EOS M Owners Post Your Pictures

I also took this, again of my 6D.

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Quality is great same sensor as the 7D, and 17-40 is just as sharp as it is on my 6D.

Right now, M is delegated to backup camera and other camera when I need to take shots of my gear.

Here is one of my wife with the M + 50mm f1.2L

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and one of the beach.... M + 18-55mm Kit Lens

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My EOS M arrived yesterday after a flight in from T-Dimension in Hong Kong. Keenly anticipated, though I was a little concerned at two points in the reviews:
1. The autofocus speed.
2. The dinky little lens.

Bit of background here. My main camera is a 70D, and with the 18-135 lens and a grip on it, it's a great camera for street photography. Apart from the fact that it's hard to be covert with this big black thing clicking away. Good for the top end of the zoom - across-the-street photography, as it were - but not the kind of thing you can whip out and stick in someone's face for that candid snap.

I've got a pretty good P&S Canon, and it's okay for holiday snaps, but way out of its league for serious work.

So the EOS M looked like a possible solution. Small enough to flash around without raising too many eyebrows, and having the sort of DSLR IQ and control I wanted.

First impressions out of the box. This thing is tiny. And solid. Beautiful finish on it. I just love the look and feel and heft of it in the hands. The lenses, likewise. This thing gives me confidence before I even turn it on.

Looking at the manual is a puzzle. This is four times as thick as the 70D's manual. Surely it can't be four times as complex?

Not to worry. The first pages tell me how to put the thing together and in what order. Taking my first shot is a matter of a minute, and most of that is unwrapping plastic. No surprises for any Canon owner and this is my tenth. That little pancake lens is a delight - it's actually thicker than the camera body!

At least until I take off the caps, twist it on and press the power button.

There's no viewfinder, and the screen doesn't swivel. I love that about my bigger Canons, and although I don't use Live View that often, it's great for shooting high or low or at odd angles. To make a shot I've got to hold this thing away from my body and peer at the back. My eyes aren't what they could be and I can see that I might have to shoot wider than I like to be sure of getting my subject. The 22mm lens will help here, I guess.

The sparseness of the controls is unsettling. Obviously the thing can point and shoot, as I aim and fire at Misty sitting on my lap, but finding out where the details are could be tricky.


There's not the room on the body for all the buttons of my bigger cameras, and as it is, my thumbgrip just holding the camera is in danger of hitting every single backplate control simultaneously. The fine control is in the touchscreen, and there are several ways of getting to the bits. I might be finding out new ways of doing things from that manual for months down the track!

Getting out on the street and just doing what I bought the thing for will sort me out soon enough. Taking photographs, finding challenges, learning how to overcome them, practise, practise practise until I know where everything is and how it works. Looking at my first shots and those uploaded by other EOS M owners, I am sure that this camera can deliver the goods.

The autofocus is a little sluggish, but in comparison, if I put my 650D into Live View, the M is way faster. Not as fast as the 70D with the mirror locked up, and not as fast as either of them focussing off the mirror, but it's usable.

It's an awkward size. I can put it into my pocket, but even the little lens makes for an ugly bulge. The 18-55 lens and the flash unit and extra battery that I'll need for a day or evening shoot out will either add more bulges or force me to buy a case to carry it in. A manbag of some sort with enough room for my iPad - I've already loaded the PDF manual on - and the bits and pieces will do nicely, I guess.

One irritation is the two different lenses have two different diameters. 43mm and 52mm, so I've sent away for two different sets of filters. More kit to tote.

I've yet to give the thing a serious run, but I went out shopping with my wife this morning and was quite enjoying myself before I had to put it away.

I'm looking forward to a long and happy relationship with my M.

--Peter