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Customer Reviews for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
EOS Full HD Movie mode with Movie Servo AF for continuous focus tracking of moving subjects, and multiple resolution and frame rates for expanded video shooting options
18.0 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor and DIGIC 5 Image Processor
Hybrid CMOS AF delivers fast autofocus speed for video and photos
Touch Screen 3.0-inch Clear View LCD monitor II (approximately 1,040,000 dots) and Touch AF
Compatible with the full line of Canon EF and EF-S lenses (Optional Mount Adapter EF-EOS M is required)
Average Customer Rating:
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Rating Snapshot (16 reviews)
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8 out of 16(50%)reviewers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Review 1 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Bababoe
Location: Orange count Ca.
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Family & Friends
Canon Enthusiast: more than 20 years
Product replacement: No
Best quality in a tiny package, WOW
Overall Rating
Features
5
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5
Performance
5
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5
Price/Value
5
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
5
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5
Date:June 15, 2013
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu
I own the 5D and 5D markII, this little camera is amazing. With the wide angle lens it is super fast and in the burst mode it smokes.
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Review 2 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Rog
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Mostly used for: Travel
Canon Enthusiast: more than 20 years
Product replacement: No
Still a prototype, needs work
Overall Rating
Features
3
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5
Performance
2
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5
Price/Value
2
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5
Quality
3
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5
Satisfaction
2
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5
Date:May 4, 2013
Pros: excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable
Cons: Missing features/settings, noisy, Slow Start-up time, Short battery life, Complicated controls/menu
Great idea, but it is not fully developed. It needs:
1) Better user interface. It is WAY to easy to accidentally touch the screen and move the focus point, change menu settings, etc. It is hard to hold this small camera without touching the screen. 2) The autofocus is very poor. Slow, 'searches' and often misses the selected point. 3) Only TWO available lenses?! Obviously released early to get it to the market before the NEX locks the market share. Yes, you can use the adapter to attach a 2lb. EF lens... but doesn't that miss the point? 4) LCD only control, no viewfinder 5) non-moveable lcd.
1) Better user interface. It is WAY to easy to accidentally touch the screen and move the focus point, change menu settings, etc. It is hard to hold this small camera without touching the screen. 2) The autofocus is very poor. Slow, 'searches' and often misses the selected point. 3) Only TWO available lenses?! Obviously released early to get it to the market before the NEX locks the market share. Yes, you can use the adapter to attach a 2lb. EF lens... but doesn't that miss the point? 4) LCD only control, no viewfinder 5) non-moveable lcd.
GOOD points: It is small. Good image quality if you can focus properly.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Terri
Location: Los Angeles
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Mostly used for: Landscape/Nature
Canon Enthusiast: 6 to 10 years
Product replacement: No
Nice portable camera
Overall Rating
Features
4
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5
Performance
3
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5
Price/Value
4
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5
Quality
4
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5
Satisfaction
4
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5
Date:April 24, 2013
Pros: quiet, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu
Cons: Missing features/settings, noisy, poor autofocus capability
Love the fact that I can use my other canon L series lens with this compact camera. I also like the touchscreen and the image quality of photos and video. The only downside is it's poor autofocus capability. I hope this issue can be resolved with a firmware update.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: AKphoto86
Location: Anchorage, AK
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Mostly used for: Travel
Canon Enthusiast: 6 to 10 years
Product replacement: No
Great Lightweight Package
Overall Rating
Features
5
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5
Performance
4
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5
Price/Value
3
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5
Quality
4
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5
Satisfaction
4
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5
Date:April 16, 2013
Pros: Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, easy to use
Cons: slow focus
I bought this camera for my business where I review Alaskan hiking trails, to replace my 7D as a 'trail camera' because of it's weight, size, and build quality. I also shoot video for the reviews with this camera. I have found the EOS M to be a great compromise between the feature set and performance of a DSLR and the convenience, weight and size of a point and shoot camera. It fits easily into my coat pocket when I'm wearing a jacket, and when it's hanging from my neck I barely feel it. My only critique is that the AF is slower than I would like, but for most applications I don't find it to be much of an issue. I would recommend this product to anyone wanting a great travel camera.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Rob
Location: Chicago, IL
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Mostly used for: Business
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: No
Good start - fix the AF!
Overall Rating
Features
4
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5
Performance
2
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5
Price/Value
4
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5
Quality
4
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5
Satisfaction
3
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5
Date:April 10, 2013
Pros: quiet, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Missing features/settings, Slow Start-up time, Short battery life, terrible autofocus
I'm MOSTLY impressed with this camera. It's a good start. I bought it as a carry around, and because I can attach all my EF lenses, making it a great quiet theater or concert camera with no mirror flip to disturb the audience.
