Future of Canon M Series - Invest or Sell?

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?

I'm afraid that lenses can't really be considered an investment, but I get what you're saying.  The M glass you buy today will keep working for many, many years.  If you were wondering about buying more M bodies I think the discussion might be different, but M lenses are going to work with your M body for as long as you have it.

Should I be steering clear and trying to sell my M lenses before they lose value - if they will?

Oh, I think I see the issue now.  You would like to get some money back out of your lenses when you're done with them.  Are there any M lenses that are so expensive that you'd get a good amount of money from their sale?  I have never worried about how much my gear will one day be worth so I'm not all that familiar with the used gear market.  I typically just give my old lenses to other photographers, especially those who are just starting out.

Thanks

Alastair Norcross wrote:

Pretty much no camera equipment can be considered an investment.

Certainly not an investment in that they will pay for themselves in future profits or appreciation.  It's like saying a house is an investment....there are very few cases where you'd ever actually turn a profit on a long-term dwelling after you take into account interest, maintenance, inflation, and other expenditures.  The fact that all your monthly payments don't simply disappear forever and you one day will have equity/collateral in your property is nice, but since a $250,000 house costs more than twice that over the life of a loan.....sorry for the tangent.  It's just that people are often told to think of some expensive items as "investments" when they should be told what the advantage and disadvantages are rather than that oversimplified term.

Buy the equipment that does what you want it to do in the way that you like. For me, the M6II (and M6, and the original M) and various EF-M mount lenses are a joy to use, and produce results I love. I'm finding the same applies to the R I recently picked up refurbished at a bargain price, and some RF lenses. The combination of being enjoyable to use and producing results that you're happy with is what's important. Hand-wringing about possible future products does nothing except detract from the enjoyment of photography.

Moving to an RF body and wanting to bring along M lenses has never made any sense to me.  None of the M lenses are what I'd call "optically excellent" and using a crop lens on a FF body defeats the purpose.  Why not buy EF lenses that will always work?  Then buy RF lenses once you're in that system.