REVIEW: Canon EOS M

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The compact system camera market has, by a ways, been the quickest growing phase within the camera market within the past few years, and whereas most of the foremost makers have rush to induce on board and share the spoils the one notable exception has been Canon. That modified earlier within the year once the corporate proclaimed it absolutely was getting to launch the Greek deity M. From the start Canon has created it quite clear that the Greek deity M isn’t targeted at ancient or existing Canon DSLR users, however rather at attracting new users into the Greek deity system, with the camera primarily aimed toward novice, first-time users.

With several of Canon’s chief rivals having already established themselves among the compact system market, and with an honest vary of novice-friendly CSC models already on the market has Canon left it too late to assert a share of the market, or is that the Greek deity M ok to carve out a slice for itself? Let’s take a more in-depth look and determine.

Given the launch of the G1 X with it’s almost-but-not-quite APS-C sized eighteen.7 x 14mm detector earlier within the year, several expected any compact system giving from Canon to use identical detector, but this hasn’t truly clad to be the case. Instead, Canon has opted to suit the Greek deity M with a full-sized twenty two.3 x 14.9mm APS-C CMOS detector – identical size that’s found within all of its low to mid-range DSLRs. this is often capable of resolution pictures at 18MP for a most output of 5184 x 3456 pixels.

The Greek deity M conjointly uses Canon’s latest 14-bit DIGIC five image processor to provide the process power. Sensitivity is similar to that of the Greek deity 650D, with a customary vary of ISO 100-12,800, that is expandable by an extra stop to the equivalent of ISO twenty five,600. The Greek deity M is capable of shooting at a high continuous speed of at four.3fps, but compared to the 10fps of the Sony NEX-5R's or the 8fps or the Samsung NX210 this isn’t notably quick.

While the Greek deity M employs identical image detector format as Canon’s APS-C DSLR vary, it doesn’t use identical EF-S lens mount. Instead it uses the new EF-M mount, that incorporates a rim distance of 18mm (compared to 44mm of EF-S cameras). The effect of this is often that you’ll ought to use dedicated EF-M lenses, or parcel out an additional £130 for the official Canon EF-M to EF-S lens adapter. To date, Canon offers 2 dedicated EF-M lenses – the EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM commonplace zoom and also the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM. The STM refers to the stepper motor accustomed drive the optical device, that is intended to be quieter throughout video capture.

 

On the rear you’ll notice a 3in, 1040k-dot 3:2 ClearView II alphanumeric display monitor that gives touch-screen management over the camera. There’s no constitutional flash, though atiny low Speedlite 90EX is provided with the camera, that slots onto the hot-shoe. sadly the hot-shoe doesn’t double up as an adjunct port thus there’s no thanks to attach AN electronic finder got to|must you} need to thus you’ll have to believe exclusively on the rear monitor to border and review your shots with.

The Greek deity M employs a 31-point Hybrid AF system that mixes distinction and phase-detection AF. The manner this works is that the quicker phase-detect AF points area unit accustomed acquire initial focus, that is then fine-tuned by the additional precise contrast-detect system. There’s a generous choice of AF modes to settle on from that has Face Detection, AF following, FlexiZone-Multi and Flexizone-Single. The Greek deity M’s touchscreen practicality conjointly permits you to use bit AF, and to try to to this you just bit the a part of the screen you would like the camera to concentrate on. 

 

In addition to the regular artistic quartet of Program, Aperture-priority, Shutter-priority and Manual (PASM) exposure modes, the Greek deity M conjointly offers variety of totally machine-controlled modes. Scene Intelligent automobile uses scene recognition technology to regulate the camera settings in line with the scene before it, though you'll conjointly make a choice from a spread of seven individual Scene modes too. additionally, the Greek deity M conjointly offers a spread of artistic filters which will be accustomed apply digital effects like Toy camera, mealy B/W and optical lens.

In terms of film recording choices the Greek deity M will record video at 1080p Full HD, with a alternative of thirty, twenty five or 24fps. do you have to need to slow the action down, you'll conjointly value more highly to shoot 720p HD video at sixty or 50fps. Audio is recorded in stereo by default, ANd there’s conjointly the choice to connect an nonobligatory stereo mike via a three.5mm socket on the aspect of the camera.