BUT there are two problems, one major, one minor.
The major problem that earns the EOS M two stars for performance is the autofocus. Most of the time it's ok on the second or third shot when the focus is already somewhere close from the first shot. But that first shot is torture! And often a moving subject makes the camera hunt and hunt. Using EF lenses makes the problem much worse. I'm pretty sure they can address this with a firmware update, but I also heard they might not do it, so that the next gen EOS M is more attractive. That would be greatly disappointing. Canon must support those who bought the first gen, and it's not just a slow type of AF, it's defective. So lease Canon, fix it.
Minor problem is the lack of redundant controls. Dependence on the touch screen is a bit too much sometimes, and a front dial would have been fabulous. But I can live with the touchscreen. Mostly it's amazing.
But not the AF!
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Watch&Record
Location: California
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Landscape/Nature
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: Yes
Better Performance Required
Overall Rating
Features
3
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5
Performance
2
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5
Price/Value
3
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5
Quality
4
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5
Satisfaction
2
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5
Date:April 4, 2013
Pros: quiet, Quick Start-up time, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, good stationary image quality, excellent size
Cons: excessive focus time, poor moving image quality
My camera requirements: after pulling the camera out of my jacket pocket, quick camera operation resulting in crisp, detailed images. Using an auto focus setting (I do not wish to waste my time becoming/being a camera setting expert; let digital technology perform the settings), I use the camera for taking stationary long and short distant landscape photos and images shot (safely) from a moving vehicle. The EOS M with an 18mm-55mm lens does not meet my requirements. The EOS M is a point and wait camera—1 to 2 seconds for taking each still photo, 2 to 5 seconds, or not at all, for taking each photo (safely) from a moving vehicle. The camera takes forever to focus while regularly losing the desired image. Twenty to 30 percent, or more, of forward and side facing images taken (safely) from a moving vehicle are out of focus; 70 to 80 percent of rear facing images are an out-of-focus smear or white light blot out. Still photos are fine. I like, a lot, the EOS M body size—I would like Canon to produce a camera stuffed with Canon 5D Mark III features and operation in an EOS M body.
4 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: heytex
Location: Houston, TX
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Family & Friends
Canon Enthusiast: 6 to 10 years
Product replacement: No
Love this comers!!
Overall Rating
Features
5
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5
Performance
5
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5
Price/Value
5
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
5
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5
Date:March 11, 2013
Pros: quiet, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I bought my EOS M this weekend. I love this little camera. I bought the kit with the 22mm lens, the 18mm - 55mm lens , lens adapter and the 90 ex speedlite. The image quality is amazing. I took the camera to an outdoor music festival on Friday evening. The low light capabilities are awesome. I had the 90ex speedlite in my pocket, but never needed it. The images came out great in the low light. I even took some pics of people playing basketball on a near by court. I got an awesome pic of a guy dunking on his opponent. The touch screen is brilliant. It was very easy, intuitive and fun to use. I never missed a view finder. I loved both lens but, I had the most fun with the 22mm. The auto focus wasn't an issue for me. It may be slower than some other cameras, but never to the point where I couldn't get the shot. I'm thrilled with my purchase!! Canon packed a lot of great features into this camera. I suspect my 60d is going to become very lonely.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Amilcare
Location: Texas
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Mostly used for: Travel
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: No
A good idea that needs more
Overall Rating
Features
4
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5
Performance
4
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5
Price/Value
4
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
4
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5
Date:March 1, 2013
Pros: quiet, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, ease of gps attachment
Cons: Short battery life, no tether control
I bought this as a "carry" companion to my long (D30, 10D, 20D, 7D) of Canon DSLRs. The ability to use my collection of Canon and Canon-ready lenses was too good to pass up.
I have the full complement of accessories, including the GPS that does not require a dongle as on my 7D.
My greatest disappointment is the lack of tethered control. Much of my work relies on this, and its lack here is a MAJOR disappointment.
As a carry-around with even the 18-55 and GPS attached, it is a pleasure. I guess that should be enough.
BTW, I have FOUR batteries.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: RawDogg
Location: SF Bay Area
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Family & Friends
Canon Enthusiast: 6 to 10 years
Product replacement: Yes
Holding on to it
Overall Rating
Features
4
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5
Performance
3
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5
Price/Value
3
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
3
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5
Date:February 16, 2013
Pros: quiet, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu
Cons: Slow Start-up time, Short battery life, slow focus
My first impression of the Canon EOS M when I picked it up was wonderful, well built little camera, solid, strong, tight. then I started shooting with it and got a little frustrated with the focusing problems. The image quality is excellent...I love it. The video is very good.
