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Why would you not buy EOS M5?

Started Sep 23, 2016 | Polls thread
dreamlander Regular Member • Posts: 228
Re: Why would you not buy EOS M5?

rjjr wrote:

dreamlander wrote:

Currently using a 70D, and I really thought I would get the M5 instead of the 80D until I saw one thing that no one is mentioning. NO back button focus!? This is probably a deal breaker for me. I thought a lot of people use back button focus. I love it and don't see myself going away from it just for this camera. I bought a much more compact Olympus em10 mark ii for less than half the price of the M5 and it has back button focus if I want it.

Even my M1 allows the * button to be assigned to BBF. If the M5 doesn't allow that, it's a deal breaker for me too.

What is going on Canon? I see a Sony a6300 in my future.

I already have one. I have the switchable AF/MF-AEL button assigned to the upper switch position to AF/MF Toggle and the lower switch position assigned to AF-ON.

Maybe I am in the wrong. I don't know if the * can be set to af. It doesn't look like a very comfortable position, but I would have to get my hands on it.

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