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Build Quality - The Reality

Started Jan 13, 2020 | Discussions thread
fstopx2 Senior Member • Posts: 1,088
Re: Build Quality - The Reality
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Summary: The M's since the original M are build cheaper. 

The original M was Apple like. And thats a compliment. It was built like a brick and crazy solid. Pretty much like an iPhone.

It definitely felt more premium than the M's that came after it. The M3 was fairly solid but not as solid as the original M. The M5/6, 100, etc... are definitely a step down if you want that solid brick feeling.

The one thing that about the original M that could be good or bad depending on the person was it forced you to use the screen for everything. It was like using a smartphone to take pictures which I think was Canon's original intent.

Since than they have deviated from it using a hybrid model of partially on the screen/partially on buttons and dials.

If the original M's autofocus had been fast Canon would have had a killer camera on their hands. Oh well...

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