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I'm considering returning my EF-M 22mm f/2 lens....

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thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: I'm considering returning my EF-M 22mm f/2 lens....

Jayson A wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

Jayson A wrote:

I bought this lens based on all the rave reviews for it. It's sharp, works great in low light, bright f/2 aperture, compact etc...

The EF-M 22mm is a great little lens, don't get me wrong. I just don't think I can use it properly. Almost all of my photography is handheld and I just can't get a sharp image handheld with this thing. Almost every photo I take has some handshake blur in it. Also, I tend to take a lot of landscape photos so f/2 doesn't really work that well since a lot of the scene will be blurred.

I set my M50 MK II to use aperture priority with auto ISO and it wants to give me the lowest ISO possible (great), but it's choosing shutter speeds

You could use M + auto ISO and choose the shutter speed yourself.

of 1/60,

Yeah, that's annoying, I know M cameras tend to choose too slow shutter speeds in Av.

1/80... but even shutter speeds of 1/125

Well, at 1/125th it should be sharp I guess.

are giving me shaky photos.

With my kit lens, sure I get more grain, but at least the IS keeps my photos nice and sharp.

What's the point in having a fast wide-ish angle lens if you have to use a tripod to get sharp pictures from it? I'd much rather have a slightly softer image overall than an image with motion blur.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

M mode + auto ISO?

Upping my ISO and shutter speed to get a decent photo kinda defeats the purpose of having such a fast lens. I can shoot at 1/4 second with sharp results with my IS kit lens.

All you can do is adapt the 24mm f/2.8 IS USM or try if the ef-m 28mm f/3.5 IS stm works for you. I've used the 35mm f/2.0 IS USM on my M50 to get my stabilization, but that's a pretty different focal length.

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