The Sweet Spot

AllFlawed wrote:

Alastair Norcross wrote:

AllFlawed wrote:

Alexis wrote:

Excellent post on the M6II and the often under-rated M50.

Now ,if only Canon produces an M50II (M6II + built-in EVF) and a "party-lens" (according to RLight) EF-M 15-65 f/2.8 or f/4 would that not be mirrorless perfection!

it is clear on the compact side that EVFs are a constant struggle with Canon and you wonder if it is the parsimonious accountants stripping the camera back to the basics in traditional Canon fashion, the loyal fans will buy it anyway,

It's also possible that the decision to include a removable EVF is actually a good design. Some of us, who have forty or more years of experience in photography, realize the advantages of a smaller camera that allows you to choose when you want to add the EVF, and when you want to leave it off. There's nothing magical, or natural, about shooting at eye-level with the camera pressed against your face. It's just one possibility among many others. I prefer it for shooting with long lenses, but I prefer using the screen for other shooting (which is most of my shooting). I know it's hard to understand other people, but you might want to try sometimes, instead of assuming that anyone who not only accepts but actually embraces something you don't like must only be acting from "loyalty" and not making a reasoned choice.

I have used both a EVF DC1 and DC2 on a G3X and G1X II and found them rather obtrusive and vulnerable if left on permanently.

I take the view that Canon struggle with EVf technology and it is one of their weak spots.

Who says I have not had forty years of experience? I do not mind anyone having an opposing opinion but I do feel I am being talked down to here with the some of us.

I'm an OVF/integrated EVF lover, and I'll say having the choice to remove it, is the better choice. Going out with just the 22mm mounted, no EVF, is a great option to have. It brings the most powerful M the ability to also be the smallest M, aside from the M100 of course. It's Powershot territory in size; you can't do this without either a pop-up EVF, or removable one.

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or just an empty patents drawer - who knows. The G3X long zoom not having one was utterly bonkers and the G5X now turning in to a RX100 clone with that pop up thing but not the current auto-deploying one is hardly ideal. The latter implies the empty patents drawer.