Anyone here think we'll get a Canon EF-M 50mm F/1.4 IS STM sometime soon? Personally I think that would be a killer portrait lens.
(Someone will correct me on the statements below, but I blame Keith's wife's great chart as a reference)
In 14 years of EF-S lenses, there have been precisely zero EF-S primes that were not either macro or pancake lenses (which take lovely shots but sometimes aren't the quickest focusing or largest aperture).
EF-S has had zero lenses faster than f/2.8 in it's entire history I believe, and EF-M only has the f/2 pancake on that front.
So this lens is a
massive first for Canon, and I'd peg it as a careful experiment. If it takes off (and I think it might), we could see a
small Fujification of the brand -- perhaps a 53mm f/1.8 STM for an 85mm FF equivalent might follow. Maybe a 15 f/2 STM for the astro crowd. Who knows?
So what does that mean for your question? This lens will not get updated or one-upped by an IS version for very very very long time, IMHO. Think a decade -- if at all. If you need a first party 50 prime equivalent for EF-M, surely this is your bus and you need to get on it.
Wait for Neuro's review, if there's any doubt. Or consider popping into a store to try it out on your EOS M body. But were I shooting an EF-M body, I'd be button mashing to pre-order this on day one.
- A