Thanks, @markr041 for the info. I certainly got one (in silver) in the body since it was too late to get both the $299 deals or Pentax K-0,1 so I caved and gotten one before they're all gone. Here's a pic of the model with a Minolta MD 50mm 1.8 lens a friend of mine gave me. I'm liking the fact that I can have manual custom settings for video - even with low light. May I ask, what do you think of the video in low light?
No focus peaking (though there is focus magnification for all lenses), just very accurate and fine AF where you place your finger on the lcd - this works for ALL Canon lenses with AF, not just the kit lenses. I have even tried out the Tamron 70-300mm AF VR lens, and AF works just as well as the kit lens.
Good stuff, @markr041 on the footage - very film-like. I've been contemplating on either getting the EOS M (to compliment my GF2), or the Pentax K-01. I might get the former in the body form as I want to try out the manual lens part. So, I take it that it does have some focus peaking -- I guess only in the kit lenses? Just wondering.
It depends on if you really want it. May be best to wait for new generation?
The M shooting decent-quality raw is pretty unlikely. Even though it has one of the faster SD slots, it still maxes at 40MB/s and the buffers on the M are apparently really tiny. Fishing lesson: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=6215.0
Where are they at with the M shooting raw? Has anyone seen any sample footage yet?
Focus speed comparison
Still slower than normal cameras.
The new firmware upgrade for the EOS M boosts the AF shutter speed, making One Shot AF up to 2.3x faster through a re-working of the AF Drive Control System. It will be available for downloading free of charge from the Canon website at the end of June, 2013.
Quite good news.
Gay blue, special version for niche market.
Canon EOS M left me with somewhat mixed feelings. It has excellent build quality, sexy looks and the superb touch LCD makes it really easy to use (if you like controlling devices with touch screens). Overall image quality is comparable to competitors although it produces underexposed images quite often and requires constant histogram monitoring (something that “green-auto” users probably will not understand). Canon EOS M can be recommended if you primarily shoot static objects in daylight.
i'm impressed, very impressed actually
That must be the most boring episode of DigitalRev yet :(
I tried it out and this camera has horrible ergonomics. Don't like it all.
@kavadni I'm pretty sure Canon will sell a lot of eos-m. Its popularity will lead to all kinds of adapters.
Since I didn't like the look from 650d, prolly I wouldn't like eos-m either. I'm just hoping that Panasonic would support 24p/30p/60p and mic-in and live HDMI on all future lumix bodies like eos-m.
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