canon M5 or M 50
Aug 18, 2023 11:50:52 #
nmw1004 wrote:
I've had mine quite some time and love it. Has a quality feal about it unlike the M 50. Very small, light, and with the M lenses a pleasure to take on vacation. The only thing negative I've found is pairing it with a long heavy lens. It is not comfortable with my 100-400 tamron. For that I use a Canon 80 D .
Righto.......I'm sold. Just ordered an M5 from MPB. Glory be. 😉
Sep 22, 2023 13:39:58 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
My only complaint about my M5 is that is feels "too small" in my hands (see Mark's comments above).
But that's just me (and Mark)! You may or may not feel the camera is too small. I'm accustomed to 7D-series and 5D-series with battery grips, which I've been shooting with for ten or more years.
My solution was to put an L-bracket on the M5. I needed to add an Arca-Swiss compatible plate to it anyway, to use the camera on any of my tripods, monopods and with some other accessories, all of which use the Arca style QR system. When I started shopping around for a fitted Arca plate, I found there weren't many to choose. Plus they seemed a little pricey ($38 to $50).
eBay to the rescue! I found an L-bracket specifically for the M5 there for $16 (incl. shipping all the way from China) and decided to give it a try. Didn't expect much at such a low price, but it arrived in less than a week and is really quite well made. Fits perfectly and doesn't block access to controls, connections and memory/battery door of the camera. It's also modular, so can be used either as an L-bracket or just an Arca-compatible plate.
Normally I don't care for L-brackets. I don't use them on my DSLRs. They make them too big. But on the M5 an L-bracket makes it a little bigger and it seems more comfortable to me.
There also are "cages" like SmallRig, if you want for video work. I just shoot stills.
I bought the M5 as a compact, unobtrusive "street" camera, as well as a small, light kit for travel. For lenses, I have a Meike 12mm f/2.8 (manual focus), the tiny Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM, Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC and Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM (adapted). The whole kit, including camera bag and some other accessories, weighs less than one of my DSLRs with a standard zoom lens.
While there aren't a whole lot of EF-M lenses from Canon... most of what there are get good praise and there are a few excellent 3rd party options as well. Many of the 3rd party lenses are manual focus AND manual aperture only. As far as I know, the only 3rd party lenses with AF and electronic aperture are from Sigma, Vitrox and Tamron. Sigma offers a 16mm, 30mm and 56mm. Viltrox offers a 23mm, 33mm and 56mm. Tamron only made an 18-200mm zoom in the EF-M mount, but I believe they have discontinued it (still avail. used?)
If you buy any of the fully manual lenses (like the Meike I mentioned above), note that you need to go into the camera's menu and set it to "shoot without lens". That's because there are no electronics in that type of lens, so the camera doesn't "know" it's there. By default, it's supposed to prevent shutter release when no lens is installed. So you have to override that.
Another tip... If you are accustomed to a camera with a joystick, you might want to try setting up the AF point selection via the LCD touch screen to act similarly, since the M5 doesn't have a joystick (doesn't have room for one). There is option to use the entire touch screen or just one of the quadrants. I use the upper right quadrant, since that's close to where my thumb falls.
Enjoy your new M5 and let us know what you think of it after you've had a chance to try it out!
But that's just me (and Mark)! You may or may not feel the camera is too small. I'm accustomed to 7D-series and 5D-series with battery grips, which I've been shooting with for ten or more years.
My solution was to put an L-bracket on the M5. I needed to add an Arca-Swiss compatible plate to it anyway, to use the camera on any of my tripods, monopods and with some other accessories, all of which use the Arca style QR system. When I started shopping around for a fitted Arca plate, I found there weren't many to choose. Plus they seemed a little pricey ($38 to $50).
eBay to the rescue! I found an L-bracket specifically for the M5 there for $16 (incl. shipping all the way from China) and decided to give it a try. Didn't expect much at such a low price, but it arrived in less than a week and is really quite well made. Fits perfectly and doesn't block access to controls, connections and memory/battery door of the camera. It's also modular, so can be used either as an L-bracket or just an Arca-compatible plate.
Normally I don't care for L-brackets. I don't use them on my DSLRs. They make them too big. But on the M5 an L-bracket makes it a little bigger and it seems more comfortable to me.
There also are "cages" like SmallRig, if you want for video work. I just shoot stills.
I bought the M5 as a compact, unobtrusive "street" camera, as well as a small, light kit for travel. For lenses, I have a Meike 12mm f/2.8 (manual focus), the tiny Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM, Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC and Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM (adapted). The whole kit, including camera bag and some other accessories, weighs less than one of my DSLRs with a standard zoom lens.
While there aren't a whole lot of EF-M lenses from Canon... most of what there are get good praise and there are a few excellent 3rd party options as well. Many of the 3rd party lenses are manual focus AND manual aperture only. As far as I know, the only 3rd party lenses with AF and electronic aperture are from Sigma, Vitrox and Tamron. Sigma offers a 16mm, 30mm and 56mm. Viltrox offers a 23mm, 33mm and 56mm. Tamron only made an 18-200mm zoom in the EF-M mount, but I believe they have discontinued it (still avail. used?)
If you buy any of the fully manual lenses (like the Meike I mentioned above), note that you need to go into the camera's menu and set it to "shoot without lens". That's because there are no electronics in that type of lens, so the camera doesn't "know" it's there. By default, it's supposed to prevent shutter release when no lens is installed. So you have to override that.
Another tip... If you are accustomed to a camera with a joystick, you might want to try setting up the AF point selection via the LCD touch screen to act similarly, since the M5 doesn't have a joystick (doesn't have room for one). There is option to use the entire touch screen or just one of the quadrants. I use the upper right quadrant, since that's close to where my thumb falls.
Enjoy your new M5 and let us know what you think of it after you've had a chance to try it out!
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