose Folder, Custom WB and Format
Card (among others) right on the first tab of my customized menu. I have set this such it
appears always first when entering the menu. It’s a timesafer that adds up so much, it is not
funny…
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Canon EOS M50 Menu system

The Shoot Menu (Red Camera Icon)

Large Fine 6000 x 4000 pixels 3651 Approx. 33

Large Normal 6000 x 4000 pixels 6782 Approx. 33

Medium Fine 3984 x 2656 pixels 6645 Approx. 30

Medium Normal 3984 x 2656 pixels 11741 Approx. 30

Small Fine 2976 x 1984 pixels 9948 Approx. 29

Small Normal 2976 x 1984 pixels 16455 Approx. 29

RAW 6000 x 4000 pixels 1084 Approx. 10

RAW+Large Fine 6000 x 4000 pixels 835 Approx. 10

3:2: the native sensor dimension of the M50.

Page Shooting menu 2 (SHOOT2)

ISO speed settings for photos

Auto Lighting Optimizer

Highlight tone priority

Page Shooting menu 3 (SHOOT3)

Page Shooting menu 4 (SHOOT4)

Custom white balance

Page Shooting menu 5 (SHOOT5)

High ISO speed NR

Dust Delete Data

I don’t think this is necessary, as periodically wet cleaning yourself or by a professional

Touch & drag AF settings

Page Shoot 6 (SHOOT6)

The exposure is set at the moment the picture is taken.

1 point: only one AF point is used for extremely precise autofocus.

Page Shoot 7 (SHOOT7)

Movie Auto level:

Page Shoot 8 (SHOOT8)

Quality setting Recording file size Recording time on a 32GB card

4K 25p 15000 KB/sec. 35 minutes 33 seconds

FHD (1080p) 50p 7500 KB/sec. 1 hour, 11 minutes 7 seconds

FHD 25p 3750 KB/sec. 2 hours, 22 minutes 13 seconds

HD (720p) 100p 6500 KB/sec. 1 hour, 22 minutes 3 seconds

HD 50p 3250 KB/sec. 2 hours, 44 minutes 6 seconds

Sound rec. Auto/Manual/Disable;

Movie Servo AF:

Auto slow shutter

Playback Menu (blue playback icon)

Page Play 2 settings (PLAY2)

These settings are available on the Canon M50:

Brightness adjustment: EV-1, EV-2/3, EV-1/3, EV±0, EV+1/3, EV+2/3, EV+1

Quick Control RAW processing

Page Play 3 settings (PLAY3)

You can setup and start an in-camera slideshow here.

Set image search conditions

Image jump w/dial

Page Play 4 settings (PLAY4)

View from last seen

Set Up Menu (Spanner, yellow gear icon)

Adjust the brightness of the display in 7 steps.

Set Up Menu Page 3 (SET UP3)

Set Up Menu Page 4 (SET UP4)

Shooting info. Disp.

Set Up Menu Page 5 (SET UP5)