M5 owners, (and 18-150 ones) please chime in.

4xdog wrote:

I haven't noticed a consistent underexposure on my M5, and I normally shoot in Av, evaluative, at - 2/3 EV. I like DMAX, though, so deep shadows don't bother me.

I use the on-off switch all the time. Habit from many years, so not an issue at all. The M-Fn button on my M5 is reprogrammed to be screen-off, which is useful in those cases where I do walk around with the camera on for a bit (although anything passing by the viewfinder IR sensor wakes it up again.)

I really like the EF-M 22mm, 11-22mm, and 15-45mm lenses, mainly 'cause they're quite good and certainly compact. The 55-200mm is excellent, but it's too big for walking around for any time. The 18-55mm from my M3 days is almost never used (although it's a perfectly nice lens) and I have little interest in the 18-150mm, mainly due to its size.

My recommendation is to play with the camera more, and not to bail on it too quickly. Mine is out for repair now (see the ongoing thread about the rubber surface) and I'm looking forward to getting it back. That's a sure sign the camera has grown on me for all the tangible and intangible reasons gear makes it onto our personal favorites list.

Thank you 4xdog.

As I replied to Lightgreen, above, this isn't your run-of-the-mill slight underexposure.

This is something that seems to average at 0.5EV but is showing instances where it is even more. Most exposures show a very significant gap right of the histogram in "normal" scenes.

I am doing some extensive testing to see if this is something consistent that can be dealt with with a permanent EC compensation value dialed-in.

If it keeps acting too much I'll have to call the guy I bought it from.

(...Now, that I think of it, I might call him anyway to see if he has another camera with can compare exposures with, in store...)

PK