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What fills the gap?

Started Sep 28, 2018 | Polls thread
istscott
istscott Regular Member • Posts: 467
Re: What fills the gap?

The entry price on the M5 was closer to $1000 according to the review of it here. There is some room for lower and higher priced models within the APS-C EF-M system depending on what Canon can manage from a technical standpoint and what they want to do with EF-M moving forward.

I think we will find out soon enough where EF-M will go based on the M5 mark II.

* If it's essentially a M50 with more buttons and firmware unlocked features like DPAF in cropped 4K (maybe they would stick a bigger heatsink in the M5II to make it work or maybe the M50 is technically capable but software limited). I'd expect EF-M to move even more toward entry level.

* If it's at attempt at feature parity with the new Fujifilm X-T3, then I'd say there is an open future for EF-M. Canon might see this line of camera as direct competition to people interested in Fujifilm X and micro 4/3rds mount cameras. The goal there being as small as possible while not sacrificing much in regard to performance and image quality. The release of the 32mm f1.4 lens is a good sign here. Given the release of the EOS R, I'd be really surprised if the M5 Mark II comes out soon with advanced market leading features because even though they are different sensor sizes and mounts it could make the EOS R look bad. Maybe in April or May 2019 they won't care much about the EOS R. I'm kinda thinking the EOS R is a stopgap type of release, and won't even be produced in huge numbers, basically because the sensor side of the equation needs more time. FF Canon mirrorless won't get true legs until a sensor made specifically for mirrorless is released.

The biggest problem for Canon right now appears to be full sensor read-out speeds with their current sensors that all existed on DSLRs before mirrorless (even a cropped 4k in the M50 has a ton of rolling shutter). This isn't just related to video, but also things like silent photo mode and I imagine the EVF. If they don't have a new sensor ready for the M5 mark II we probably won't see much innovation or high level features in the line even if Canon has full intention to continue with EF-M.

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