Canon EOS M review

Canon's smaller alternative to an SLR

Canon EOS M
Canon's first compact system camera debuts the new EF-M mount.

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Colours straight from the Canon EOS M are bright and punchy, with skin tones showing pleasant natural tones.

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Using the 22mm pancake lens is a good option for a variety of different subjects and makes the overall size of the system small.

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Images taken at very high sensitivities (such as ISO 6400 in this shot) show a good level of noise control while also maintaining plenty of detail.

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The Canon EOS M's large sensor (APS-C sized) means you can achieve creative shallow depth of field effects.

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Grainy B/W Creative Effect mode produces some nice results, it especially suits portraits of men.

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The M's automatic white balance system has coped well with this indoor scene.

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The 18-55mm lens has created a beautiful bokeh effect in the background.

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Another graphic Grainy B/W Creative effect shot. It's a shame these filter can't be applied with raw and JPEG files.

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There's bags of detail in this ISO 100 JPEG image.

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The Evaluative metering has responded as we would expect to the very bright sky and underexposed the foreground as little.

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Using the Landscape Picture Style has boosted the greens and blues in this image and made the distant hills look sunlit even though the sun was behind the clouds.

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Despite shooting in a shaded woodland, the M produced a warm image whether the auto white balance or Daylight white balance settings was used for this scene.

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Colours are generally pleasantly saturated, but natural direct from the camera.

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Another Grainy B/W image.