I was impressed by the Eos M. The camera itself with the three dedicated lenses is already capable of producing great results and it’s a pity Canon decided to provide only these three lenses. It’s even worse that the prime lenses lineup is not a lineup, there’s only the 22mm F2.0 that showed to be a great perfomer.

Despite all of that the M system is already enough to cover many shooting conditions with a small and inexpensive package.

http://www.riflessifotografici.com/english/test-canon-eos-m-2.html

I just got my EOS M (I'm awaiting a lens adapter to use some of my camera lenses - Canon FD 50mm, M42 and Minolta MD 50mm), and I wanted to know something about the HDMI out: Will it be possible for me to use a LCD monitor - something like a Liliput or the SmallHD monitor, or will it just be used for something like a regular flat screen TV or computer?

Thanks

http://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-M2-review-Incremental-upgrade/Canon-EOS-M2-Versus-Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-GM1-Versus-Olympus-PEN-E-PM2-Competitive-performance-to-MFT

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/samples/eosm2/index.html

People read too much into where cameras are released. You can't find Panasonic GF or GH cameras at BestBuy in the U.S. Sony and Olympus seem want the U.S. retail mirror-less market. Canon will sell these cameras where they'll either make money, or not lose it.

The GOOD NEWS is that Canon hasn't given up on the EOS-M platform. The RAW you can get out of the EOS-M is excellent at 720p. Canon could certainly modify this camera, in the future, to output 720p 24fps, or, in video terms, 4:4:4 quality. ML already does it though the hack isn't completely stable and the post-processing a bit difficult.

I might as well post here a link to my EOS-M RAW shooter's guide

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=8825.msg82944#msg82944

I also created a C# program, which another dev, Joe Jungmann, made super-fast, that interopolates around the focus pixels.

https://bitbucket.org/maxotics/focuspixelfixer

If you're on a budget, have the time, and don't live in the U.S. (so you can get the 11-22mm STM lens), the EOS-M with Magic Lantern, will provide amazing film-like 720p video.

@DrDave

It seems like it was ready long time ago and they wanted to announce it. But in the end management looked at sales of original M and decided to sell only in Japan in small amounts.

It makes perfect sense to me. I've owned a ton of cameras and the EOS-M is a gem. Small. Metal. Manual exposure. Mic in. Magic Lantern. Lens choices. The only thing I would add is a viewfinder for my old eyes. With a viewfinder I believe more people would buy it over the SL1, especially with the new hybrid autofocus (which I assume they'll continue to iprove).

EOS-M2 (mockup?)

http://product.pconline.com.cn/dc/canon/532968.html

A "Walk in the Woods" video that is not dull, even after "grading," (like those posted in the GH3 forum):

I looked for color in the woods, and there was sun. This video was not graded in post, but in-camera settings were made to match what I saw with my eyes - color!