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EF-M Lenses: Not as durable as I thought...

Started Aug 3, 2018 | Discussions thread
Jefenator
Jefenator Senior Member • Posts: 2,866
Never Struck Me As Being Durable
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The EF-M lenses have always seemed a little delicate to me. But they're small and light and inexpensive for what they do optically, so what the heck...

When the aperture mechanism quit working on my 11-22, I sent it in to Canon and they sent me a replacement for roughly what a repair might have cost. That seems to be the approach with this line and I get it. (They probably wouldn't be so nice and affordable if they were designed to be serviced and Canon had to stock a bunch of parts.)

If you want something more durable, you might look in to Canon's L Series. If you want something really durable, check out some old manual film era lenses (especially from Nikon & Leica).

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