M6 Review - Faster, Better ! (PICS) Locked

vinrouge0 wrote:

Only 4 stars in your gear list as opposed to the 5 you gave the original M. I read your likes and dislikes - was your score based on the difficulties experienced in getting the colours right?

Not so much the problem finding the right color setting... because I eventually tweaked the User Preference settings to find something fairly close to what I get with other cameras.  It's still slightly cooler and not as warm as I'd prefer but it's better than it was.
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EOS M - The original M was quite a good camera and it allowed people to use the EF-to-EF-M mount (which used to ship with the Body-only option but no longer does) in order to mount EF and EF-S lenses.  The original M is a very neat package and it does what it does very very well.  Button placement is excellent. Everything about it was designed well and the menu layout was excellent. It was a small and powerful little camera.
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EOS M6 - Things such as a higher RRP whilst not including the EF-to-EF-M adapter, the 30 second (instead of 60 second) exposure time, the long, protruding strap-mounting cleat and the inability to turn DOWN the operation volume (instead of just OFF) ... were all things that annoyed me slightly. Something else I dislike is Canon's continued decision to release completely different batteries for various models of camera.  But overall, there were several things Canon could have done to improve the M6 and just to round off the features.  The price of the M6 where I am is RRP $1299 for the body only.  This is a Price that Canon themselves have set.  Now at that price, I expect a pretty good package with top-tier manufacturing.  Giving us what amounts to non-metal case components at that price with no EF-M adapter etc is a little despicable.  Canon have made a good camera in the M5 and M6 but I expect a lot from Canon if they push a high price. Having the strap-mounting cleat stick out so far that it embeds itself in my hand is not an endearing feature.  Being unable to track a car driving at under 30kmph (let alone a half-dozen cars and 5 bicycles) is pretty pathetic as well.  Hence I did not rate the camera as highly for sports/action, even though someone following a sports game SHOULD be able to get the shots they need from this camera... unless they were dealing with cars or bikes racing etc. and wanted to use the AF tracking.
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I think that offering 4 Stars is fair in this instance.  When the M originally came out I was extremely impressed with it.  Canon put a lot of thought into the purpose of that camera.  With the M6, it's faster and can do more, but I don't feel the product represents the very best that Canon can do.  If it wasn't as good as it is, I wouldn't have bought it.  The only way I could rate the M6 with 5 Stars would be if it was nearly perfect and worthy of a major product award.  I think that the M6 is perhaps what the M3 should have been.  It's still a very positive review at 4 STARS.  The construction could have shifted the base of the LCD out of the way from Tripod mounts.  At this price, there should be some lighting near the top switches to indicate button placement etc.  I suppose I could have bumped it up to 4.5 but I don't believe it can be edited at this point.