26Sep Canon 22mm f2.0 EF-M $106
I actually had a lot of stuff planned for this week, but my truck was attacked by a pack of wild dogs (no joke) while I was working on a job. They actually ate the wiring harness, ABS wires, hydraulic lines, and managed to dislodge the front bumper. Feels like something you’d in an e-mail chain letter.
Regardless, I now have a Canon eos-m in for testing. At it’s original price, the EOS-M was a waste of money, but now that the body is on sale (almost every other weekly for under $200) it’s a very good buy. If you do end up with the body only or the version that comes with the 18-55mm kit lens, you might still want to have the only ef-m mount prime available for this body. Right now you can find it new on ebay for just $106 with free shipping, that’s around $80 less than anywhere else.
Now that I’ve got my truck in the shop and a replacement rental car, life is somewhat “back to normal”. Flooding is still a problem, but at least the roads are opening back up. I should have some more info and first impressions up on the Canon eos-m this weekend. I’ll keep you posted.
September 26th, 2013 at 11:02 pm
Canon should recall its EOS M cameras. It is frustratingly slow in focusing. Most people buy it for street photography where the speed is of utmost essence.
September 27th, 2013 at 8:26 am
I wouldn’t recommend the EOS-M for photography unless your subjects are stationary. However as a compact video camera with interchangeable lenses, at it’s current price, it’s one of the best values on the market.
September 27th, 2013 at 12:29 am
I’ve been a fan of your site for some time now. I’ve yet to comment before but I must know more about the “pack” of wild dogs!
September 27th, 2013 at 8:17 am
I parked my truck in front of a large complex with a gravel parking lot around 7 in the morning, went in to do some work, came out to grab a few things and found 2 very large black labs chewing on my truck. One was trying to rip off the front bumper and the other was eating the wiring inside the wheel well. I had to smack the dog pulling on the bumper a few times before he finally gave up and they both just stopped, looked at me, and walked away. Apparently the delivery lady the cops interviewed saw more dogs working on the project earlier but didn’t want to leave her truck for fear of dog attack.
My first thought was road kill, but the body shop said there was no sign of anything like that. They think the dogs might have chased something under the truck and when it got away they just kept “having fun”. It happened at the beginning of the week and they did over 3K in damage. Finally got the truck in the shop on Wednesday and a rental car yesterday. Hopefully it’ll be fixed by the end of next week.
September 27th, 2013 at 3:32 am
Nice. I really looking into this EOS M since the price dropped so low. With this pancake and a cage you would have a serious actioncam, much better videoquality than the GoPro. 🙂
Now we only need some ML “magic” in a more stable version – though i don’t think it will ever come as there arn’t many EOS M ML users.
September 27th, 2013 at 8:20 am
I’ll post some more info on the state of ML in my first impressions. I’m running the current nightly and it’s pretty stable, just a little trickier to use do to the lack of buttons. You can find the latest EOS-M nightly here. Just remember to add the ML 2.3 files from the unified download to the folders from the nightly and you’ll be good to go.
September 27th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Thank you Deejay! I’m this close ( http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/111/556/111556195_640.jpg ) to buying a EOS M with a EF-M to EF adapter and use it as a b-cam, instead of a T2i, T3i or T4i. Just because the EOS M is so cheap right now. It doesn’t matter if there will be a new one in a month or two. The price is so low! and the formfactor means you can have it in the bag all the time – just make sure to have a lot of batteries 🙂
September 29th, 2013 at 5:14 am
Hi, Newbei here. I’m going to buy the t4i soon and I was wondering if I could mount this 20mm lens on it.
thanks
September 30th, 2013 at 9:54 am
The ef-m lenses don’t work on the t4i body.
September 30th, 2013 at 10:08 am
Christ All Mighty, where were you filming … the Australian Outback?!