Good P / L ratio, for Canon DSLR users optimally as a second camera and backup Body

Good P / L ratio, for Canon DSLR users optimally as a second camera and backup Body

Canon EOS M system camera (18 megapixels, 7.6 cm (3 inch) display, Full HD, touch screen) Kit includes the EF-M 18-55mm 1:. 3.5-5.6 IS STM lens and Speedlite 90EX black (Electronics)

Customer Review

When the Canon EOS M came on the market, I decided in the mirrorless system cameras have a Sony NEX-5N (I have about a year later replaced by the really great NEX-6). The initially very ambitious price and the first reports of the lame AF EOS M did further damage to void my interest in her almost final, although I actually am a Canon fan (with the EOS 6D I have now my third Canon DSLR). But only almost ...

During the Christmas 2013 my EOS M then ran back across the road and caught my attention, once only because of the in the meantime extremely lower price. The reviews were now agree that the last firmware update had meanwhile hoisted the AF speed to an acceptable level. Amazon sold then returns / B-Ware (about "Amazon Warehouse Deals"), which are already cheaper anyway, with a further 10% discount, so I finally could not resist and my EOS M kit for an almost unbelievably low price shopped ,

When I held the EOS M in the hands and made the first photos, I was more than pleasantly surprised. Much camera gives incredible for the money: First of all the nice small but very solid acting body, the likely itself be unable to destroy a grenade. The flash 90 EX, the not overly strong, but also in other Canon cameras is indeed usable, and even can control other system flashes wirelessly. Consider that this flash separately already about costs a hundred and DSLR users can save the acquisition of the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2. Can the other way around of course existing Canon system flashes on the EOS M There are no restrictions, what the possibilities extended.
A real highlight is then also the 18-55er Kit Zoom: While not exactly compact and not high speed, but also rock solid in the processing and surprisingly well in the imaging performance! Very sharp even at maximum aperture, excellent color rendering and little distortion at wide angle. With such a quality I had not counted on ... For this, besides the universal focal length range, even an IS with up to four levels of exposure compensation. Better can be a kit-zoom really hard.

For much criticized AF: My EOS M had the new firmware on it, so I can do no comparison to the first firmware. With the new firmware the AF is not very fast, so a lot slower than my EOS 6D (which is clear) and also significantly slower than on my NEX-6 (which of course works with a hybrid AF, so that even this comparison is not entirely fair), but so quickly that it is sufficient for just about everything except fast-paced action.

My original motivation for the purchase was actually, to use the EOS M only as a backup body for my EOS 6D. The great thing is that is that the EOS M with a separate adapter all EF and EF-S lenses can be flanged. This adapter I bought in addition and tried some of my Canon prime lenses. Result: All functions (iris, AF, IS) work perfectly! Of course, then the camera loses a good part of their compactness, but that does not matter in this case. Much more important is that I am now on the road on which I mitschleppe my 6D equipment, only a cigarette box big box plus the EF> M-adapter must also going to keep shooting with my high-quality optics, even if my 6D -Body, from whatever reason, sometimes gives up the ghost. Plus, the kit zoom is the EOS M is a full-fledged secondary camera (for example, for my wife). Super thing!
In addition, I use the small 90 EX gladly also on the 6D (which is known to no internal flash has) than occasional fill-in flash.

The high quality of the kit zoom and the excellent image quality of the entire system but have now convinced me that the EOS M is a shame as a pure backup. So I'll probably often times in the future use, when it comes to compactness, not speed. Although the service almost exclusively on the (incidentally very excellent functioning and high-resolution) touchscreen might compared to 6D and the NEX-6 hardly be more different and enforces a certain slowness, but is also very intuitive. For me, the always different cameras has in use, a relief.

The image quality is (as I said, even with the kit zoom) excellent and leaves nothing to be desired. Noise is to at least ISO 3200 not a big issue, as in this class now common. With RAW post-processing in Lightroom or DxO Optics Pro can also go loose 1-2 steps above and get the noise still under control. The only downside: Putting the EOS M adapter with EF or EF per-S lenses a, there is no correction for these combinations profiles in these RAW converters (and it will also probably never be). This can get over, however.

For me, the small EOS M is a real meaningful enrichment of my photo equipment. For Canon, it is a pity that they have messed up their appearance in the mirrorless system camera segment only failed and then (with the slow AF), but us as customers can only be good. As for the price / performance ratio, the EOS M in its class making it namely unbeatable. Especially for the relatively low price, it should be worth considering for any Canon DSLR users to purchase them as a backup body or equal to as a second camera. However, it should be noted that if you want to use EF / EF-S lenses, the EF strikes> M adapter with good 120 euros in addition to book, at least if one takes the original. There are now also half as expensive replicas, but where there is partially complaints regarding poor fit and occasional failure of the function. Since I do not want to deal with such difficulties spared me for 50-60 euros, I have resorted to the original.

Otherwise, I can Accessories other (plus 2 charger compatible batteries) recommend the lens hood EW-54 for the kit lens and the bundle loading Star Set very.

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