I love the feature that syncs photos to your phone/other devices via bluetooth

Yes, I know that the M50 has WiFi and Bluetooth to allow it to be operated remotely by smartphone and this is a valuable feature allowing remote live-view; but establishing a WiFi connection is a bit fiddly and time consuming and the connection is lost when either device powers down.

This is a really small lens for a 3:1 zoom on an APS-C camera and the retractable feature helps make it so.

The Ideal travel camera might be a next generation M5, melding the positive features of the M50 with the superior control interface of the M5, but of course the M5 costs significantly more.

It's got a lot of cool features like their higher end cameras like dual pixel af, picture profiles... but unless you shoot in ideal lighting condition under ISO 1600, the footage is useless

When I was choosing this camera, at this price range 3 features were important to me:First small size

Silent mode is a potentially useful feature of the M50 that has been rendered virtually useless by its implementation as a "scene" selection, which limits it to fully automatic operation that I am not likely to use.

The viewfinder is bright and clear and there is minimal lag or smearing as the camera is panned, unlike my first digital camera (Fuji S602Z).