Deal of the Day: Canon EOS M5 – $479, EOS M6 – $379 (refurbished at Canon Store)

Canon Eos M5 Mark Ii Mirrorless

The Canon Store has refurbished Canon EOS M5 and EOS M6 cameras on sale at a very hot price. Refurbished gear from the Canon Store is certified by Canon and comes with 1 year Canon USA warranty.

Both cameras are expected to be replaced in 2019, as we reported.

Always check the refurbished gear listings at the Canon Store. This is the place where the best deals on Canon gear are hiding, and waiting to be found. Please note: stock availability comes and goes. What’s not in stock today may be tomorrow.

Canon EOS M5 Bundle With PIXMA Pro-100 Printer on sale at $589

Canon Eos M5

Canon EOS M5 at a glance:

  • 24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 7 Image Processor
  • 2.36m-Dot EVF, Touch and Drag AF Control
  • 3.2″ 1.62m-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
  • Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 60 fps
  • Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC, Bluetooth
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  • Up to 9 fps Shooting and ISO 25600
  • Digital IS 5-Axis Image Stabilization

B&H Photo has the Canon EOS M5 bundled with Canon PIXMA Pro-100 printer on sale at $588.99 after $450 instant discount and $350 mail-in rebate (instructions). In addition you get 50 sheets of Canon photo paper for free (worth $50).


More selected and exclusive deals…

Canon Store offers up to $350 savings on select refurbished gear for Presidents’ Day

Canon EOS 80D
Refurbished Canon EOS 80D bodies on sale at $799.20

To celebrate Presidents’ Day, the Canon Direct Store has discounts up to $350 on select refurbished cameras and lenses and PowerShot cameras

Some examples of the gear on offer with discounts:.

Be sure to check the full listing of the discounted gear before the best deals are over. Refurbished gear from the Canon Store is certified by Canon and comes with 1 year Canon USA warranty.

Always check the refurbished gear listings at the Canon Store. This is the place where the best deals on Canon gear are hiding, and waiting to be found. Please note: stock availability comes and goes. What’s not in stock today may be tomorrow.

Today’s Gold Box and one day only deals at Amazon USAmazon DEAmazon UKB&H Photo, eBayAdorama.

Canon recognised for six IF Design Awards 2018 (EOS 5D Mark IV, M5, 70-30mm IS II, more)

iF Design Award 2018Canon got six iF Design Awards 2018. And produced the shortest press release I ever saw coming from Canon.

Canon got iF Design Awards for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (), the EOS M5 (), the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II lens (), PIXMA G series printers (), i-SENSYS Laser MFP series (), and for radiology products ().

Canon press release:

Canon designs recognised with internationally renowned iF Design Awards for 24th consecutive year

London, UK, 14 February 2018 – Canon, world leader in imaging solutions, announced today that six Canon designs were recognised by iF International Forum Design GmbH and received prestigious 2018 iF Design Awards.

Established in 1953, the iF Design Awards are recognised as one of the most prestigious awards within the field of design, with outstanding industrial designs chosen from all over the world. This year, 6,402 entries from 54 countries and regions were judged by internationally renowned design experts across seven categories. These included product, packaging, communication, interior architecture, professional concept, service design/UX and architecture.

This year marks Canon’s 24th consecutive year of winning iF Design Awards. Encouraged by the recognition of the company’s design excellence, Canon will continue striving to realise products that combine the highest levels of performance and design.

iF Design Award 2018

Canon EOS M5 greater than the sum of the parts (and better engineered than Sony A6xx), Thom Hogan states

Canon Eos M5 Mark Ii Mirrorless

Canon EOS M5 at a glance:

  • 24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 7 Image Processor
  • 2.36m-Dot EVF, Touch and Drag AF Control
  • 3.2″ 1.62m-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
  • Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 60 fps
  • Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC, Bluetooth Smart
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  • Up to 9 fps Shooting and ISO 25600
  • Digital IS 5-Axis Image Stabilization

Nikon shooter Thom Hogan posted his thoughts about the photo gear of 2017.

He has a positive opinion about the Canon EOS M5 (specs & price), and what he has to say about is something I second:

The Sony cameras tend to be technical wizards. That Sony packs all that they do in the little A6xxx bodies is remarkable, but that isn’t without consequences. We’ve had heat issues at times. The offset EVF makes for a strange and awkward hold on such a small body. We’ve got Sony’s Tiny Buttons to deal with again […]

Meanwhile, Canon made the smallest DSLR you’ve ever seen. It holds like a DSLR, it shoots like a DSLR (even has a DSLR sensor), and it is controlled like a DSLR. They just put the already small SL2 into a shrink ray machine, tweaked a couple of things, and ended up with what has to be the smallest APS-C camera that handles well.

No, the focus speed isn’t Sony wiz-fast. No, the frame rates aren’t Sony wiz-fast. No, the deep shadows aren’t Sony wiz-post processable. No, there isn’t 4K video. No, no, no.

And yet, the M5 is an example of where the sum of the parts is greater than the sum of the parts, while the Sony A6xxx bodies tend to be the sum of the parts coming up as  less than the sum of the parts […]

What Thom Hogan is saying is that the EOS M5 is better thought, designed and engineered than Sony’s A6xx cameras [specs & price] . He also points to the major issue Canon’s EOS M system has: the lack of quality lenses. Learn more about Thom Hogan here.

I own an EOS M3, not M5. I had a chance to play around with an EOS M5 for a few days. I was impressed by the ergonomics and had a lot of fun using it. It delivers DSLR image quality, no need to discuss that. It may have taken Canon a long time to jump on the mirrorless bandwagon, but with the EOS M5 Canon again showed that when they decide to make something they make it for good.

Canon EOS M5: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Deal: Refurbished Canon EOS M5 at $748.99 (reg. $929)

eos m5

Canon EOS M5 at a glance:

  • 24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 7 Image Processor
  • 2.36m-Dot EVF, Touch and Drag AF Control
  • 3.2″ 1.62m-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
  • Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 60 fps
  • Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC, Bluetooth
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  • Up to 9 fps Shooting and ISO 25600
  • Digital IS 5-Axis Image Stabilization

The Canon Direct Store has refurbished Canon EOS M5 bodies in stock at $748.99. Compare at $929. Refurbished gear from the Canon Store is reliable and has 1 year Canon USA warranty. Stock will likely not last forever.