I know my expectation were really high after coming from a EOS Mark II. I knew it would have the and quality as the Mark II but it almost did. The video can't touch the Mark II but the image quality is close.
All in all, I'm happy with it but I wish I would have waited for the second generation. I will not give up my EOS M. I do like it. I just can't use it for sporting events (unless I'm not too close to the subjects) & low light shooting (no night clubs). I must say that the low light video is really good!
I’m eagerly waiting for a firmware update that might help the focusing problems.
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Review 10 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Photoguy
Location: California
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Mostly used for: Family & Friends
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: No
It shouldn't be this bad.....
Overall Rating
Features
4
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5
Performance
1
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5
Price/Value
3
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
1
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Date:January 29, 2013
Pros: excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD
Cons: Difficult to use, poor focusing in low light, poor focusing of fast moving objects
I have many Canon cameras from point and shoots to a 1D-X (which I love). Getting the EOS-M for my wife was a no-brainer when it came out. The quality of construction and features are every bit as good as I would expect from Canon, but the fatal flaw is focusing - of fast moving objects, or stationary objects in low light. I took the EOS-M to a party and the focusing in low light was so poor I had to give up in the end. My kids have Rebels of different vintages and they are vastly better than this. I strongly hope Canon's second generation EOS-M will be better, but I feel I wasted my money on this one.
22 of 27 people found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Boggy
Location: Denver, CO
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Mostly used for: Portraits
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: No
Sloooooooooooo-click-w
Overall Rating
Features
4
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5
Performance
1
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5
Price/Value
1
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
1
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Date:December 10, 2012
Pros: excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable
Cons: Short battery life, slow af
Image quality is not bad. Gets pretty noisy past ISO 1600. Touch screen interface is great, screen is awesome. Controls could use another dial, but manageable. The fact that it takes EF lenses with an adapter is fantastic.
Terrible AF. I don't think I've seen a recent compact that was slower than that. iPhone is faster. Bright light, dim light, ANY lens... It's all around 1 second on non-moving subjects. WAY worse with the EF lenses. Even when the subject doesn't move and I just took a picture of it... next shot is gonna be a second later.
Battery life is worse than even the specs suggested. 100 frames with scrolling through the pictures a few times adn zooming in and out on features.
Terrible AF. I don't think I've seen a recent compact that was slower than that. iPhone is faster. Bright light, dim light, ANY lens... It's all around 1 second on non-moving subjects. WAY worse with the EF lenses. Even when the subject doesn't move and I just took a picture of it... next shot is gonna be a second later.
Battery life is worse than even the specs suggested. 100 frames with scrolling through the pictures a few times adn zooming in and out on features.
34 of 35 people found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Darker View
Location: Big Island, Hawai'i
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Landscape/Nature
Canon Enthusiast: more than 20 years
Product replacement: No
A Good Camera that is Missing Critical Features
Overall Rating
Features
1
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5
Performance
4
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5
Price/Value
4
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5
Quality
4
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5
Satisfaction
1
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5
Date:November 22, 2012
Pros: excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD
Cons: Short battery life, no remote shooting, no shutter release connector, slow focus
I had been waiting for this camera a long time. A small camera offering much of the performance of a DLSR is perfect for many of my photographic needs. Keeping a camera with me and available is one of my cardinal rules, one I have held to for my entire adult life.
Most recently it is a Canon G series that has been my carry camera. A G9, G11 and currently a G12. But there are times a small sensor compact just can't get the shot, and I do not have the DSLR with me. This camera looked to be the middle road that I needed.
The build quality of the EOS-M is beautiful, it just feels good in the hand. The touch screen is new to me, the performance is snappy and accurate, with some useful features. The kit 22mm f/2 lens is an impressive little piece of glass, sharp and fast, creating impressive photo quality.
The focus on the EOS-M is SLOW, worse than my G12 by a large margin. I expected it to be somewhere between that of the compact and a DSLR, but was surprised with what I found. Using both cameras side by side on the same subject was an informative exercise. Given a simple scene it is faster, in practice it is worse, particularly up close.
Without a remote shutter release connector, why is there not an intervalometer function built into the camera?
Battery life is similarly disappointing. A red flashing symbol after an hour of shooting around 100 frames?
The worst surprise was yet to come, discovered when I plugged the camera into the computer and loaded the latest version of the EOS Utilities. There is no remote shooting!
This little fact is not clear in the specifications, even when I go back and look for it. Why does this camera lack something that every other recent EOS camera supports?
I do a lot of technical shooting... astrophotography, time lapse, etc. Without a reasonable way to control the camera, no remote shooting, no shutter release connector, a potentially great camera is crippled.
