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Bought an M6 Mkii this week

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Carl LaFong Forum Member • Posts: 94
Re: Bought an M6 Mkii this week
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Shooters on My Squad wrote:

eryridave wrote:

Same here. I wasn't sure about buying it as the mount's future is uncertain, but I'm very happy with the purchase. I'm still not sure about investing too much cash into EF-M lenses.

I don’t think you can spend too much money on the EF-M mount, as I own almost all Canon lenses for that mount, plus the Sigma portrait lens, and they cost less together than just one RF lens.

Well that depends on which RF lens you are thinking about, but in general, that’s my feeling as well. I’m sure that some/most/all of the RF glass is great, but thus far I have not been disappointed by the M lenses (including the kit versions), so don’t see the need (for me) to spend a lot more. Then again, I am not a pro.

I think this always needs to be put in perspective, and it is somehow exaggerated here, but it is what it is, and some people here feel “betrayed” by Canon.

Do I love the EF-M mount? Heck, yes! Does the future suck for EF-M? Yeah, kind of. Will I now get a second EF-M mount body, just in case my M6 Mark II will break? Probably not (but who knows).

The latter question is one of my 2 current camera dilemmas. I really like M, and despite my misgivings about its future, have not given up “investing” in it. Thus I recently got the 32mm when the price dropped.

Getting another M body is on my mind at the moment. I have - and really like - the M6 II, and I also got an M5 on sale a while back, as a 2nd body. I’ve thought about getting an M200 as a pocketable M mount, but — I really don’t like having multiple camera bodies that operate differently. Every time I switch between the M6 II and the M5, I find it a struggle.

So, to solve that problem, and to hedge my bets on the future of M, I am considering getting a 2nd M6 II. And/or a Laowa 9mm.

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Canon EOS M5 Canon EOS M6 II Canon EOS M200 Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM +10 more
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