Canon U.S.A. announced the EOS M50 Mark II on October 14, 2020. It launched at $599.99 in 2020, body only, or $699.99 with the EF-M 15-45mm. It keeps the M50's 24.1MP APS-C sensor, DIGIC 8, 2.36M-dot OLED viewfinder, vari-angle touchscreen and 387 g body. The changes are to autofocus and creator tools: Eye Detection AF now works in Servo AF and in movies, and AF works down to −4 EV.
Why it exists. Canon positioned the Mark II for content creators. It records vertical video, adds a tap-to-record button on the touchscreen and a movie self-timer, streams wirelessly to YouTube Live, and works as a webcam through the EOS Webcam Utility or over clean HDMI. The original's limits carry over: 4K is 24p only, cropped and on contrast AF, and there's no in-body stabilization. Canon Hong Kong lists it as discontinued, so this is a Classic.
Our gallery comes from six photographers: a maidenhair fern against shadow, a historic tower and a moored dhow in Qatar at dusk, an EMU500 train in Taiwan, a black-and-white study of a tower block in Cesenatico, the entrance of the Gallen-Kallela Museum in Finland and dry Guadua bamboo. Still good in 2026? Yes, if you film yourself, stream or want Eye AF that tracks, in a small body with a viewfinder.
The story
Canon U.S.A. announced the EOS M50 Mark II on October 14, 2020, for late-November availability at $599.99 body-only, $699.99 with the EF-M 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM and $929.99 as a two-lens kit (Canon U.S.A.).
The release framed it as the successor to the EOS M50 for content creators, with improved Eye Detection AF, vertical video, a tap-to-record button, a movie self-timer, webcam use and wireless live streaming to YouTube.
Canon Hong Kong now marks the EOS M50 Mark II body as discontinued (Canon Hong Kong).
Specifications
Key specs for the Canon EOS M50 Mark II, from Canon Europe's EOS M50 Mark II specifications and Canon U.S.A.'s October 14, 2020 release. Source for each row in brackets.
Sensor
24.1MP APS-C CMOS; DIGIC 8 [Canon Europe]
ISO
100–25600; expandable to 51200 [Canon Europe]
Autofocus
Dual Pixel CMOS AF; Eye Detection AF for stills and movies, in One-Shot and Servo AF; EV −4 to 18 [Canon Europe, Canon U.S.A.]
Stabilization
No in-body stabilization; lens IS; movie digital IS [Canon Europe, Canon manual]
Bursts
10 fps with One-Shot AF; 7.4 fps with Servo AF [Canon Europe, Canon manual]
116.3 × 88.1 × 58.7 mm; about 387 g with battery and card (black) [Canon Europe]
Announced / price
Oct 14, 2020; $599.99, body only (US) [Canon U.S.A.]
Sample photos
Six photos taken with the Canon EOS M50 Mark II by six photographers, shared on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licenses or in the public domain. Each caption gives the settings the file records. Select a photo to enlarge it. More samples from Wikimedia Commons
f/4, ISO 2000, 1/400 s, 21mm: a maidenhair fern against shadow (EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM). Photo: Adhernandez via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)f/5.6, ISO 100, 1/500 s, 75mm: a historic tower and a moored dhow in Qatar (Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6, adapted). Photo: Saadiwashere via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)
f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/100 s, 110mm: an EMU500 train on a curve, Taiwan (EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM). Photo: 無盡軌 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)f/8, ISO 100, 1/400 s, 16mm: a black-and-white study of a tower block in Cesenatico, Italy (EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM). Photo: Terragio67 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)
f/7.1, ISO 200, 1/250 s, 16mm: the arched entrance of the Gallen-Kallela Museum, Finland (EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM). Photo: Drefer via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)f/7.1, ISO 500, 1/40 s, 19mm: dry Guadua bamboo (EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM). Photo: CommonScenes via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (resized)
Canon: Launched at $599.99 in 2020 (US, body only).
Verdict
Who it's for: vloggers, streamers and travelers who want Eye AF that tracks in Servo and video, a vari-angle screen and a viewfinder in a small body.
Look elsewhere if you need stabilized 4K beyond 24p or in-body stabilization.
