The best lenses for the Canon M50 and M50 Mark II in 2024

If you want the best lenses for the Canon EOS M50, you have a dozen or more to choose from, both from Canon itself and also from third-party makers like Laowa and Sigma. But we've picked out a batch that we think perfectly match the EOS M50 for size and weight, and look right on the camera too.

Matthew Richards
Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is one of Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewers, with an extensive pedigree in testing optic performance in real-world situations. His expertise with equipment doesn’t end there, though. He is also an encyclopedia when it comes to all manner of cameras, camera holsters and bags, flashguns, tripods and heads, printers, papers, and inks, and just about anything imaging-related.

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Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer – and has tested more primes and zooms than most people have had hot dinners! 

His expertise with equipment doesn’t end there, though. He is also an encyclopedia  when it comes to all manner of cameras, camera holsters and bags, flashguns, tripods and heads, printers, papers and inks, and just about anything imaging-related. 

In an earlier life he was a broadcast engineer at the BBC, as well as a former editor of PC Guide.