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Disappointed with Canon

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musicmaster Regular Member • Posts: 106
Re: Disappointed with Canon

nnowak wrote:

musicmaster wrote:

I honestly don't know why they released a M6 II instead of a M5 II (or both).

At least in the US, the M5 outsold the original M6 by a fairly large margin. I am not sure why Canon did not upgrade the M5. The most logical guess is that the R10 and R7 were supposed to launch sooner, but were delayed by the pandemic. Canon did not want the confusion of a M5 II sitting on the shelves next to the R10 and R7. With no M5 II, anyone upgrading from a DSLR will see the R10 and R7 as the most viable options.

True, although there was 3 years between the M6 II and R7/10 release and they updated the M50 (well, software) in 2020. Even if the R series was released in 2021, that's still 2 years between the 6 II and R release

I don't know. To make things worse, the M50 to me was a weird product. It was better than the M5 in a lot of ways but with a worse body. It seemingly fixed the mediocre AF issues the original M100, M5 and M6 had, but lacked a lot of the more prosumer dials. It's like the Rebel to the XXD of the EF-M line.

It's just a bummer because Fuji, Sony and Sigma have shown that you can make quality APS-C glass at compact sizes and while I really like the general M5 and R10 size/feel/layout, it's a shame that you're pretty limited to a few primes and slow kit lenses, unless you adapt full sized lenses.

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