Amazing body, shame about the lens selection

carpandean wrote:

Autofocus sometimes hunts in very low light, no matter the lens, and the display frame rate drops hard during this. In normal use though the AF is great, even with adapted EF lenses using a third party (commlite) adapter. The 22mm f/2 is really nice, but the kit zoom is very... kit zoom. Speaking of lenses, where are they? The 32mm 1.4 is definitely something I'm going to be buying in the near future, but where is a 24-28mm equiv. fast wide prime? Where is an 80+mm equiv portrait lens? Where are the fixed aperture zooms? The lack of lens selection is a bummer and my biggest problem with the system.

I, too, came from m4/3. My first was a Lumix GF1, but my favorite was my Olympus E-M5. I had a great set of lenses (17/1.8, 20/1.7, 45/1.8, 75/1.8, 12-35/2.8, 75-300/4.8-6.7), but the physical limitations of the small sensor led me to try Fuji. With the X-T1, I started with one of the greatest kit lenses, the 18-55mm f/2.8-4, and a decent somewhat-fast tele zoom, the 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8, and then added a pretty good prime (35mm f/1.4.) I never really liked the physical performance of the 35 (slow and loud) and couldn't really afford the really good XF lenses. Canon colors have always been my favorite and the M5 form finally fit what I was looking for, so I swapped. I knew going in that the native lenses were lacking -- though, the new 32/1.4 was a big add -- but that relatively cheap EF/EF-S lenses could be adapted in the mean time with good performance.

Thank you. I am always interested in M43 and Fuji. You swiped it away. Canon M appears to be very practical.

I try to keep my expectations for the M system realistic. Unlike Fuji, Canon has a FF lineup, where they will put the best lenses. I expected the M to get lenses that compromise performance ('speed', in particular) for size. However, there are a few lenses that I know they could do, which would satisfy me and still meet those requirements. The first is to copy the model of the XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4. It's small, but relatively fast, and has IS. Do it. For Canon, something like a 17-52mm f/2.8-4 or 16-50mm f/2.8-4 would be great. After that, a 50mm f/1.8. Finally, somewhat faster tele zoom. Again, the XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 would be a decent model to copy. For size, I'd even settle for something like a 50-150mm f/3.5-4.5. Those three shouldn't be too hard to make and the resulting lenses shouldn't be too big or too expensive for M users.

Well said. However, Canon does not seem to have as much interest in EFM as we have. How long did it take to release 32mm 1.4 that had been waited for a long time since Canon EOS D30?