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Canon EOS M vs. the mirrorless camera competition

2012-07-23T14:00:13-04:00

Canon EOS M

Canon's long-awaited mirrorless camera is here in the form of the EOS M, but by waiting so long to announce the camera the company gave its competitors a lot of time to build mirrorless cameras of their own. And build they did: from Sony's NEX line to the thriving Micro Four Thirds ecosystem, there are plenty of solid options out there for buyers looking for a shooter that puts a big sensor in a small package. Check out the comparison below to figure out which mirrorless camera is the one for you.

William Savona contributed to this story.

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Canon EOS M hands-on preview (video)

2012-07-23T04:45:35-04:00

Gallery Photo: Canon EOS M hands-on

At Canon's EOS M launch event in Minato Ward, Tokyo - just around the corner from Sony's headquarters - the world's largest camera maker is giving 500 or so members of the press their first look at its new mirrorless camera. Like Sony's NEX offerings, the EOS M has a large, APS-C-sized sensor, and is fully compatible with its manufacturer's back catalog of lenses via an add-on adapter. Today, we got a chance to put the camera through its paces a little bit with the two EF-M mount lenses it's launching with (the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom and the 22mm f/2 pancake) as well as with a few of the company's more renowned EF lenses like the 24-70mm f/2. …

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Canon’s EOS M arrives: a $799.99 APS-C mirrorless camera competitor

2012-07-23T00:00:10-04:00

Gallery Photo: Canon EOS M press pictures

Nikon has the J1 and V1, Sony has the NEX line, and Olympus and Panasonic share the Micro Four Thirds spec. Canon's been conspicuously absent from the list of mirrorless camera manufacturers for a long time, but the company's finally thrown its hat into the ring. After a number of informative leaks, Canon officially announced the EOS M today, a new camera combining an APS-C sensor, broad lens support, and a body that could hide inside most other cameras with those specs.

Broadly speaking, the EOS M is just a repackaged Rebel T4i - it shares nearly all its specs with Canon's entry-level DSLR. It has an 18-megapixel APS-C sensor, the same as the …

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Canon EOS M mirrorless camera revealed in leaked photos

2012-07-20T02:52:54-04:00

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There's no doubt that mirrorless cameras are on the up, but one company's been conspicuously late to the party - the world's largest DSLR maker, Canon. That's set to change soon if rumors are to be believed, as an image of a camera called the EOS M has sprung up on Japanese site Digicame Info, which claims it came straight from a retailer. The camera looks to use a new lens mount called EF-M, and is pictured with a 22mm f/2 STM macro lens.

The all-important sensor size remains unclear. Canon Watch's sources claim the EOS M will employ an APS-C sensor, but it's possible that Canon could reuse the slightly smaller 1.5-inch chip found in the G1 X …

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Canon patent reveals 18-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens for use with mirrorless cameras

2012-02-20T11:51:47-05:00

Gallery Photo: Canon PowerShot G1 X review pictures

It's no secret that Canon wants to get into the mirrorless camera game, but a little bit of evidence popped up that points to a Canon-designed 18-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens meant for a mirrorless camera systems. This evidence comes from Japanese blog Egami, which has details of a Canon patent for the lens in question. With an APS-C size sensor, this would translate to approximately 29-70mm focal length for lenses using a standard 35mm-sized sensor. While it would be great to see a Canon mirrorless camera arrive sooner than later, this lens patent doesn't mean anything is necessarily imminent - it looks like this patent was filed back in 2010, so it …

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