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major_clangerOh dear. I may have to - adopting autopope's idiom - make a Saving Roll vs Shiny.
Canon, in one of the least surprising announcements from the photographic industry this hear, has introduced the EOS-M, a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. Such cameras first came to prominence in the digital arena some four years ago, combining the advantages of a Digital SLR (large and thus high-quality sensor, ability to swap good-quality lenses) with the small size of 'compact' cameras. Canon has been rather late to the game but has now announced the EOS-M with the same sensor as its recently-introduced EOS 650D DSLR and, crucially, the ability to use existing EF and EF-S mount lenses.
That last feature is the really selling point for many existing Canon users, as many DSLR owners end up with a collection of lenses worth far more than the camera. On our recent holiday I hauled with me (I use the word advisedly; glass is heavy) a 10-20mm wide-angle zoom, a 17-55mm f/2.8 general purpose lens, and a 70-300mm telephoto zoom. So a camera that could use all of these, but also (with a default lens such as the new EF-M 22mm 'pancake') fill the same role as my Powershot G11 is potentially quite attractive. And I could sell my 400D and the G11 to go some fair way to paying for it...
As icing on the cake, Canon are also including the cute ickle 90EX flashgun (it's not often you apply those adjectives to such a gadget) which has the ability to act as a remote trigger for my existing 430EX flashgun, thus allowing for some nice lighting options.
To be fair, the EOS-M would look rather silly stuck to the back of my 70-300 lens (see this picture of one attached to the even bulkier 70-200 f/2.8 to see what I mean) but then the important bits of the camera/lens combination are the glass and the sensor and everything else is really there just to hold those bits in the right alignment, manage exposure and keep the light out.
Hmmm. I do not need new purchases right now, even if I could recoup most of the cost by selling the two cameras this would replace. And I would want to see some real-world reviews, both in terms of quality (which ought to be excellent, seeing as how the insides are the same as the 650D) but also practicality and ease of use. But Canon has done a good job of working out one of the key markets for the EOS-M, and it's camera owners like me.
autopope's idiom - make a Saving Roll vs Shiny.Canon, in one of the least surprising announcements from the photographic industry this hear, has introduced the EOS-M, a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. Such cameras first came to prominence in the digital arena some four years ago, combining the advantages of a Digital SLR (large and thus high-quality sensor, ability to swap good-quality lenses) with the small size of 'compact' cameras. Canon has been rather late to the game but has now announced the EOS-M with the same sensor as its recently-introduced EOS 650D DSLR and, crucially, the ability to use existing EF and EF-S mount lenses.
That last feature is the really selling point for many existing Canon users, as many DSLR owners end up with a collection of lenses worth far more than the camera. On our recent holiday I hauled with me (I use the word advisedly; glass is heavy) a 10-20mm wide-angle zoom, a 17-55mm f/2.8 general purpose lens, and a 70-300mm telephoto zoom. So a camera that could use all of these, but also (with a default lens such as the new EF-M 22mm 'pancake') fill the same role as my Powershot G11 is potentially quite attractive. And I could sell my 400D and the G11 to go some fair way to paying for it...
As icing on the cake, Canon are also including the cute ickle 90EX flashgun (it's not often you apply those adjectives to such a gadget) which has the ability to act as a remote trigger for my existing 430EX flashgun, thus allowing for some nice lighting options.
To be fair, the EOS-M would look rather silly stuck to the back of my 70-300 lens (see this picture of one attached to the even bulkier 70-200 f/2.8 to see what I mean) but then the important bits of the camera/lens combination are the glass and the sensor and everything else is really there just to hold those bits in the right alignment, manage exposure and keep the light out.
Hmmm. I do not need new purchases right now, even if I could recoup most of the cost by selling the two cameras this would replace. And I would want to see some real-world reviews, both in terms of quality (which ought to be excellent, seeing as how the insides are the same as the 650D) but also practicality and ease of use. But Canon has done a good job of working out one of the key markets for the EOS-M, and it's camera owners like me.
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Date: 2012-07-23 04:44 pm (UTC)Another reason to wait and see if Canon comes out with a Mk 2.