Excellent, but...

Alastair Norcross

You must have a bad copy. Mine is fine throughout the range. It's a super zoom, so obviously it won't be prime quality, but it's as good as any other super zoom out there. And noise is very well controlled on the M6II. Of course, you have to know how to process the images (don't sharpen noise, for example), but once you do, the results are as good as you're going to get from a crop sensor.

And the 22 is an excellent lens. Instead of playing with equivalence numbers in my head, like some posters seem to be obsessed with, I just use it. I've been using it since getting it with my first M, and have many great shots from it. It's also amazingly small and light. Definitely no need for an EVF when using that lens.

The M6II is easily the best camera I've owned. Very well designed, amazing AF system, fast performance, and excellent image quality. If you want a fast small native EF-M zoom to go with it, you won't get one (not right now). If you want to produce excellent images with the many superb lenses that fit either natively or with the adapter (which doesn't affect either performance or image quality), this camera makes it easy to get them.

There's no way I would ever choose the RP instead of this camera. The RP simply has too many compromises. The R system is looking like it's about to expand very nicely. Of course, to get the full benefit of the R, you will need much bigger and more expensive lenses, and a much better body than the RP.

The camera is good, but without a lens, it’s useless! Obvious I know, but for my travel purposes I wanted a zoom, and the lens in question appeared to offer what I wanted. Unfortunately not.

I’ve used the combination in the USA and in Scotland. With a focal length up to about 50mm the combination works well. Extend the focal length between that and its maximum of 150mm and the lens is seriously disappointing.

I have the adaptor, but wanted to avoid having to carry heavy glass on my travels...