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The cynic (or maybe realist) in me says that the place for it in the lineup is the one where they can keep selling cameras without ever developing a new product.

Remember by cropping you're zooming in. The DOF would be the same as it was on the FF sensor, but at a much closer magnification. If you were to zoom in to the same magnification (aka equivalent ...

It's also bigger because it needs to project onto a bigger sensor. If it could be mounted on a 1" sensor, it would still have the noise performance and depth of field as a lens with the maximum ...

That's because ISO values are standardized so that for the same shutter speed and f-stop, you get the same exposure on any size sensor. That's a good thing, because otherwise it would make setting ...

Just for fun, I tried putting in my whole kit (EOS M50 plus several lenses and an adapter) on MPB and KEH. The MPB quote was $300 higher, at $800+ vs $500+. Checking the prices to buy on their ...

They've essentially made an M50 with better video but with no viewfinder and bigger than the M6II. I don't see why that would be very appealing to many people. Even if you're into video, there are ...

In the past I've had good experiences with them. Lately I've heard of several having bad experiences. I wonder if it's a coincidence or the start of a new trend. Granted, it is only a few bad ...

In that case it's more likely we'd see a matching body in Canon RF, that is if Canon is actually interested in matching Nikon.

It's much more like the M200 than the M6 II, just with better video.

Unfortunately, if you want a small, fast APS-C standard zoom, you will quite likely never get it in a Canon system. My choice would be the tiny and excellent Sigma 18-50 f/2.8, which is already ...

I always shoot RAW + JPEG. I cull the majority of the photos and only keep the RAW files for the best ones, as in ones that I consider good enough to be worthy of printing at large size and ...

It's lots of fun! Also a little frustrating at times. Here are some from a session I did yesterday. I could not for the life of me get the kite to stay in the air from my original launch location ...

Some more kite aerial photos with my RX0. It is really a great camera for that, and DxO Photolab (I'm using version 5 now) gets the best out of it. Not sure what I'll do if it breaks one day and I ...

There is a lens very close to that in specs (equivalently speaking) for APS-C: the Tamron 17-70 f/2.8. Too bad they won't make it for EOS M.

It's actually fairly cheap to buy used. https://www.mpb.com/en-us/product/sigma-17-50mm-f-2-8-ex-dc-os-hsm-canon-ef-s-fit There is also a Viltrox adapter that is pretty highly regarded and cheap. T ...

I guess the 18-150 is the closest thing to a decent standard zoom in the system. It's not fast, of course, but it does cover the focal lengths and seems to have good IQ except for the few ...

I fully agree with most of your post, but I'm surprised you put the 55-200 and 18-150 in the "OK to horrendous" category. I've not used either of them but have heard mostly good things about them ...

If you are okay with the lens selection for the M system as well as not having a built-in EVF, I would personally go for the M6 II. It is smaller, lighter, and significantly cheaper, as is the ...

Of the native EF-M lenses I've owned: Tier 1: (1) Sigma 30mm f/1.4 Tier 2: (1) Canon 22mm f/2 Tier 4: (1) Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (2) Canon 15-45mm ...

Wait for Black Friday or Cyber Monday. They (meaning DxO) usually have huge discounts. I got it for 50% off last year, which ended up being something just over $100. It has been well worth the money.