Best USB Charger and Battery For the Canon EOS RP (& EOS R)

I just got my hands on the excellent little Canon EOS RP mirrorless camera and one of the first things I wanted to do was figure out the best way to charge the camera via the USB-C port. Unlike Canon’s DSLRs, the newer RF-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras such as the EOS RP and the slightly older EOS R, are capable of being recharged over USB-C with the battery remaining in the camera. That’s somewhat handy when the camera is at home, but for me, the real benefit is that you can use an external USB battery pack to recharge the …

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Canon EOS M50 and BR-E1 Bluetooth Remote – How?

I’m currently evaluating the Canon EOS M50 mirrorless camera and after a few hours playing with it, I wanted to post this information so that it’s widely available by others searching for it. In short, the user manual for the M50 is the worst one that I have ever seen with a Canon camera – they should be ashamed of it. Not only is it incomplete, but what there is, is hard to decipher due to the tiny size of the images and graphics they use. The M50 doesn’t have a port for a cable release of any kind – …

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