17Sep Canon EOS-M discontinued, Still no replacement?
I’ve been seeing the Canon EOS-M price drops everywhere. With the development of Canon’s first new APS-C sensor in years (found in the Canon 70d), I thought we’d see an announcement of a new and improved EOS-M with a better auto focus system built around the new sensor. This morning I found several online retailers listing the EOS-M as “Discontinued” but I have yet to see an announcement from Canon on it’s replacement.
With Canon’s continued development of “Dual Pixel CMOS AF”, they seem to have committed themselves to a sensor that works well in both APS-C and mirrorless cameras. Are they trying to give the 70d some breathing room before releasing the sensor in lower priced cameras? After all it took almost 8 months before the 7d’s APS-C sensor started showing up in Canon’s rebel line.
I wondering if this means no new EOS-M until the end of the year. Personally I’d like to see more mirrorless options from Canon. Sony does a great job with the NEX line, but the menu system and controls make the cameras feel like a fisher price toy instead of proper cameras and I’ve never been very enthusiastic about 4/3’s cameras. Canon’s had a slow start, but at least the EOS-M line has all the same menus and controls seen in their full sized DSLR line.
More EF-M lenses would also be nice. The 22mm f2 is a decent start but I’d like to see 3 or 4 more primes in the lineup. What good is a E.V.I.L. camera if you don’t have a range of pancake primes to go with it? Hopefully Canon continues to invest in the EOS-M lineup and releases some more lenses to go along with a new EOS-M body around the end of the year.
September 18th, 2013 at 5:31 am
Hmm.. I was about to buy the EOS M as a small b-cam. As it’s the “same” camera as the 650D/T4i (I’m European). I got a really good deal which is like 217€ (Body only)(European prices are always higher than in the US because of Taxes), but since it’s now discontinued i guess the price will drop lower. I’m always interested in buying stuff i can sell again (to minimize the loss) and if it’s discontinued then the street/used price will drop futher. So now’ i don’t know :-
The new model will of cause be much more expensive (likely as high as when the first EOS M came out – so that is out of the question).
September 18th, 2013 at 7:41 am
I don’t do much speculation on pricing, but a EOS-M body in the states can be had for under $200 US. It’s actually cheaper to by a EOS-M body ($175 ish) then it is to by a t2i body ($300 ish). I don’t see the EOS-M getting much cheaper than $150 in the states, not sure about Euro pricing.
September 18th, 2013 at 10:57 am
Okay. Well then i don’t see a reason to get a 550D/T2i.
Cause i need a b-cam and the 550D/T2i is the lowest/oldest of the Canon’s you can go and still get manual video. So i guess i’ll just get the EOS M. It’s about the same price and the smaller size is nice in some situations.
Do you know if there’s any diffence in the video quality of T2i, T3i, T4i or the M? (I guess the M and T4i are the same… Well all in fact).
September 18th, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Every one of those cameras has the exact same sensor. There is no difference in image quality between any of them. The reason, however someone might choose the Canon t2i is that when Magic lantern is installed it allows audio monitoring in camera. With magic lantern installed this feature is currently supported by the t2i, 60d, and 5d mark II. No headphone monitoring for the EOS-M so far, which is the biggest reason for the price of a t2i body staying so constant.
September 18th, 2013 at 5:17 pm
Ahh okay. No problem for me. As it’ll mostly be a b-cam with external audio recording.
For any headphone monitoring on the T2i, isn’t a special cable needed? Like the Sescom?
Do you know of any cheaper alternative than the Sescom cable for 5Dmk2? I think it’s a bit overpriced.