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The M is the best camera deal of past few years when considering its image quality, lens and cost

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At $299 (and maybe even at $349 for that matter!), the EOS M is, to me, has been the best camera deal at/under $500 in past several years. There have been blowout prices on other cameras like the Pentax K-01 that are admittedly pretty good in and of themselves. However, the 22mm f2 lens makes that option at the aforementioned pricing really exceptional.

There really isn't a need to overthink this kind of camera purchase too much. I had been sitting on a backorder from B & H and finally cancelled. Minutes ago, I found that Amazon had them available at $299 once again, and about ready to ship.

As retailers are starting to list as discontinued, I am pleased to have landed one. I look forward to using.

I look forward to hanging out in the M forum.



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Agreed. The price got my attention but the quality of both lenses hooked me.

Even if the platform fails it will be a good buy.
 
Thanks for the post. I'd just ordered one too before it's too late.
 
Joe Talks Photo Gear said:
Joe Talks Photo Gear wrote:

At $299 (and maybe even at $349 for that matter!), the EOS M is, to me, has been the best camera deal at/under $500 in past several years. There have been blowout prices on other cameras like the Pentax K-01 that are admittedly pretty good in and of themselves. However, the 22mm f2 lens makes that option at the aforementioned pricing really exceptional.

There really isn't a need to overthink this kind of camera purchase too much. I had been sitting on a backorder from B & H and finally cancelled. Minutes ago, I found that Amazon had them available at $299 once again, and about ready to ship.

As retailers are starting to list as discontinued, I am pleased to have landed one. I look forward to using.

I look forward to hanging out in the M forum.
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What really completes the system is the 11-22...its really a great lens. I am seriously glad I got rid of my 17-40L on FF. Yes I know FF lovers will be in defense of shooting UWA on FF camera's, but IMO when you want good DOF anyways, the 11-22 with EOS-M lets you do it in stunningly light and small fashion *and* throws in image stabilization.

This is something you can't even get in the MFT world for the same size or cost...you cannot rely on E-PM2/E-PL5 grade IBIS for stabilization for something this wide, and its only the more expensive EM-5 or EP-5 that has a more useful IBIS, and even then the Panasonic UWA does not meld 100% as well with the Oly sensor in terms of lens coating/sensor coating mismatching...

I haven't gotten one yet but its really wonderfully complementary to what I have in terms of focal length coverage and capabilities.

For someone that might shoot with one system for portraits and medium telephoto, and then couple it with EOS-M for wide focal lengths, its very nice and cheap and cost less than a lens that you'd have to go through the hassle of swapping on a single system.

I already have an E-PM2...but actually if I wanted ultimate portability *and* focal range coverage *and* good quality, I could shoot my E-PM2 + VF + 45mm 1.8 for portrait shots, and have the EOS-M cover UWA or wide pancake.
 
I couldn't agree more, I never even thought I would consider the eos m at any price but now have one on the way at $299. I think the GX1 at $199 body was a great deal, but not as good if you didn't own any m4/3 lenses. The GF3 with 14mm pancake at $299 was a decent deal and a very similar camera but the canon aps-c sensor blows that away. And I love the fact this has a 35mm lens, not a 28mm. The nikon 1 at $299 pr or maybe $289 was also a good deal since that has an evf, but the sensor size concerned me.

I'm ordered mine to be my new point n shoot cam, sold my LX3 months ago and been searching for a replacement. What's great is this is a ilc cam so I might get tempted for new lenses if canon introduces additional compact primes.

even though this was likely more of an inventory dump by canon, rather than marketing, it'll work out as a brilliant plan to get the eos into the hands of enthusiasts like us. We've all just bought into a system camera.
 
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Even if the platform fails it will be a good buy.
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agree 100% there, I don't plan to use anything but the 22mm so don't really care if canon were to ax the whole system. but if they do keep it around and introduce additional small primes, i might be tempted.
 
I agree. I love mine, after a week of shooting. Chose the 22mm. I don't intend to start building up a bag of more stuff though. Would defeat the minimalist purpose for me.
 
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Double agree. That said after a weekend of shooting I ordered the 18-55 lens also. Plan on using the 22 most of the time for the same size reason, but at ~$150 of the 18-55 on Amazon/eBay made the choice easy for those times when the 22 won't work out.

This is easily the most fun, early moments with a camera in decades.
 
I agree 100%. As some said, the kit is equal or less than most good mirror-less lenses alone. As someone who knows a little about the industry and marketing I will say, if Canon is smart, they will run all the way with volume over high pricing. They can crank out top quality lenses and bodies at good prices in a way most other can not. 7d and 1d series can be the uptown high priced, prestige cams on their own. In fourth quarter 2012 Canon DSLR owners easy outnumber all mirror-less owners combined and probably still do - they are ripe for a sidekick mirror-less camera that is compatible and affordable. So I don't think the series will come close to dying anytime soon. Same as I said in another thread, Canon was just dipping their toes in cold water this first launch.
 
Joe Talks Photo Gear said:
Joe Talks Photo Gear wrote:

At $299 (and maybe even at $349 for that matter!), the EOS M is, to me, has been the best camera deal at/under $500 in past several years. There have been blowout prices on other cameras like the Pentax K-01 that are admittedly pretty good in and of themselves. However, the 22mm f2 lens makes that option at the aforementioned pricing really exceptional.

There really isn't a need to overthink this kind of camera purchase too much. I had been sitting on a backorder from B & H and finally cancelled. Minutes ago, I found that Amazon had them available at $299 once again, and about ready to ship.

As retailers are starting to list as discontinued, I am pleased to have landed one. I look forward to using.

I look forward to hanging out in the M forum.
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