It is the removal of remote shooting that is the biggest issue, something that makes no sense to me. Time to get an RMA number and send it back. Looks like my G12 will be in use a bit longer.
50 of 51 people found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Eveningsong
Location: Springfield,WV
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Landscape/Nature
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: Yes
Overall Rating
Features
5
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5
Performance
5
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5
Price/Value
5
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
5
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Date:November 18, 2012
Pros: Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life
There are a lot of features packed into this small package. Great image quality. Ease of use. Light and portable. Read the manual. Has all the features using a touch screen. M, AV, TV and all the others like portrait and macro. Easy to use as everything is accessible from the touch screen. If you use a smart phone you can use this camera. Could not be happier.
4 of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Tropical Photos
Location: San Diego, CA
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Travel
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: No
Power packed Mini delivering BIG results
Overall Rating
Features
5
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5
Performance
5
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5
Price/Value
4
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
5
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5
Date:November 16, 2012
Pros: quiet, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life
This camera is a gem. I wanted a smaller body with great image quality and this camera delivers the goods! The other bonus is, with the new adapter ring, all my canon EF lenses work! That just gave me a ton of options and saved me a ton of money!
The touch screen is probably my favorite part...especially when it comes to focusing. I'm hoping Canon will incorporate this feature in it's bigger bodies in the future.
Image quality is quite amazing!
Thank you Canon for going BIG with this little body!
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Racecar
Location: Killeen, TX
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Landscape/Nature
Canon Enthusiast: 1 to 5 years
Product replacement: No
Image Quality King You'll Carry Everywhere
Overall Rating
Features
4
out of
5
Performance
5
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5
Price/Value
4
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5
Quality
5
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5
Satisfaction
5
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5
Date:November 9, 2012
Pros: quiet, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, easy to use, adapter to access ef lenses
Cons: Missing features/settings
I’ve only had the Canon EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit for a couple of days now. My first impressions are this:
1. The image quality is Excellent!
2. The white balance engine is perfect under general ambient light. (Haven’t had a chance to check the extreme mixes like daylight and tungsten)
3. I like grabbing a camera and not having to think about proper settings. This camera only has three modes: Total AUTO and Creative Auto “CA” and MOVIE which are selectable on the shutte-mounted switch. Which brings me to my only criticism so far:
4. I’d like to be able to select Tv and Av – M modes. This would allow the camera to be pressed into astronomy work, creative landscape photography etc.
CONCLUSION:
Over all though the camera is small enough to carry in your pocket with the 22mm STM lens attached, so it’s a camera you’ll have with you all the time. It takes phenomenal photographs. The AUTO presets NAIL the image in all types of lighting and lack of lighting EVERY TIME! The adapter makes it compatible with all your EF lenses (I can’t wait to try this!!!!!!!) The image quality (IQ) is EXCELLENT! This little guy is a keeper.
1. The image quality is Excellent!
2. The white balance engine is perfect under general ambient light. (Haven’t had a chance to check the extreme mixes like daylight and tungsten)
3. I like grabbing a camera and not having to think about proper settings. This camera only has three modes: Total AUTO and Creative Auto “CA” and MOVIE which are selectable on the shutte-mounted switch. Which brings me to my only criticism so far:
4. I’d like to be able to select Tv and Av – M modes. This would allow the camera to be pressed into astronomy work, creative landscape photography etc.
CONCLUSION:
Over all though the camera is small enough to carry in your pocket with the 22mm STM lens attached, so it’s a camera you’ll have with you all the time. It takes phenomenal photographs. The AUTO presets NAIL the image in all types of lighting and lack of lighting EVERY TIME! The adapter makes it compatible with all your EF lenses (I can’t wait to try this!!!!!!!) The image quality (IQ) is EXCELLENT! This little guy is a keeper.
11 of 14 people found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for EOS M EF-M 22mm STM Kit
Nickname: Peter
Location: New York, NY
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Mostly used for: Travel
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: No
Good Enough for the First Mirror-less from Canon
Overall Rating
Features
4
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5
Performance
3
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5
Price/Value
3
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5
Quality
4
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5
Satisfaction
4
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5
Date:November 9, 2012
Pros: Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu
Cons: Short battery life, average focus, no built-in flash
Thought it is small and light weight, but it feels very solid in hand. The kit lens are very sharp. Although the Hybrid AF system is not lighting fast, but it performs quite decent. So far so good with the focusing. Good for still and static subject, but this camera has difficulty to lock on moving subjects. AF tracking is just average. IQ is no different than Rebell T4i. Low-light performance is more than average. Color rendering is wonderful, typical for most Canon cameras. The missing built-in flash is a minus point for this kind of camera. Should have a front dial like the one in G series.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.
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