The M5 is saved by Canon’s digital imaging prowess, because once you learn to navigate its faults, you can create really beautiful images with it. And with the M5, Canon has finally laid a decent foundation for developing a more attractive, exciting, and feature-rich mirrorless cameras. Now the question is simply: how fast does Canon want to build?
Our editors hand-pick these products using a variety of criteria: they might be direct competitors targeting the same market segment, or they could be devices that are similar in size, performance, or feature sets.
There's much to like about Canon's little EOS M5. The 24MP APS-C sensor delivers images with bags of detail, while the polished handling, including a well thought-out control layout that's brilliantly integrated with the touchscreen interface, makes it...
On paper, the M5 looks like a mini-EOS 80D; however, that's not quite the case. The built-in electronic viewfinder, the additional controls, and 7 fps burst with continuous AF (9 fps with AF locked) are all welcome additions. Taken together with the...
The Best Prosumer camera is…Given how well the Nikon D500 performed in last year's test, this was a much closer result than we expected. However, the Fujifilm X-T2 consistently turned in better images with better detail and less noise in all the...
We SayThe EOS M5 really opens up the SLR-versus-mirrorless debate. Many people like electronic viewfinders because they show the image exactly as the camera will capture it, but others prefer the visual clarity of an optical viewfinder. The M5 is tiny,...
There's a lot to like in the Canon EOS M5. It combines the controllability of a DSLR with the smaller size and weight of a mirrorless camera. It doesn't displace the Sony A6000 as our editor's pick for mirrorless camera, though, as it is more expensive,...
The EOS M5 really opens up the SLR-versus-mirrorless debate. Many people like electronic viewfinders because they show the image exactly as the camera will capture it, but others prefer the visual clarity of an optical viewfinder. The M5 is tiny, where...
It's something of a running joke in the photography world that Canon and Nikon, the two biggest camera companies in the world, have missed the boat on the interchangeable lens mirrorless camera trend. Over the past few years competitors like Sony and...
Yes, if you are looking for a smaller take-anywhere camera that takes great photos, especially Canon DSLR owners who want familiar controls and official support for your existing lenses (note that the EOS M Mount adapter costs $200). Otherwise, you may...
If you are an existing Canon user and have a stash of EF or EF-S lenses, the M5 should be highly considered, granted that you can use these optics with an adapter with full AF and aperture control.•Leonard Goh is a photography instructor and a...
The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV builds on the proven design of its popular 4-year-old predecessor, the 5D Mark III, upgrading just about every aspect of its performance, which all adds up to a much better, yet still familiar, all-round camera for stills and...
The EOS M5 has plenty going for it. Shooting smooth, properly focused video is incredibly easy, and the new 24MP sensor has made great strides in overall image quality. Dual Pixel autofocus makes for faster, more precise focusing and really makes the M5...
On the whole the EOS M5 is a nice little addition to the mirrorless camera market, although we feel it's the camera Canon should have delivered when it launched the EOS M3 almost two years ago. In many respects, the EOS M is a saga of missed...