I purchased the original EOS M when the price crashed in
mid 2014. I was so impressed with the picture quality
that I purchased a second one for a similar silly low price.
I too, see no real reason to upgrade to the M5 or M6.
The 18 megapixel sensor gives me raw images, which when
treated in Lightroom 6 are nearly as good as those taken
with my 5D MKIII or my 7D MKII.
If I am on days out with friends or out cycling, it is my
first choice of no fuss camera.
Recommended lenses are the 22mm and the super
sharp 11-22mm EF-Ms.

lol

My complaint is no canines - no dogs, or wolves, or foxes, or coyotes.

Don't blame cats. Cat fur is an excellent "tool" to reveal detail destruction caused by noise reduction in JPGs... Unless you prefer a nice blond's hair ?

I got the M, the 18-55, the 22, and the little flash, in a bundle for $300. For that price, the 22 alone is a great deal. I like my M, and would never consider selling it, even though I now use the G7XII for most of what I used the M for originally. The M6 could change that, though. The 11-22 and the 22 make the M system worth buying into. The 50 STM adapted also works really well with the M, and probably even better with the M6. I'm very tempted by this camera.

"I'm very tempted by this camera."

So am I. (The silver M6 looks really slick.)

"M1?" -- As in "the first and original one.

:D

Canon EOS M. (I use a 7D, not 7D1, and a 5D, not 5D1. I also use a 5D Mark III.)

Every camera gallery should have several of each type of photo to be useful to the widest range of photographers. You could even send a photographer out with several of the cameras to shoot that checklist. Need a landscape, have a person take all the evaluation cameras out to the same spot and shoot a few landscapes.

Staff...Is there some logistical reason why you can't capture one or two landscapes with each camera? Even interns could accomplish that; send them out with instructions.

Furthermore this sample pics are really interesting for another reason. With the use of the 28 mm macro lens this gallerie says maybe more about the system as about the camera.

What do I mean? The selection of native lenses are considered the biggest draw back of the system and I think people pointing this out are right to some extend (no really fast primes and no constant aperture zoom). In the other hand there are those really affordable, compact and yet very fine lenses like the 22mm pancake, the 11-22 UWA and the 28mm macro. With the combination of built in macro lights and a WA macro it is even a unique lens.

What Toni said, and on top of that DPR usually add different kinds of photos after having had more time to play with the cameras.

@Contra Mundum - you are absolutely correct... and I believe you have every right to no longer pay DPR for their services.

Every time I have GAS I just visit the gallery on this website. Saved me from making a lot of purchases :)
DP review should just give the camera to local hobbyist photogs. I'm sure they'll snap better and more varied photos over the weekend. I'd do it for free.

@Contra Mundum a lot of people shoot similar photos. Being narrow minded and conservative does not give you permission to be arrogant. The photos are perfect, and serve very well as sample gallery.

@dpreview: we need that downvote

@dtbi....
Na....
We need ignore in news, not just forums....
:-)

Somebody just had to whine.

I think the sample pictures are really very nice. What a nice job they have!

Some photographers like "cheating" cameras that tweak colors to make life looking better. Personally, I like cameras that record colors as faithfully as possible. If I want to tweak colors, I can do it in PP...
I find that this M6 produces more true-to-life colors to me eyes, like in the EOS 77D gallery. And more pleasing pictures than those in the M5 gallery.

Canon used to have a pretty simple system but lately they've gone rogue. Like all single digit camera lines, higher numbers are the economical versions (e.g. 1D, 5D, 6D).

It's not a "budget" version.
It's a M5 without the viewfinder, for those who doesn't want or need it.
As simple as that.
And, for once, I thank canon to give us the choice.

in most of canon's full frame lineup the lower the number the less professional and the more prosumer it is.

perhaps that's where they are going with the M's .. M5 and M6 align more with what the 5D and 6D are. what will tell in time, is there an M7 that is a M5 replacement? or a M5 mark II.

G5x, G7x and G9x is similar. G5 has an built in EVF,etc, G7 missing the EVF and smaller, G9 .. smallest still.

M5, M6 and M10 more closely align with that

I think you mean the higher the number, the less professional it is. In the full frame lineup, the 1D series is the most professional, followed by the 5 series, and then the 6 series. As for the M lineup, though, it's just been chronological, so far, for the single digit series. The difference between the M5 and the M6, as many others have pointed out, is pretty much entirely the built in EVF (and the associated drag focus for the M5). The M6 looks like a great successor to my original M. It's a shame it doesn't appear to have a good auto-ISO implementation. I have been spoiled by the superb auto-ISO on the 7DII. But it's a fairly minor annoyance. I managed without auto-ISO for many years, and I'm sure I can manage again. :)

I used add-on EVF on M3, that was pretty poor experience. This camera is better suited for those who don't want the bulk of an EVF. If you need one the M5 would be a better choice.

Nothing terrible about the photos. What's the big deal?

Trolls will be trolls.
Be open to trying something new.
Pros don't need us to tell them basics.
No not even once

Unusual does not mean wrong.

I quite like the shots and think that they demonstrate the lens camera well.

Agree, the pictures are not something to be proud of.

@G G: "Unusual does not mean wrong." -- unusual is more likely to be wrong than not. Can you figure it out on your own or do I need to spell it out for you?

@CaPi: "Trolls will be trolls... Pros don't need us to tell them basics." -- it's enough to spend a few days on the forums to find out that it's exactly the trait of 'trolls' to accuse others of trolling. It's also a very naive view of 'pros'. Those who are called 'pros' are people who are hired to do a job, i.e. they do it for money, nothing more than that. It's not hard to understand that enthusiasts who have no monetary dependencies and other limitations that come with a job, often excel in the skills a lot more.