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So I got a G5X Mk2 - My thoughts

Started Mar 20, 2022 | Discussions thread
RLight Senior Member • Posts: 4,426
Re: So I got a G5X Mk2 - My thoughts
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KEG wrote:

I am actually back to considering M6 mk II and maybe 18-150 or EF-S 55-250 as a travel package.

The 18-150 pairs well with the M6 II. Highly recommended. The M can certainly travel, the 18-150 and 22 pancake was/is a favorite of mine for travel needs. No bag needed, just your pockets, coat, cup-holder in your car.

Side note, I considered the RF 24-105 f/4-7.1 IS STM, but it won't pocket. It's certainly small enough when married to say an RP.

RP is small enough for straight to single hotel travel but there is nothing capable of touching the EOS Ms when it comes fo iq per size.

Indeed. The M platform in my book is the "fun" platform. Canon stubbornly refuses to create a G5X II / G1X II-like lens for it (24-120 with f/4-8 FF equivalence). The lenses are just phenomenal, the ones that exist.

The only notable is pocket ability; the G5X II and other 1" platforms can pocket, the M can't. Does it matter? Depends on you. I personally find it's a coin toss as since I'm a, gotta have something on me other than a smartphone, whether it's a M6 II slung with a lens on it, or a G5X II in the pocket, doesn't matter.

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Canon EOS M6 II Canon EOS R3 Canon EOS R50 Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Canon EF-M 15-45mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM +3 more
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