Canon R7, R10, R50 & R100 Compared
Canon's APS-C Mirrorless Cameras
See also EOS R7 versus R10 and More Comparisons
R1 R3 R5 II R5 R5C R6 III R6 II R6 R R8 RP R7 R10 R50 R50V R100
Bodies Compared RF Lenses EF Lenses Flash
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Auto-Leveling Sensor, but no flash. |
My FAVORITE! |
Best for low budgets. |
So inexpensive it lacks many basic features, but takes exactly the same great pictures as my pro cameras. |
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Introduction
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I recommend this line of APS-C (smaller sensor) Canon cameras to all my friends and family. I've shot just about every camera ever made, and as of 2025 this line of cameras is my very favorite for anyone looking for a "good" camera.
Forget "Full Frame." Those cameras (the EOS R1, R3, R5 II, R5, R5C, R6 II, R6 R, R8 and RP) are bigger and more expensive, and require much bigger, heavier and more expensive lenses — but take exactly the same pictures!
The only real difference in photos made between any of these APS-C cameras, even the cheapest R100, is that there is more in focus on these compared to full frame due to the shorter focal lengths needed with the smaller sensors. Consider full frame if you crave out-of-focus backgrounds, while otherwise these APS-C cameras will make sharper real-world pictures because more is in focus!
If you find my advice to go with these less expensive cameras as being better than full-frame for most people, know that I have no interest in selling you a camera or trying to justify my own fancy camera. Look at my portfolio, which ought to convince you that I know how to take the occasional great picture. Any of these APS-C cameras can take exactly the same great pictures as I make with any of my fancier cameras. While I have bigger and fancier cameras because I shoot every single day and even little conveniences mean a lot, I would make exactly the same pictures with any of these, and these weigh and cost so much less.
The pictures of the R7, R10, R50 and R100 are the same. The difference is convenience features. Each fancier model gets a little bigger and more expensive and adds more convenience features, while they all take the same great pictures. Here's the lineup from most basic to fanciest:
EOS R100: A very basic camera. It's so basic I don't recommend it except for occasional use or very low budgets, for instance, as a first "real" camera to give a kid who might destroy it. See also Is It Worth It. The R100 is too slow for shooting sports or action, but is excellent for travel, nature, landscapes, portraits and just about anything else. Its pictures are as good as any of the others, but the finder is dim outdoors, the screen doesn't swivel and you have to take out the battery to charge it with the included external charger.
EOS R50: A fantastic ultra-ultralight camera ideal for most basic users. It's so small that, like the R100, it's missing some basic controls that skilled users appreciate (but great for most people who don't know how to use these anyway), and its finder is also dim outdoors, while otherwise it's my top suggestion as a basic camera for casual users. It's very fast for sports, easily shooting still images with full tracking autofocus at 15 frames per second. It's quite likely one of the world's best-selling cameras for exactly these reasons.
EOS R10: My favorite of this bunch, but it is more expensive if you aren't going to use it a lot. It's a little bigger so it has all the controls a skilled user wants (the others force us into menus rather than having dedicated buttons and dials for settings common with skilled users) and it has a bright finder. It's a super camera for any use, and easily blazes away at 30 frames per second with tracking autofocus for sports and action. While it's a little bigger and heavier than the R50 or R100, each of these four cameras is so small and light that to me, who's been hauling heavy cameras around of over half a century, they feel like carrying a toy! I love this; it feels like a toy yet takes the same pictures as what I used to have to carry. Bravo!
EOS R7: Canon's most expensive camera in this series. I don't prefer it as I find some of its controls a little unfamiliar, but if it was the only camera I used I'm sure I'd get used to it. The R7 is the world's only camera that automatically tilts its sensor to ensure all your shots are level, a feature I wish all cameras had, but sadly it's also the only one of these four that lacks a built-in flash.
Summary
Get the R50 if you're very casual and price matters. Get the R100 if you want the least expensive "real" camera available. Get the R10 if you shoot a lot or don't mind the price. The R10 has a brighter finder outdoors and more controls on the outside than the R50 or R100. The R7 is for people who like to own "the best," while even if I don't prefer the R7, it is the toughest and fastest camera here.
Lenses
Ideally I love the RF 18-150mm IS STM lens, which you can get as part of a kit with the R10 at a discount or with the R7 at a discount. I greatly prefer carrying just one RF 18-150mm IS STM lens rather than a combination of the RF 18-45mm IS STM and RF 55-210mm IS STM lenses because, while the pictures are the same, it means everything in the real world when I can zoom from wide-angle to telephoto with a flick of my wrist rather than having to carry and swap between two lenses, which ultimately results in losing photos while changing lenses.
If you need an ultra-long telephoto, the RF 100-400mm IS USM is superb, and very reasonably priced and easy to carry.
If you need an ultrawide lens (see How to Use Ultrawide Lenses), the RF 10-18mm IS STM is about the size of a golf ball, super-sharp and almost free.
