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Canon M100 Opinions?

Started May 17, 2019 | Discussions thread
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Wildabobalore Regular Member • Posts: 407
Canon M100 Opinions?

I'm looking to get a small and easy to use ILC for my wife for her social media/product photography. I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience on how beginner friendly the M100 is.

For reference, I have an M50 and a Fujifilm X70 and both are a little too much "camera" for her. She doesn't bother with learning the exposure triangle or anything like that and just wants something super simple that she can use to essentially point and shoot with in full auto mode. She's also looking for the IQ bump that comes with APS-C and isn't too interested in any 1" Point and Shoots.

The M100 is currently on a killer sale and I know from experience that the DPAF is super reliable and easy to use so that's another check in its favor for me. I already have the EF-M 22mm f2 for her to use as a no-frills prime lens that should hold up pretty well in more challenging lowlight situations.

Currently the M100 can be had for $330 body only or $352 with the EF-M 15-45mm. Is the little extra worth it for the kit lens? I'm not sure that she'd get a ton of use out of it, except for maybe at the tele-end for some light portraiture or something of the sort, and maybe if she needs IS for whatever reason. I understand I can always sell it later, but that's always more of a headache than its worth for low cost lenses to me.

I'm about 90% ready to pull the trigger, I'm just curious if there's anyone here who would suggest a reason not to and why.

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