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Well I caved in and opened the box. Gotta say, it's a bloody lovely little camera. I'm really impressed with the feel of quality. The images so far are great with the 18-55 lens.....I've just ordered the 22mm too!
The touchscreen is great...I love being able to touch the screen to focus, and I love the way that I can touch areas of the scene to meter accordingly when there are areas of different light.
The updated firmware was already installed on mine. Such a step up in quality from my 2 Olympus DSLR's.
One happy chappy here.....though I'm still hankering after a 'mans camera' as I was originally going to go for a Nikon D7100.
The touchscreen is great...I love being able to touch the screen to focus, and I love the way that I can touch areas of the scene to meter accordingly when there are areas of different light.
The updated firmware was already installed on mine. Such a step up in quality from my 2 Olympus DSLR's.
One happy chappy here.....though I'm still hankering after a 'mans camera' as I was originally going to go for a Nikon D7100.
Really impressed with mine over the last week. I'd say that short of action sports maybe, there's nothing the improved firmware will actively prevent you shooting. Even then, bash into manual focus and prefocus with enough DoF should be fine.
Have ordered the 22mm to make it super compact for travelling and reckon I could get by without the zoom most times...
Have ordered the 22mm to make it super compact for travelling and reckon I could get by without the zoom most times...
Killwilly said:
What Olympus DSLR's are you using for comparison?
I had an E500 for years and years and years and upgraded to an E620 a few months ago. I always liked the output from the 500 but just didn't get on with the 620. It wasn't what I was hoping for, being too noisy and I really hated the way it rendered skin tones.As the camera isn't pocketable, I wanted a pouch that could clip onto a belt to carry mine. After a quick Google search I bough a Lowepro Dashpoint 20. It's the perfect size for the EOS M with a 22mm lens fitted, in fact you'd think the pouch had been designed for this combo! Now really easy to have the camera on me when out for dog walks, days out etc.
MartinP said:
As the camera isn't pocketable, I wanted a pouch that could clip onto a belt to carry mine. After a quick Google search I bough a Lowepro Dashpoint 20. It's the perfect size for the EOS M with a 22mm lens fitted, in fact you'd think the pouch had been designed for this combo! Now really easy to have the camera on me when out for dog walks, days out etc.
The dashpoint 30 (is that the bigger one?) is meant to be perfect for the zoo lens as well. Was intending to get one to clip to my rucksack strap for skiing.My plan for the 22mm lens is to just keep it in a little cloth bag in a jacket pocket or so.
Disastrous said:
The dashpoint 30 (is that the bigger one?) is meant to be perfect for the zoo lens as well. Was intending to get one to clip to my rucksack strap for skiing.
My plan for the 22mm lens is to just keep it in a little cloth bag in a jacket pocket or so.
That's right, the Dashpoint 30 is the bigger one. I'm waiting to see how often I want to go out with the zoom lens before I decide if I should buy one of those too. I do love fast primes though and since buying the 22mm haven't had any urge to put the zoom back on the camera. My plan for the 22mm lens is to just keep it in a little cloth bag in a jacket pocket or so.
Mine came from podmantech_uk. It was a couple of days from placing the order until I got the despatched e-mail, one day before the estimated delivery date. I think either the Royal Mail was a little slow or the seller was late getting it to the Post Office as it then arrived on the day after the estimated delivery date.
Mine arrived today-not had a chance to do anything other than clip it on and check it works yet, but looks good.
I had a thought about the claims that AF is too slow for 'street photography' etc and reckon I have a solution.
You know the old way, where people used RF cameras and pre-focused with a decent enough DoF to account for distance? You can just do that with it surely? Instant snaps then, by my reckoning...
I had a thought about the claims that AF is too slow for 'street photography' etc and reckon I have a solution.
You know the old way, where people used RF cameras and pre-focused with a decent enough DoF to account for distance? You can just do that with it surely? Instant snaps then, by my reckoning...
Well I didn't really get a chance to put it through it's paces today. Here's a quick snap of some graffiti I spotted on the way into town to get my boy new football boots.
The Grand Master by woodenspatula, on Flickr
The Grand Master by woodenspatula, on FlickrI love the camera. I took it to a car show and my mate in the passenger seat was snapping away with it. (my E30, Rich's E28)
IMG_7342 by robjobuk2, on Flickr
IMG_7335 by robjobuk2, on Flickr
The 22mm has just arrived too! All this for £280, amazing.
IMG_7342 by robjobuk2, on Flickr
IMG_7335 by robjobuk2, on Flickr
The 22mm has just arrived too! All this for £280, amazing.
Edited by rob0r on Monday 1st September 15:11
Edited by rob0r on Monday 1st September 15:12
Another member of the EOS M gang here! Also got the prime lens from ebay, and have been snapping away ever since. HUGELY impressed, and am slowly playing around with all the different settings available.
It's made me look at photography in a whole different light. It used to be simply point and shoot. Simply trying to get everything in the frame, or everyone smiling at the same time. However I'm now playing around with all the settings, and starting to understand all the different terms and jargon. It's gone from a simple snap to something far more arty, if that makes any sense? I guess I'm starting to think like a photographer, rather than just someone taking a photograph.
And I'm absolutely loving it!
It's made me look at photography in a whole different light. It used to be simply point and shoot. Simply trying to get everything in the frame, or everyone smiling at the same time. However I'm now playing around with all the settings, and starting to understand all the different terms and jargon. It's gone from a simple snap to something far more arty, if that makes any sense? I guess I'm starting to think like a photographer, rather than just someone taking a photograph.
And I'm absolutely loving it!
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