I say there are not enough serious comparisons of R5 vs R50 out there! How does one know which one to get!? 😀
Well, this isn't a serious comparison either... I encountered a semi cooperative lizard and took a few shots with the R5 and R50, using the RF 24-240. For entertainment value only, here they are.
The photos are not scaled down, so you can pixel peep if you wish. But I am noticing that the "1:1" button when viewing images isn't actually giving me full pixels. Not sure what's up with that. Doing "Open" then zooming in worked, at least for me...
These two shots are both at 75cm, at 240mm. Both cropped slightly, the same percentage, so you can see the 1.6 "reach" of the R50 come thru. The exposure values are slightly different.
The shots do have some noise, but the "noise" on the lizards chin seems to be natural texture.
Two others, also at 240mm. These cropped "to taste":
And a final one, with the R50: