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Canon m5

Started Jun 21, 2017 | User reviews thread
OP ByronP Contributing Member • Posts: 878
Re: Confusing...

Canon did a good job with the m5, in my opinion.  But the mirrorless competition marches on and show what is possible....low light, much better tracking, etc.

In my opinion the market for Canon mirrorless is canon users of bigger heavier dsrl's.  But these people are assuming they can get the same functionality as say a d80.  For instance cross type af sensors.  Try this, take a piece of paper and draw a vertical line.  The m5 focuses on it beautifully.  Now turn the paper 90 degrees on try focusing.  Rebel user would have no problem with the paper either way.  I suspect the mirrorless Sony's of the world would not have problems either, but I don't know.

Further, Canon in my opinion has too many low end cameras which is costing them profit.  They will figure that out and consolidate.  The question in my mind, will they consolidate the low end around mirrorless or the likes of their low end dsrl's?  The low end dsrl market is not growing and in same case contracting.  Canon will react to this.

So us m5 users do ourselves no service by tell the world that the m5 is great and not pointing out the flaws because people moving from a rebel or higher will figure this out and won't listen to those who say the camera is Gods answer to small and lite.

Bp

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