Canon Compact Systems Camera 3 0 Inch

Canon EOS M 18.0 MP Compact Systems Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD and EF-M 22mm STM Lens (Electronics) I've owned a D90 for several years and was initially excited about its video capabilities. Unfortunately, the D90's video is crippled. It exhibits terrible rolling shutter and can't autofocus while in video mode. Manually focusing it (without the assistance of features like those provided in Magic Lantern -- which isn't available for the D90) proved more or less impossible for me. I actually later purchased a 5100. It was improvement, but it still fell far short of my expectations. I was left hoping Nikon's next generation would fit the bill. But even if it did, I was happy with the D90 as still camera and wasn't looking forward to dropping another $1000+ on new body just so I'd have a camera that was competent in both still photography and video.

I took a gamble and picked up an EOS M. I'm loving it! It's almost exactly what I was looking for. It produces gorgeous video with virtually no rolling shudder. It's not without flaws, but I think it is being way under appreciated, at least at its current price point (~$350 with a lens).

Sure. I love how rapidly I can fire off shots with the D90, but EOS M's speed is not nearly as slow as I expected based on the reviews (even those based on the updated firmware). I never been terribly attached to all the dials and buttons on the D90 either, so I have no issues with the touch interface. I don't know if I like it better or worse. It's just different.

Unfortunately, the battery life is indeed pretty terrible. I can't actively use this camera more than a couple of hours without completely draining the battery,

I opted for the kit with the 22mm lens and although it's motor is almost inaudible to my ears while shooting, it's not inaudible to the camera's mic. If you don't relay on autofocus though and manually focus instead, the mic likely will not pick up any noise. Unfortunately, that's what you'll probably need to do in lot of cases anyway, because the M often has to hunt for focus when you change subjects.

I'd strongly recommend using Magic Lantern (a freeware firmware hack) with this camera as it adds several enhancements, including the ability to raise the bitrate of video (I've been able to increase it to 2.8x without disabling audio at 1080p/24 and 30fps using a SanDisk Extreme 32G 45MB/S SDHC card). Magic Lantern's "focus peaking" and "magic zoom" functions are also invaluable in evaluating proper focus.


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