EOS M2 announced in Japan

[Haydn1971]

Here it is....

http://cweb.canon.jp/newsrelease/2013-12/pr-eos-m2.html

 

[traveller]

Wow, you're keen -even DPreview hasn't got this up yet!

Looks like nothing but a small warm-over of the original EOS-M. Google Translate is pretty opaque with the wording about the AF system...

 

[archiea]

Seems more like a firmware update than a whole new camera...

 

[jhanken]

Looks like Japanese packages will include the 11-22mm. Hope we get that lens in the US, as well as a telezoom and perhaps some wider-aperture primes.

 

[traveller]

Seems more like a firmware update than a whole new camera...

I thought that, but they're claiming that it is 8% smaller, but as this is volume (i.e. a cubic measure) I bet one wouldn't even notice!

 

[spinworkxroy]

did they even bother to redesign it? It looks exactly like the M...still going to be a flop i feel

 

[xvnm]

Google Translate is pretty opaque with the wording about the AF system...

The video makes it pretty clear that it uses Hybrid CMOS AF II (from 100D/SL1). No DPAF from 70D.

 

[scrup]

Did this sneak up on CR.

Surprised they couldn't see this coming 1 week out.

Time to get some more sources from the motherland.