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Were you wrong about Mirrorless?

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GeraldW Veteran Member • Posts: 8,872
Re: Were you wrong about Mirrorless?
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Yes and No!   I still have a Canon 70D and still use it.  I also have a Canon M5 and the EF to EF-M adapter and continue to use that, although mostly with EF & EF-S lenses.

More recently my friend (he uses a Canon 7D) and I both bought a Canon R7 kit with the 18-150 mm IS lens.  We both returned them.  We did not coordinate our buying and selling.

So, why did I return my R7; but have kept the M5?  In short, the R7 had too many "features", as evidenced by the 963 page Advanced Manual.  That's more than double the 70D's pages.  Control and menu-wise, the M5 is much more like the 70D.

The M5 has the same color palette as the 70D.  I much prefer the older Canon palette over the new R series palette, especially the reds.  That was disappointing.

The M5 has the same hot shoe as my 70D and they can share flashes, off-camera cords, and the ST-E2 controller.  To use the R7 I have to use the AD-E1 adapter or buy a new flash or two.

So, I am not wrong about mirrorless per se; but I was wrong about which Canon mirrorless.

In closing, I would like to remind everyone, that mirrorless is not new.  My point and shoot cameras, and my Panasonic FZ300 & FZ1000 cameras are mirrorless, they just don't have interchangeable lenses.  Rangefinder cameras are mirrorless.  Leica's go back to the 1920's.

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Jerry

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