Canon EOS M3 Mirrorless Camera Kit with EF-M 18-55mm Image Stabilization (IS) STM Lens – Wi-Fi Enabled (White)
Canon EOS M3 Mirrorless Camera Kit with EF-M 18-55mm Image Stabilization (IS) STM Lens – Wi-Fi Enabled (White)
- 24.2 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor, ISO 100-12800 (expandable to H: 25600) and DIGIC 6 Image Processor can help capture photos and videos with stunning detail even in challenging lighting situations
- Hybrid CMOS AF III helps provide fast and accurate focusing for stills and videos
- Front Dial and Exposure Compensation Dial help provide full manual control and offer customizable functions as well as improved operability and ease of use
- Create Full HD 1920×1080 movies at 24p and 30p in MP4 format with ease using manual movie control
- Intuitive touch screen 3.0 tilt-type (180° up/45° down) LCD monitor (approximately 1,040,000 dots) can be perfect for selfies and allows for quick focusing and shooting, easy menu navigation and simple viewing of images and videos
- Easily transfer images and videos to a compatible smartphone, tablet or Canon Connect Station CS100 device with built-in Wi-Fi and NFC capability, and share on social networking sites or view on an HDTV
- Compatible with EF-M lenses as well as the full line of EF* and EF-S* Lenses (*using Mount Adapter EF-EOS M; not included) and Speedlites for expanded creativity
Designed to inspire, the EOS M3 digital camera brings true EOS performance and image quality to a compact, stylish and elegant package. A pleasure to operate, with the sophistication to create stunning still and moving images, the EOS M3 is an ideal EOS for many applications, such as portraiture, landscape, travel and everything in between. With its large 24.2 megapixel APS-C sized CMOS sensor and DIGIC 6 image processor, the EOS M3 captures high-resolution images and full HD movies suitable for
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A mini camera worthy of Canon!!!,
Let me start with a list of pros and cons of the m3 kit with 18-55mm kit lens.
M3
Pros:
+Low Noise
+Well Built
+Very Small
+Dedicated EV dial
+Grippy handgrip area
+No Moire (great digital processing)
Cons:
-Finicky Menu layout
-Tiny buttons
-Buffer fills up fast when shooting RAW, I can get ~4 shots before I need to wait for the card to write. with a SanDisk Extreme PRO SDSDXPA-064G-X46 SDXC Flash Memory Card with up to 95MB/s
18-55mm Lens
Pros:
+Excellent Sharpness
+Excellent Contrast
+Great Colors
+Small!
Cons
-Chromatic Aberrations everywhere past .5 (half the distance from the center of the lens to the edge of the lens) even stopped down
-Vignetting
-Barrel distortion
-Slightly soft wide open
The autofocus:
In good lighting It is similar to a modern prosumer slr like the 5D maybe slightly faster. With the kit lens in auto mode it always stays focused wherever I point it, very snappy.
With other full size Canon EF lenses it can hunt a bit in auto mode to the point where you want to turn off auto mode and put it into focus on demand mode where you half press the shutter button like any slr. It has a bit more trouble with telephoto lenses, and slower consumer lenses. It slows down slightly indoors but is still of slr speed. Indoors it really needs the infrared focus assist light to be quick, but you have the option to turn off that front red light.
Let’s approach this realistically… Is this camera going to beat a top end slr? Is this lens going to give a $2000 lens a run for it’s money? No.
That all being said, this is an excellent kit for anyone from your pro photog who wants a walk-around body, to a family going on vacation. For it’s size and price it’s a must buy! Some of the greatest photos were not taken on the best equipment, they were taken on small portable cameras. There’s a great adage we pros used to use in the film days: ” f/8 and be there!” Meaning being present for the event is 90% of the photo. This is just like owning a DSLR body in a tiny frame. Great unobtrusive camera. And with the adapter to attach your canon lenses and speedlites this camera has some serious guts to backup your kit in a pinch.
If you want a camera for family or vacation this is the one to get to have amazing pictures! Just set it to full auto and its all the point and shoot you would ever need!
