First image of the Canon 18-55mm lens for the new mirrorless camera (it means it’s an APS-C sensor camera!)
On top you can see the first picture ever posted of the new 18-55mm lens for the new Canon EOS M mirrorless system camera. It is also a confirmation that we are talking about a mirrorless camera with APS-C sensor.
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P.S: More pictures here (Click on them to view the full size version).
Ryan
11 months ago |I dont know what to think about it right at this point in time. This particular model seems to be an entry level model. So I have no interest in it at all. But i am happy to see that Canon has finally released something. I am praying that this has on sensor PDAF. If it doesnt then its just another NEX…..If it does im sure I will be purchasing the next model that has more controls.
If they release a 30mm-35mm F2 as well, I’ll be all over this.
Mitch
11 months ago |Anyone notice this 18-55 looks SHOCKINGLY similar to Sony’s E-mount, I’d call this photoshop’d.
32332321
11 months ago |you clueless jerks call evertyhing photoshoped….
jun
11 months ago |Please be nice
Sahaja
11 months ago |Do now Canon is copying Sony? – Perhaps they should copy Sony’s sensors too.
Nah
11 months ago |No IBIS, image stabilization in lens
ronald
11 months ago |in body IS… is for idiots.
Ash
11 months ago |Hey now, that is averyrude comment.
You wouldn’t saying bad things about in-body image-stabilization if you had some nice legacy lenses to use on a mirrorless camera.
dlanor
11 months ago |in lens IS… is for morons.
beavis
11 months ago |1)IBIS is not as fluent as optical stabilization.
2)IBIS is not necessary for good photographer or cinematographer, it´s a consumer thing.
Ross
11 months ago |I don’t know what world you dream in, but I know the 5 axis IBIS on the OM-D is no consumer thing, but a very effective tool with all lenses used on it. We don’t all go around with a tripod in our pockets & to pretend professionals don’t need it is shear ignorance or an arrogant bias.
Miroslav
11 months ago |Image stabilization is image stabilization regardless of whether it is achieved by moving a sensor or lens element. Its effectiveness depends on the actual system, not on the type. Any image stabilization is better than none and whether you need it depends on your style of photography. Between lugging a tripod or using IS, I choose IS, YMMV.
Yes, it wasn’t around 40 years ago and people still made photos, but the same case is with the Internet, yet I’m not going to reject it because my father did not use it in the seventies.
Jon R
11 months ago |I was kind of hoping that there would be IBIS. It’s helpful for using primes that typically don’t have IS built-in.
Tanglefoot
11 months ago |Meh. If that sensor is really APSC then that makes the camera pretty large compared to the Sony NEX cameras. That 18-55 looks to be a similar size to the Sony one so, as long as Sony get their act together & release more lenses (small primes/pancakes in particular), I don’t really see that the Canon is going to set the world alight….
So… Bigger than the NEX, I’d be suprised if it has a better sensor than the NEX, uglier than the NEX… unless it is substantially cheaper than the NEX then I wouldn’t give it much thought if I was in the market for such a camera, especially if Sony get more/better lenses out there soon. I’m willing to bet it will be more pricey than the equivalent NEX too…
Yes I’m sure plenty of sheeple will buy this camera purely because it has the canon name on it but I think Canon are relying on their name to sell cameras too much without much innovation… Just look at the plight of Nokia to see how once dominant companies in a particular tech market can fall from grace so quickly & so far…
Will
11 months ago |But that’s the whole problem with the NEX, it’s a freaking awesome camera, but the lenses are the worst in history, there’s little to no selection and it’s a bad joke after all this time.
Canon on the other hand will probably pump out a few great lenses within a year or two and be competing against M43 for superior optics. So in effect, this could be the perfect merger of both worlds, those that can’t seem to get over the fact that m43 is not APS-C and those that can’t get over the fact that NEX has terrible lenses and line up.
Though this first iteration looks extremely budget.
Gabriel
11 months ago |My two cents
same aps-c sensor than the latest 650D and same tactile screen. i hope mic input and price around 800$ or less, Canon can resuse their sensor, screen and digic processor to cut the price if they want to. And they even produce the all mighty 18~55 zoom that everyone wants
MIroslav
11 months ago |Since the wheel around shutter button is supposed to imitate mode dial, I suppose the camera has a touchscreen.
APS-C is definitely good news – it probably means EOS M has 650D sensor with both CD and PD autofocus. Also, EF-S lenses should be fully usable on this one, although for that a larger body with grip would be much better.
Being able to make 22mm F2 pancake shows that Canon has wisely chosen flange distance and has gone the Samsung way, so lens size won’t be sacrificed to make camera as thin as possible – which is the case with Sony NEX.
The 18-55mm lens has “image stabilization” written on it, so there’ll be no IBIS, which was expected of Canon anyway. For me, that is a deal breaker, so good luck to Canon with their system…
Ash
11 months ago |The whole thing looks like a NEX-3 clone, right down to the lenses.
Maybe that is because they share the same sensor size and are designed to be as small as possible.
HereNow
11 months ago |Image Stabilization is clearly visible on lens, look more carefully. Obviously no body IS.
mochap
11 months ago |Yes to this camera:(comparing with NEX)
The 22mm pancake looks not bad. At least Sony never knows making a right lens for the snap user. 22mm f/2 as a 35mm equivalent lens is quite lovely for P&S. I have NEX with 16mm f/2.8 and always find the IQ is really suck at large aperture still I shrink it to f/8. The hotshoe really a gift for serious shooting. I can adopt some general flashes in single or multi flashes
No to this camera:(comparing with NEX)
No swivel LCD and simplified buttons just makes this camera have a hard life. I know it is a strategy to differentiate the product of not being overlap the intermediate product. However, that’s always a contradictory to make a product “less popular”.
But honestly. I prefer to deal with Canon’s jpg and RAW rather than NEX. NEX never let you save a higher quality jpg that is acceptable.
I may have this first Canon EOS-M w/22mm lens for less than USD 700
l'Ours
11 months ago |Although it’s cheaper to manufacture than a SLR, I bet there will be more expensive than 1100D!
Atlasman
11 months ago |It appears that their initial offering is aimed at the entry-level.
As an owner of L glass, I would have preferred something that could challenge the Olympus E-M5. What I see so far doesn’t look to have the right stuff.
But as they say, you can’t judge a book by it’s cover.
Dave
11 months ago |It’s huuuuge! What happened to all the pancakes?