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Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?

Started Feb 27, 2021 | Discussions thread
Larry Rexley Senior Member • Posts: 1,238
Re: Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?
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R2D2 wrote:

gregorjeric wrote:

I am waiting for a long telephoto zoom for M system, something like 100-300mm

I’d love one too, but unfortunately I don’t think we’ll ever see one like this. Adapted is the only real option.

There’s a recent thread IIRC in which Larry Rexley details modifying the 55-250 to work with a teleconverter though...

and a 32mp body without shutter shock. Otherwise its perfectly fine

What combo are you having shutter shock problems with? I can honestly report that in the tens of thousands of photos that I’ve taken with my M6ii, I’ve never had a single image ruined by shutter shock.

Here’s a previous thread with a test of my own...

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64549959

There’s a lot of Goodness available with this latest tech. Personally I wouldn’t miss it on account of something more ephemeral than real.

R2

You know me so well... that EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 IS STM is one of my favorite lenses.

My thinking is that the reason Canon doesn't focus on telephoto lenses for the EOS M mount is that no matter what you do, they're going to be large to match functionality of competing lenses.

Trying to make a 'compact' lens in a long telephoto would likely compromise it to reduced functionality or a 'dim' maximum aperture. You can already see this in the 'normal range' -- where for example the max aperture at the long end of kit zooms is a compromised f6.3 instead of a larger mount's typical f5.6.

if we do the math... a 300mm f4 lens will have an objective with a clear diameter of 300mm/4 = 75mm or almost 3 inches! For 400mm f5.6 it's 71mm. My vintage Minolta MC Rokkor-QF 200mm f3.5 lens has a super-thin metal ring holding its 57mm diameter front element in, a filter size of 62mm, and front lens barrel diameter with built-in lens hood of 70mm. I don't see how it could be any smaller. You cannot change the laws of physics!

The EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 is 70mm wide and it's super sharp at 250mm and f5.6. Personally, I find that lens to be nicely balanced and not too large on the M6 II.... I don't feel the need to buy the reduced focal length range and smaller max aperture EF-M 55-200mm f4.5-6.3 IS STM.

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