Waffle no more, Alejandro.

In the beginning of my research, I gravitated toward Canon and the M50 in large part due to the informed opinion of Mark Wiemels, a self-described thirty-year Canon fanboy. But only just today, I caught up with his channel enough to watch a pair of videos he posted three weeks ago.

Hey Canon, This Sucks.

Devastating News for Canon R7 and R10 Owners – What You Need to Know

I won’t bore you with arcane detail. Suffice it to say, in purely my words, that Canon is quickly turning into a bunch of greedy, proprietary, monopolistic dicks. It’s a dealbreaker. For Mark I’m sure it’s a heartbreaker too–he’s only put out two videos in the weeks since posting these Devastating two.

None of this means that the M50 isn’t a great choice. I think it is, even though the things that made it great are losing ground and traction almost five years since it first launched.

Nor does it mean that Sony are some merry band of non-profit anarchists, because they definitely are not.

But I’ll be spending the initial $100 more on the ZV-E10 anyway. (Hold on. Maybe. See comment.) It’s worth it in some warped moral way, but I believe that in the long run in will turn out to be the fiscally smart thing too. Maybe only by a little. Maybe by a lot, should I find myself getting serious about owning and using imaging tools at a professional level someday.

I pray to reach the same level of clarity and certainty about the employment front as well, in the near term.

The main question now is when to go for it. I’m doing alright with my budget amateur tools, for now. The smart thing would be to hold on for Black Friday.