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Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?

Started Feb 27, 2021 | Discussions thread
Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?
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  1. ahodder wrote:

Last year I managed to pick up a bargain M100 along with the standard zoom lenses. I'm enjoying using the camera enough that I'm planning to sell my 70D and start saving towards a FF mirrorless setup. At the minute I'm mostly using adapted EF-S glass with the camera and although it adds bulk I'm happy enough with it.

Seeing the suggested roadmap forward for Canon lenses, I'm concerned about the support of the M series moving forward. Obviously the focus is on the RF system.

Is it worth investing in more M glass? Should I be steering clear and trying to sell my M lenses before they lose value - if they will?

Thanks

Electronic cameras are a terrible investment in financial terms, their only lasting value is the use you get out of them. I find my M100 is a very nice companion to my EOS R as they both use my EF lenses, and I've bought as EF-M mount lenses (not all Canon ones) as I have EF lenses, because they're small, handy and reasonably good.

I don't think Canon have seen APS-C format as more than a second-string range for about eight years now, just as they were never that keen on the 110, APS and half-frame formats in the film years. That's about as long as people have been predicting the demise of the EOS M. It doesn't mean they won't keep them plodding on, they sell an awful lot of them, just that they don't see them as a hard-core enthusiasts' only camera. They fit their niche quite nicely. It's just not the same niche that Fuji fit in.

I don't know what EF-S lenses you have. They would work on an RF mount camera if you didn't mind not using over 60% of the pixels. A lot of people like doing that, but I wouldn't be happy with 8 to 17 megapixels when I have a 24 megapixel M100 available. I did have the EF-S 10-22mm when I bought my first EOS M, but I've never once regretted part-exchanging it for the EF-M 11-22mm. That 11-22mm is a classic. I don't think the price of used EF-M lenses will collapse, so I would only sell mine if I didn't have a use for them as I would count myself very lucky if I got half the money I would need to replace them.

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