Why would anyone crave a tiny camera if lugging lenses around anyway?
Not trying to be sarcastic at all, but I don\'t really see the need for this.
Any enlightenment would be appreciated
greg
I agree. One reason I shoot a gripped 7D is that I do not like the feel of the smaller Rebels in my hands, and I couldn\'t afford a 1 serries at the time. Using this camera with anything other than a pancake to me doesn\'t make much sense. It seems that the balance would be off and that it would not handle well. You put it on a more conventional lens, seems like you are carrying a lens with you.
Just seems like the manufacturers of these types of cameras were looking for another way to sell product. If they would come out with a line of pancakes it might be a different story, until then, I for one will not be getting one.
But I am glad that some people are intrigued by them. As I have always said, doesn\'t matter what you shoot, just shoot.
Hi Rebelshooter,
As I said in my earlier post, this is not and I mean not a SLR replacement. Do not purchase this as your main camera and I don\'t think Canon ever expected this to be one.
I have always owned a point and shoot type camera for general and family use, mainly my wife. I have owned numerous Canon G series, S series, still own Panasonic LX3 and Olympus EPL 2. There are all good for general snap shots but I do have an issue with all of them in the the sensor is too small. The quality from these sensors are not good enough for my Photobooks. Hence I am not happy to use them as backup camera. Moreover with Panasonic and Olympus the processing needed is different to my Canon bodies.
So when they a announce the Canon M with a 1.6 crop sensor with a small point and shoot type body and ability to attached EF lenses, why should\'t I get excitted. It will be a totally all round camera for my family to use and also act as a backup camera for me. A camera that I can use as my backup camera. Sure the functiionality is not as flexible as an SLR but it is portable and I do not need to carry 2 SLR in my camera bag.
In any case each to their own and I accept views from both sides.
Perry
Oct 30, 2012 at 05:33 PM
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