I do have my copy of the EOS M5 since nearly 2 weeks. I must say "Chapeau Canon"!!! The M5 is a really good camera. It is a lot of fun to work with the camera and it is delivering extremely good images.
I can compare pretty well with other leading mirrorless cameras - the Panasonic µ43. I do own the GX80 and have 7 years of experience with the µ43 system: It is nice and excellent to carry with you. And I own 3 generations of 5D´s as well as 2 generations of 7D´s. In terms of APS-C: The M5 ist the best offering of Canon (of course in addition to the 80D). It is a better add-on to a 5D4 than the 7D2 is. It is just a tiny little always with you thing - like my 43. But I need not to support 2 worlds.
The charm of the systems comes best with native EOS-M lenses. There are not many but nice ones. I have now
Of course there are some curiosities in the system which Canon should improve:
I can compare pretty well with other leading mirrorless cameras - the Panasonic µ43. I do own the GX80 and have 7 years of experience with the µ43 system: It is nice and excellent to carry with you. And I own 3 generations of 5D´s as well as 2 generations of 7D´s. In terms of APS-C: The M5 ist the best offering of Canon (of course in addition to the 80D). It is a better add-on to a 5D4 than the 7D2 is. It is just a tiny little always with you thing - like my 43. But I need not to support 2 worlds.
The charm of the systems comes best with native EOS-M lenses. There are not many but nice ones. I have now
- EF-M 22mm f2.0
- EF-M 28mm f3.5 macro
- Rokinon 12mm f2
Of course there are some curiosities in the system which Canon should improve:
- The camera does not transfer exif data of 3rd party lenses (f.i. my Zeiss Milvus 50mm f1.4 does not show up with proper data)
- AK-Swiss seems to be unknown @ Canon: with such an tripod adapter mounted an exchange of battery as well as an SD card is impossible
- Time Lapse does not work with internal recording
- HDR mode is there but it is impossible to store the raw-files.
- Using a Yongnuo flash transmitter (622TX) results in a pretty strange behavior of the M5: if you try to open the external flash menu the screen gets dark - and the camera makes some strange noise.
- no IBIS
- no 4k Video
- no fully articulated screen
- no weather sealing
- relatively slow autofocus
- small viewfinder