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Will you cancel your M5 pre-order after seeing the A6500?

Started Oct 6, 2016 | Polls thread
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Re: Will you cancel your M5 pre-order after seeing the A6500?
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Howard wrote:

Honest poll, no flame please.

A little background: I am a long time (>20 years) Canon user and have an extensive system, but I also have a Sony A6000 so I am "straddling two systems" so to speak (though I have much fewer lenses in Sony, see signature). I preemptively sold my 70D in anticipation of acquiring a MILC from either Canon or Sony.

I really think the M5 is a good offering from Canon, as I stated in the following thread:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58377717

However, it is no denying that Sony is way ahead of the game, and what exciting times we live in! Competition and choices are always good for consumers, and it seems especially so this year with APC-S MILCs.

So, honest poll, if you don't like the questions, please move on, but I appreciate your honest opinion too.

I don't think it changes things much for me.. I'm still on the fence to pre-ordering the M5 and will remain so.

for me, it's simply the timing is bad for the M5, as I will have a fair amount of cash outlays right then.

The A6500 certainly looks good "on paper" .. however with Sony, it's best to wait to see what falls really out of those on paper specifications.

Also the lenses, where the M ecoystem is literally puntable in terms of cost, the Sony to get somewhat equivalent wide angle and normal performance, starts to get into the territory of a serious commitment.

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