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Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?

Started Feb 27, 2021 | Discussions thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,075
Re: Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?

R2D2 wrote:

nnowak wrote:

JimMorgan wrote:

Every time I see these kind of posts, especially with a reference to FF, I have to wonder. If money is an issue, especially a couple grand, what are they going to do for FF? The new Canon 70-200 F4 for the RF mount is $1599 MSRP and the F2,8 is $2599 MSRP. I'm guessing even when we start seeing a lot of third party RF lenses they will be several hundred dollars. Even the nifty 50 for the RF mount is $200 and the cheap zoom, the 24-240 is $899.

The "cheap zoom" is the RF 24-105mm f/4.0-7.1 that retails for $399.

Right. Canon is going to be filling out the lower end RF lineup even more.

It will be really interesting to see how small and inexpensive the RF 18-45mm and 100-400mm end up.

The RF mount also has the RF 600mm f/11 for $699 and the RF 800mm f/11 for $899. What Canon lenses are less expensive and can be adapted to the M system that would provide the respective 400mm and 500mm for equivalence?

Actually my EF 400mm f/5.6L does smashingly well on the M bodies (esp the M6ii!), and with a TC can cover the range of BOTH of those RF lenses. 640mm equiv @ f/5.6, and 900mm equiv @ f/8. $900 used.

Technically, your above combo would be equivalent to 640mm f/9.0 and 896mm f/13.  No denying the quality of the output, but you are comparing an unstabilized and discontinued lens against new options.  You also need to add the $429 cost of the 1.4X III into the equation.  From experience, simultaneously juggling a TC and mount adapter just plain sucks.

M6ii + EF 400 f/5.6L. Full size image. No sharpening, NR, or DLO. Click on “original size”

M6ii + 400 f/5.6L

The size and weight differences are also huge.

Yes, the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 is quite a bit bigger and heavier than the RF 50mm f/1.8. Much more expensive too.

LOL, that’s like saying a Walnut is bigger than a Peanut.

The point was that absolute statements claiming full frame is always bigger, heavier, and more expensive simply are not true.

I can however say that the EF-M 32 is a much better performer than the RF 50, even on the vaunted R5!

R2

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