Features & Specifications
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Basics |
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Announced |
24 May 2022 |
24 May 2022 |
08 February 2023 |
24 May 2023 |
Picture Quality |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Resolution |
32 MP |
24 MP (looks exactly the same as 32 MP) |
24 MP (looks exactly the same as 32 MP) |
24 MP (looks exactly the same as 32 MP) |
SD Card Slots |
Two |
one |
one |
one |
ISO Range |
100-32,000 (51,200 H) |
100-32,000 (51,200 H) |
100-32,000 (51,200 H) |
100-12,800 (25,600 H) |
Adjustable Auto ISO Minimum Shutter Speed? |
Yes |
Yes |
NO |
NO |
High ISO Performance |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Very, very good |
Yes |
no |
no |
no |
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In-Camera Stabilization? |
Yes |
no |
no |
no |
In-Camera Focus (Depth) Compositing? (creates complete images without a computer) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
no |
Sensor Cleaner? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Multiple Exposures? |
Yes (only in JPG mode) |
Yes (only in JPG mode) |
no |
no |
Finder |
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Finder Auto Brightness Control |
Yes |
Yes |
NO |
NO |
Finder Magnification, 50mm eq. lens (31mm actual) |
0.71× |
0.59× |
0.59× |
0.59× |
Finder OLED Dots |
2.36 M dots |
2.36 M dots |
2.36 M dots |
2.36 Mdots |
Eyepoint |
22mm |
22mm |
22mm |
21mm |
Diopters |
-4 to +2 |
-3 to +1 |
-3 to +1 |
-3 to +1 |
Finder Brightness, Outdoors |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Dim |
Dim |
Finder Brightness, Indoors |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
LCD |
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Diagonal Size |
3" (76mm) |
3" (76mm) |
3" (76mm) |
2.95" (75 mm) |
Auto Brightness Control? |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Touch Screen? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Swivels? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No, fixed. |
Resolution |
1.62 M dots |
1.04 M dots |
1.62 M dots |
1.04 M dots |
Anti-Smudge Coated? |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Anti-Reflection Coated? |
No |
No |
No |
Controls & Level |
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Rear Control Dial |
Yes, great dial on top of the camera |
NO, takes more clicks to adjust many things |
NO, takes more clicks to adjust many things |
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AF/MF Switch |
Yes |
Yes |
No. If it's not on your lens then you have to set this in a menu. |
No. If it's not on your lens then you have to set this in a menu. |
Preset Camera-State Memories on Mode Dial |
C1, C2 & C3 |
C1 & C2 |
NONE |
NONE |
Rear Thumb Nubbin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Rear 4-Way Controller |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Electronic Level? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Top Still Frame Rates w/AF Tracking |
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Mechanical Shutter |
15 FPS |
15 FPS |
no mechanical shutter |
3.5 FPS |
1st-curtain Electronic Shutter |
15 FPS |
23 FPS |
12 FPS |
single-shot only |
Electronic Shutter |
30 FPS |
23 FPS |
15 FPS |
single-shot only |
Shutter Speeds |
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Top Mechanical Speed |
1/8,000 |
1/4,000 |
no mechanical shutter |
1/4,000 |
Top 1st-Curtain Electronic Speed |
1/8,000 |
1/4,000 |
1/4,000 |
1/4,000 |
Top Electronic Speed |
1/16,000 |
1/16,000 |
1/8,000 |
1/4,000 |
Bulb Timer? (menu location may vary) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Flash |
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Built-in Flash? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Guide Number, ISO 100 |
No Flash |
6m / 20' |
6m / 20' |
6m / 20' |
Traditional 5-pin Hot Shoe |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
New 21-pin "Multi-Function Shoe" |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No. So? Use any traditional EX flash and you're good to go |
Sync Speed, Mechanical Shutter |
1/250 |
1/200 |
no mechanical shutter |
1/250 |
Sync Speed, 1st-Curtain Electronic Shutter |
1/320 |
1/250 |
1/250 |
1/250 |
Sync Speed, Electronic Shutter |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
Power |
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Battery |
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Rated Shots Per Charge, EVF in low power mode |
500 shots |
290 shots |
320 shots |
340 shots |
Percent Charge Indicator? |
Yes |
No, just a 3-segment icon |
No, just a 3-segment icon |
No, just a 3-segment icon |
USB Charging? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Power Switch Ergonomics |
Fair. Fidgety and can get knocked to shoot movies when you want stills |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
SD Card Slots |
Two |
one |
one |
one |
Physical |
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Made in |
Japan |
Japan |
Taiwan |
Japan |
Size, HWD, inches |
3.56 × 5.20 × 3.61 |
3.46 × 4.82 × 3.28 |
3.37 × 4.58 × 2.71 |
3.37 × 4.58 × 2.71 |
Size, HWD, millimeters |
90.4 × 132.0 × 91.7 |
87.8 × 122.5 × 83.4 |
85.5 × 116.3 × 68.8 |
85.5 × 116.3 × 68.8 |
Weight, with Battery and SD Card |
21.6 oz. 611 g |
15.0 oz. 424 g |
13.2 oz. 375 g |
12.56 oz. 356 g |
Price (body only) |
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12/2024 |
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06/2025 |
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08/2025 |
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10/2025 |
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