Is EF-M mount worth investing for a new user

jackwelch wrote:

I'm looking at a canon m3 from 2015. I can get it new and even comes bundled with a wide lens and telephoto zoom lens. All this for $400.

Which specifoc lenses are included?  This could be a great deal, or someone might be unloading garbage.

Personally, I have owned several different M bodies and the M3 was my least favorite by a wide margin.  I would take an original M over the M3 every time.

If you ask me is it worth investing? I'd say absolutely.

I also love the built quality of this era where it uses magnesium alloy, a lot of cameras these days are more plasticky feeling. And as others have pointed out, they love the tilting screen (I do too, not really a big fan of the fully articulating screen on a lot of cameras these days).

Some of the original owners of the M3 had problems with their tilt screens breaking.

The M and M2 came out of the DSLR group.  They were basically the T4i and T5i repackaged in smaller bodies.  The M3 was the first to come out of the PowerShot group and the firmware has quite a few quirks emblematic of a first attempt. The subsequent M models are much more refined than the M3

And last thing about canon and I don't really see it mentioned anywhere is they really have the simplest menu system compared to other cameras.

Simplest is more a matter of what you have become accustomed to.  A Nikon user certainly would not agree with your assertion and would be quickly infuriated by everything on Canon rotating the "wrong" way.

As someone who wants to get his hands dirty into his first apsc, if you compare the price with any new apsc on the market, the body alone can be $700, the lenses another $230 onwards.

A 7 year old DSLR is not dramatically different in capabilities compared to a new DSLR.  A 7 year old mirrorless camera is a very different story.