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New M6 Mkii user!! the obligatory help me decide on my next lens

Started Jan 3, 2022 | Discussions thread
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Re: Another plug for the 22

c_man wrote:

Alastair Norcross wrote:

Welcome to the M family! Like all families, we squabble quite a bit, but also have a lot of affection for each other! I’m late to this discussion, so I’ll just say that you have been given lots of great suggestions already, so I won’t give you my whole list. I’ve been shooting with M cameras since the first one (got it a year after it came out when it was on fire sale), and have loved the system all along. I also have the M6 and M6II (both silver versions). I particularly like the M system for travel, which I haven’t done since before the pandemic, but hope to get back to soon. The last international trip I took was to Rome in 2019, before I got my M6II. For that, I took my M6 with 22, 32, 11-22, and 18-150. I used the 22 for over two thirds of my shots, and the 11-22 for most of the others. I spent quite a bit of time walking around with just the M6 and 22 mounted. Although my camera bag with the other lenses isn’t very big, I really enjoy the freedom of just taking the camera with that tiny lens mounted on it. Now, with the M6II, I still use the 22 a lot of the time, perhaps more than any other lens. It was the first EF-M lens I ever got (along with the 18-55, that came in the two lens kit I bought the original M with), and is still my most used. If you like the 35mm (FF equivalent) field of view, and you like small and light with really good quality, the 22 is pretty much a must-have. I know that a couple of other posters have also mentioned it, but more in passing. I just want to emphasize what a great combo the M6II and 22 is. It’s small enough to put in a large pocket, so you can take it anywhere. When I go to work, I always have my M6II with 22, usually in a small bag which also contains the Sigma 56, which is great for people shots. Another thing about the 22 is that it is pretty cheap. So get it, and try just taking the M6II with the 22 mounted. There’s a reason a lot of rangefinder shooters would just have a 35mm lens mounted. There’s also a reason why the Fuji X100 line of fixed lens cameras is popular. They all have a 23mm F2 lens, which is pretty much the same FOV as the 22 on the M6II (the Fuji crop is slightly different from the Canon crop). I’ve always thought that my M, whether M, M6, or M6II, with the 22 mounted, gives me almost all the features of one of those Fuji cameras, without the disadvantage of never being able to put a different lens on.

Anyway, enjoy your M experience, and post some pictures here.

Was a little surprised it took the thread to reach Page 3 for someone to really propose the 22mm. Mainly because...

I am a recent owner so cannot comment too much on capabilities however when I was considering the M6II just 2 months ago, the overwhelming response (and feedback on these forums via searching) was that the 22mm was the 'must have' for the M6II and constantly topped the 'if you can only have one lens for the body what would it be' polling.

As a recent owner I can say the form factor is fantastic, image quality so far can be considered satisfactory but not spectacular - and in some cases quite comparable to what my iPhone 12 Mini produces?! This may however be because I have some learning to do

iphone 13 pro  really good

m32 f1.4 and siggy 56 f1.4 can't be beat by iphone 13 pro

also, 55-250 STM and 100L and FE can't be beat by iphone

I'm using my m6II with toki 10-17 FE, 32 f1.4, 55-250 stm and 100L and dxo PL5 with deep prime -- these can't be beat by iphone and there is a substantial advantage to the m6II

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