Cheap mirrorless: is the M10 a good choice?

ehiale wrote:

I am looking for a nice small mirrorless camera, but unfortunately my budget is quite low.
So I started reading websites about the topic and found that the M10 is well regarded.
For example:
http://www.sceltamirrorless.it/migliori-mirrorless-economiche/http://www.amatech.it/recensione-canon-eos-m10-mirrorless-piu-economica-e-performante/(sorry if I linked italian sites...)

My main interest is in videomaking, I use manual focus and I have quite a few Canon EF (not EF-S) lenses.
Do you think that I should choose the M10 or go for something else like a Panasonic?

Save yourself a lot from compromises. Go with panasonic or sony.

You never mentioned your budget, but if you want full control without the high cost, the panasonic gh4 is still available for about u$1,000 or less. There are also the GX85, or even the older G7 at around U$500-550 only. Not as flexible as the Gh4, but it should be good enough. The G85 is also good at U$998 with a 12-60 lens already. But if you go for the G7, or GH85 these gives you some change left to get native lenses.

Your choices for Sony are the a6000. They are about U$600-700 about now. The A6300 will give you better AF and 4k. The a6000 give you only FHD.

It is easier to find adapters for Sony though if you are using canon or nikon lenses. But since you say you will go manual, then you can find enough adapters for panasonic.

There's more than just the equipment you should consider. These 2 brands offer aids to make video shooting easier. Focus peaking, zebra, image magnification are a few things. They also give you options for codecs that will make your video better in post. Canon will not give you these options, at least not in the M series.