WIth Canon expected to announce new products on or around August 28, 2019, things have started to leak, true or not. It's expected that at least the Canon EOS M5 will get a replacement, but we've seen our first mention of a Canon EOS M6 replacement coming at the same time.
We have received our first mention of new EOS M bodies for the first time in a long time.
Canon EOS M5 Mark II & Canon EOS M6 Mark II:
- Internal product name (Project Nacho).
- Both cameras will have a similar EVF to the Canon RP.
- No crop in 4K video.
- Supports high frame rates for slow-motion video.
If both cameras do indeed get EVF's, then I think form factor will be all that differentiates the two models.
More to come…
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Slim maybe.
Well Canon are still investing in the M Series. It’s a series that seemed a dead end to me but must be doing well enough for Canon to give it more support with new cameras.
It’s small and compact and well loved by users.
I think the EOS M lineup could become a regional system. For a while, a few EF-M lenses weren't available in North America.
What surprised me is that the same internal SoC, Digic 8, the RP feels a lot more responsive in the menus and handling than the m50. I have both in the 'classic' mode without the pretty illustrations and help text.
I recently got the M5 after having the original M since release, the 18-150 is a very high quality general use lens pared with the 22 f2 I am very very happy.
The M10/M100 don't work for me since they lack a hot-shoe. The EL-100 or 270EX-II do a great job as fill flash when using the EF-M.
I also hope they move the trash button away from the d-pad to the bottom right, where it is on the RP. It would make quickly deleting pictures from bursts less tedious.
Another feature from the RP that I'd like to see is that the magnify button in playback can zoom in on the focus point, not zoom out to show 4 pictures like it currently does. It's a great way to verify eye-AF did its thing and check if you didn't make the camera go back to 1/60th.
the M5 body currently works great for me and i wouldn't upgrade
My thoughts exactly. I'm really hoping the M6 II will employ the same pop-up EVF that the G5 X II is using. If it was also designed to allow for an attachable magnifier (say a x1.25), then it would be even more useful. But I could make do with just a pop-up EVF.
The lines between the EF and EF-s market became very grey, at this point the differences between the EF-M and RF are very apparent to even the most basic of consumers. Why muddy the waters with an RF-S series of bodies and lenses when I'd think, in this shrinking camera market, R&D is best focused on the actual RF line and possibly a couple more complimentary EF-M lenses to keep people like me happy with our $1,000 bodies.