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Don't buy it for the camera, buy it for the lenses

Started Feb 9, 2015 | User reviews thread
Marco Nero
Marco Nero Veteran Member • Posts: 7,582
Re: Don't buy it for the camera, buy it for the lenses
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Karl Ramstedt wrote:

Nothing really stands out as beeing good about this camera other than its compact size. The AF is very slow, the physical controls are missing crucial things like a mode dial and it has no built-in flash.

What makes this camera interesting is the EF-M lenses. Canon has made some surprisingly good affordable lenses for the EF-M mount.

The 22mm F2 prime and the 11-22mm F4-5.6 wide-angle zoom are both spectacular compared to most other lenses in the same price-range. They compare to lenses costing twice as much.

The 18-55mm and 55-200mm lenses are also pretty good, although not as special as the two above.

But unless you can find it really cheap somewhere, I'd recommend waiting for the EOS M3 as it seems to solve most of the problems with this camera (*droool* those ergonomics).

I didn't even realize this was a thread about the EOS-M until I opened it.
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The EOS-M has given me better results than ANY non-DSLR camera I've used although the G1X produced some good results for me.  The EOS-M has given me tens of thousands of keepers. 
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Not entirely sure but your review of the EOS-M probably ought to have been posted on the EOS-M forum because it's not a PowerShot camera.
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Personally, I've resisted buying any EOS-M lenses and prefer to use mine with EF lenses.
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