RLight wrote:
Happy New Years!
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...And happy espresso... Coffee, wonderful thing. Anyhow.
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3. That 22 pancake makes the M pocketable when meshed with an M100/M200/M6/M6 II.
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4. The RF 24-240 is 2.48 times larger and 2.5 times heavier than it's EF-M 18-150 sibling. Again, the nano-USM is nice as is the 24mm on the wide end, but as someone who's handled both, again, although that f/4-6.3 is nice, it makes almost no real difference in terms of true output differences for use case. Again, you've gotta get to a f/4 constant aperture for it to tilt the balance which would make this lens huge.
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On the large end of things (superzoom and telephoto), the M is simply way more compact. And on the very small end of things (that 22 pancake), the M again goes places the R can't. In terms of sheer technical performance, due to Canon's choice to sensor use, which is a hard one to get around due to cost concerns of developing yet another sensor just for an RP, or, passing down the R6 sensor which I don't see Canon doing, as it would jeproadize the R6's position/profits, it's difficult for Canon to make a RP body compete with an M in sports/action (faster readout needed) or landscape situation (dynamic range).
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Where do I see things going?
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One of the key things that the M presently lacks, is a fast, compact, f/2.8 (or similar) zoom. I feel Canon is trying to keep a fast native zoom as a strategic asset for the R as they've made several patents like the EF-M 15-45 f/1.8-3.5 in the past but haven't put them into production. The Sigma 18-55 f/2.8, could be adapted much as the "trio" was solving this problem. But like the f/1.4 trio, it came out for the Sony E mount first, and EF-M followed afterwards. Personally I feel a native Canon offering would be superior as it could be wider and faster on the wide end, but, this may never happen. That Sigma may happen. May this year too. This is where shortages and software adaptation come into play delaying it for a time. Hopefully it's 2022 though.
Happy new year also from me to this forum
I also hope that the Sigma 18-50 will see the light of day for EF-M.
And I also think that it's Canon strategy to present no bright M-zoom. Otherwise, the M could become "too attractive".