Canon hascompletely failedat mirrorless cameras . Meanwhile , competitors like Olympus and Sony have both embraced and stand out at the data formatting , which gives you DSLR quality images in a significantly smaller , and mirror - gratuitous body . canyon has pine . Last class iteven dragged it ’s feeton afford American audiences a taste at its newest mirrorless attempts . The Canon EOS M3 arrived in the US calendar month after it was harbinger and available overseas . The new Canon EOS M5 will not wait so long .

useable in November 2016 , the EOS M5 look like Canon ’s first serious attempt at stepping into the ringing Olympus and Sony dominate . Though it still embraces Canon ’s EF - M lens data formatting instead of the popular micro four - thirds data formatting used by many competition .

The unexampled mirrorless television camera ’s most exciting feature is it Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus , which lastly desexualise our biggest outlet with previous Canon mirrorless cameras : they ’re slow to focus . Dual Pixel CMOS AF is is the same autofocus system Canon has in the prosumer Canon 70D ( and new Canon 80D ) , and it is lightning tight . The EOS M5 variation also has 49 - focus points , which will make it perfect for shooting sports , pets , and small children .

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In summation to a major ( on paper ) improvement to autofocus , the EOS M5 also fits an adjustable touchscreen on the back , a flash , and an electronic view finder . It shoots picture too , but just 1080p — not 4K.

The APS - C sensor is similar , again , to those line up in the 70D and 80D. But the television camera is much smaller . also much little . The dead body alone is less than a pound ( 15.1 oz ) . The 80D weighed in at 1.4 pounds . And while the 70D ( 4.14 x 5.47 x 3.09 inches ) was over three inches marvellous , the EOS M5 ( 4.6 x 3.5 x 2.4 inch ) comes in well under 3 column inch .

Top pass eye and a lilliputian build are n’t inexpensive at a glance . The body alone will retail for $ 1000 . That ’s the same prices as the 70D and $ 200 less than the 80D. So if you ’ve been coveting one the yr ’s safe mid - range DSLRs and wished it was smaller and lighter than get unrestrained . Canon ’s latest mirrorless seems to have you covered . If Canon still has you wary than check out Olympus OM - five hundred E - M5 . It ’s a little smaller , and lighter . It will , however , want Canon ’s harebrained 49 autofocus point .

William Duplessie

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