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|Good travel-light camera but needs another iteration or two,
(Edited a month later after returning from my long vacation using the body, see second half below)
I just received this camera and have been prepping two of them for our European vacation. Unlike prior wildlife trips I’ve decided to try traveling light this time. Usually I take the full menagerie (5DM2 body, 6D body, 100-400 4.5-5.6L, 50mm(1.2L), 24-105L, plus backups). So obviously with the M3 I got the adapter so I could bring along one or two of my L lens. My wife will be lugging the M3 with the stock 18-55 M-lens. I will be lugging the M3 with my full-sized 50mm and my 24-105 zoom only. I won’t be bringing along my 100-400. So this review is mainly for folks who have regular glass and are interested in the M3. I’ll edit the review when I get back from the trip, so far this is just initial testing at home and in the yard.
First thing to note is that you won’t be taking pictures as quickly as on a 6D, nor would I expect to be able to. That said, generally speaking, once it gets a focus lock the single-shot shutter button is nice and snappy. The focus lock speed depends on the lens. It is pleasantly quick with the stock lens and the adapted 50mm. In fact, with the 50mm I was very pleased with the very quick focus response! With the 24-105 it is quick about 50% of the time and lags a little 40% of the time and has real problems 10% of the time (runs the gamut or gives up). But for that 90% it is still much faster than a point-and-shoot. With the 100-400 it is quick about 20% of the time and lags a bit 50% of the time and has real problems 30% of the time. As other reviewers have noted, if the focus is already close it tends to be quicker.
The focus, once locked, is essentially perfect and even less error prone with the 50mm at F1.2 than the 6D, so I’m happy in that camp. Manual focusing is possible with zoom mode but not even remotely as easy as the 6D with an S-type focusing screen. But not necessary unless you want to be defocused in an artistic way. Note that “MF Peaking” mode only works with the stock M lens, not with external lens (it can’t figure out when you are manually focusing, it would be nice if they added that feature since it would be easy to detect via the sensor). In anycase, I’m extremely happy with the AF when using the 50mm 1.2L prime.
Continuous AF mode should not be used with any adapted lens, though it almost works ‘ok’ with the 50mm. Driving larger lenses continuously will drain your battery quickly and the sound can be annoying. Similarly, Servo mode doesn’t work all that well with adapted lens because it tends to get confused quite often and can’t track.
Second item… don’t expect to be able to use the built-in flash with a full-sized lens. Theoretically you can tilt it backwards with a small wedge for a 45-90 degree ceiling bounce but it doesn’t seem to have the feature natively. But hey, the M3 has a hot-shoe (but I won’t be bringing my external flash, not with the F1.2 50mm available). You can laugh when you put a real flash on this diminutive camera.
In-camera image-review and storage: Works as expected but I always take pictures in RAW mode and with RAW-only the review doesn’t do any cleanup on the photo and it is fairly difficult to use it to check fine detail or focus. The review looks much better when a JPG is available, so be aware of this and use something like RAW+S2 (RAW+S3 is worthless). Needless to say, nobody in their right mind should be using this camera without at least a 64GB SDXC card (x a couple), and nobody in their right mind should ever use JPG-only storage mode for stills. Always use RAW or RAW+something. I didn’t test movie taking but I’ve found generally that a 400x (speed) card is just fine and it is a waste of money to buy a 1000x or faster card, but YMMV.
ISO operation is pretty much as expected. My one recommendation here is to go into the menu system and reduce the max auto ISO from 6400 to 800 or 1600 for stills, and learn to set the ISO manually when you need to go higher. You will be happier. I usually leave exposure safety-shift turned off for myself and on for my wife. Movies can use higher ISO values. As with most recent sensors, higher ISOs have less noise when more light is available, allowing for quicker shutter times so YMMV. I leave the auto max at 6400 for my wife.
Resolving power using the L lens seems to be down the pixel on this 24Mpix camera, so for vacation shots I don’t think I will have any trouble framing in post-production. I intend to use mostly the high-end 50mm prime for its fine depth of field.
The M3 has a solid feel. The M3 with the 18-55 also has a solid feel though the manual focusing ring is a little rough when moving it (considering that it isn’t mechanical, it shouldn’t be rough). The adapter pushes the L lens out a bit the overall result has a reasonably solid feel to it…
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|Superb build quality, Excellent Image Quality, Top notch AF speed. Highly recommended.,
I acquired an EOS M3 with two lenses 22mm + 18-55mm and EVF from a friend. I went for a walk to China Town (Singapore). I just carried the EOS-M3 and 22mm lens. Here my first impression.
