Test Images from the new Canon M Mirror-less Camera

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• Please do. I have read several reviews but they all come to different conclusions. Looking forward to your take.

• Excelente calidad !

• It looks promising. I am going to transition to mirrorless cameras at some point purely because of the bulk and weight of what I carry now.

• The lens adapter to use standard Canon lenses counteracts the attractive size and weight of the body. That lens adapter is big and heavy and has its own tripod mount, but with so little counter-balancing weight in the body, I'm sure there's a limit to how much lens you can put hanging out in front.

  I intentionally used the camera without reading the manual to see how intuitive its operation is. There seems to be no exposure bracketing or exposure compensation, and f-stop control is disguised as "background blur control". I saw the camera choosing ISO 800, but could not find any way to control ISO.

  It can be hard to not have a viewfinder at all in daylight, composing images only on the back LCD, and it's difficult to determine whether proper focus was achieved (people without strong reading vision will have even more challenges). I had trouble getting autofocus to operate on the desired portion of the scene until I discovered that I could point to that spot on the rear touch screen to get the camera to focus there. Unfortunately, the focus is achieved through lots of little steps, which takes a lot of time (forget sports shooting).

  In low light the awkward "lean back and hold the camera out in front of you" posture resulting from rear LCD composition and shooting will not provide a lot of stability for longer exposures.

  The last impression I had was after trying my Canon 70-200 f/4 IS lens with 2X teleconverter to get 400mm (640mm equivalent on a full frame camera), I moved that lens combo to a Canon 40D and the autofocus no longer worked. Did the Canon M somehow fry it? I need to try it on other Canon bodies with and without the teleconverter to isolate the problem.

  The full advantage of the compact size of the camera will only be realized when using the new lenses designed specifically for the M. Even if you can afford to invest in an entire collection of new and special use lenses, you'll have to weigh the size and weight benefits of the system against the surprising lack of most common features digital camera users have come to expect.

  Remember that these are simply first impressions. Next I'll open the manual to see if can find more of the features I was hoping to see.

• I have heard a lot of negatives about this particular camera.  I think that mirrorless technology has a long way to go, as your preliminary review indicates.  Calling f-stop "blur control" is nothing short of surreal!  But, eventually, when a generation or two of these cameras have come and gone, I still have hopes of lightening my load considerably.

• Well Shucks. You confirmed what others have said. You would think that Canon would have had people actually test the new camera in the field first. These shortcomings surely would have been noticed by someone.

• +Jeff Sullivan Thanks for your article... Very instructive. I'll wait before buying this camera. Maybe rev2. ou 3...

• Kind of a letdown, and the pressure is on now since I hear that someone made a AF adapter for the NEX series cameras.  I don't think the M broke your 70-200, mine won't AF with a teleconvertor (not enough light) past f5.6.  I think only the pro bodies will allow AF with min aperture of f8.

  Good review

• sorprendente.