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It’s GONE!!! No more refurbished M6ii!!!

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nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,074
Re: It’s GONE!!! No more refurbished M6ii!!!
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jackwelch wrote:

nnowak wrote:

jackwelch wrote:

When I look at the eos m series it reminds me of the Nikon 1.

Compact interchangeable series in a big mirrorless camera world.

I wasn't into cameras when the Nikon 1 was around but I wish I had been and now it's too late to find them.

I'm glad to have found the eos m system and as a series I feel it's way better than the Nikon 1 system due to the camera and lens selection (ef-m,ef-s,ef)

The compact and lightweight Nikon 1 70-300mm lens with an equivalence of 189-810mm was pretty interesting. The 1 system also had an adapter for mounting Nikon DSLR glass. I remember a post by Thom Hogan years ago about adapting a Nikon 1 body to the 3.36kg (7.41lb) Nikon 200-400mm f4.0. That combo had a full frame equivalence of 540-1080mm f/11.

So I wasn't around when the Nikon 1 was discontinued but I can imagine it's similar to what the eos m is going through now.

From what I remember, Nikon slowed model introductions and quietly discontinued models one at a time.  After a few years, Nikon finally made a formal announcement that the 1 system had been discontinued.  At that point, 1 system products were long gone from dealer shelves and only a few J5 kits were lingering at some obscure online retailers.

If Canon follows a similar path, 2023 will see M50 II and M200 going out of stock along with EF-M lenses starting to disappear.  If a formal announcement comes, it probably would not be until 2024, once most of the lineup has been cleared out.

If Canon made a clear formal announcement right now, all remaining M gear would need to sold at 50% discounts to clear out inventory.  By doing a slow quiet fade away, Canon can maintain higher profits on the remaining inventory.  That's what Nikon did for the 1 system.

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