Handling: This combo is awesome. I really enjoyed walking around with this camera in my hand. The build quality is superb. The grip is really good. Does not feel bloated yet is ergo enough. Then again ergo is something which is unique to every individual so please handle in shop before buying
The camera has access to PASM, exposure compensation, 2 rotating controls, and access to most frequently required settings. I never had to dive into the menu settings.For build quality, handling, and access to features, I am highly satisfied. I wanted to travel light and did not bring my tripod with me. So pictures are taken handheld.
Post Processing: I was shooting raw. My lightroom 5.7 was unable to accept this format. My ACDSee Ultimate 8 was also unable to accept this format. Tried updating both software. Still no luck. I tried downloading trial version of lightroom 6. However with their push to go cloud, the process has become frustrating to download a standalone trial version. I opted to download the trial version of ACDSee Ultimate 9. This went smoothly and the software was able to recognize the raw files of EOS M3.
Image Quality: I have been a Canon DSLR user and never understood the bashing it receives for lower DR. I never had any issue in pushing in post processing in either direction. The files from EOS M3 are larger at roughly 30MB per raw file. This did take a toll on my processing speed as I am using my Surface Pro (I am away from home). While it was a bit sluggish to post process, ACDSee nevertheless worked well and did a great job on the files. Now back to EOS M3 Image Quality. It is top notch. I pushed it in both directions to lift shadows as well to recover highlights without any impact or issue. Excellent colour saturation, contrast, sharpness. I cannot find anything to fault it with. It is simply superb and outstanding. Period.
Auto-focus: I found the AF to be very fast, responsive, and accurate. The M3 never hunted, struggled, or missed AF during my entire shooting experience with it. And most of my shooting situation was low light street type of photography yesterday. I am highly satisfied with the AF speed and accuracy.
EVF: . The EVF being an add-on is in my opinion a mistake. I do hope Canon introduces an EOS M with built in EVF. The external one when mounted on the EOS-M3 looks at least to me ridiculous and spoils the entire handling, and looks of this beautiful camera. It keeps getting tangle with other objects in my laptop bag and in general looks like a turtle with a stretched neck. I the only reason I will only use the EVF is in situations where the LCD cannot be viewed (such as on the beach on a bright sunny day). At home when I tried the EVF, it is bright and excellent with good details and resolution. It is a pity that it is an add-on and the two paired together look at least to me totally ugh and the form factor and designer looks goes down south pretty rapidly. Total loss of mojo with the EVF. But hey it is my opinion and please do not flame me for this.
I cannot comment on the battery life or built in flash or the EFM to EF adaptor as I haven’t use it long enough to comment on that. I will update my review at a later date with this information.
The samples at 2048 pixels res outputted at 240 ppi. I am not sure how and whether it will be resized here.
Bottomline: EOS M3 is a superb camera. Loved everything. I do hope there will be an alternative model for people who prefer built in EVF.
Caption 1: Lantern Festival. Also it is 50 years of independence for us here in Singapore so that’s the SG50. This file was pushed in both directions extensively
Caption 2:
Here I focused on the Bike carrier basket and blurred the background lights to give an idea of the bokeh potential for the 22mm f2 lens. I had no trouble trying to focus on the bike carrier at a distance of about two feet. The file was pushed in both directions
Caption 3:
Here I changed the ISO to 200 and put the camera on wall for stability as I was not carrying tripod and set the shutter delay to 2 secs. The file was pushed in both directions in post processing
Thank you for reading.
Update: 1st Nov 2015
The more I use this camera, the more I love it, M3 + 22mm has become my default go-to camera for street photography.
JPG’s: I am shooting JPG’s as I haven’t to Lightroom 6 yet. The JPG’s straight out of the camera are pretty good. I just sharpen a bit. I have set the camera picture style to auto, and enabled the highlight priority. I find the JPG’s have good shadow and highlight details. The exposure is pretty accurate and I seldom have to do manual adjustments.
Battery life: I…
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