Amazing body, shame about the lens selection

lumenite wrote:

carpandean wrote:

Autofocus sometimes hunts in very low light, no matter the lens, and the display frame rate drops hard during this.

I missed this the first time around.  I have an M6 and an M50.  Canon greatly improved  the abysmal low light performance with the M50.  Low light AF on my M6 is particularly painful when my 15-45mm lens is used in the f/6.3 range (longer than 35mm.)  It is usable on my M50.

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.

Exactly!  But it might be better understood that Canon has cameras with different sensor sizes and mounts.  Hence, they don't have all their eggs in a single basket (like m4/3 companies do) and can afford to take more measured approaches to development for each line.

Which currently means that the R mirrorless line is getting all the SOTA features.  And the M line gets lenses that are small, light, decent, and are relatively inexpensive.  If you look at what Canon has delivered for Ms since the M was introduced in 2012 you should be able to predict the kind of lenses Canon will produce.  (i.e., not what exist from other manufacturers that have a different business model.)

Wayne