Personally, I had almost every single EOS-M camera…
Many good points in the article! One observation is that it’s written from the perspective of a ‘gear head’, which makes it very appropriate for CR but perhaps less relevant in terms of the market.
If someone is driving a 2016 Honda and it’s time for them to buy a new car, many will just go to their local Honda dealer and end up buying a 2023/2024 model. There’s no ‘transition’, it’s simply a matter of buying the current version of what they’re already familiar with.
Those of us who are heavily invested in gear, with multiple bodies and lenses, do care about such things. We're a small fraction of Canon's customer base.
Before anyone suggests that there are only 1.6 lenses per camera, that's correct – but how many users purchased more than one camera body over the 11 years the EOS-M system was out?
Probably some. But how many of those just bought the additional M body (or bodies) with the kit lens? When I bought my M6, I got the 15-45 with it. When I bought my M6II, I got the 15-45 + EVF kit because it was <$100 more than the body only. For many early adopters (M/M2/M3), the 15-45 that was bundled with bodies starting in 2016 (the M3 launched with an M18-55 kit) offered a wider angle in a smaller and lighter package. Before anyone brings up the switch to a plastic mount, that's something that probably only us gear-heads really notice or care about.
I've always known that this was going to be a problem for Canon, I wrote about it a lot on CanonNews – and yeah, it's still a problem.
Is it, though? Looking at BCN's top 10 sellers for the past few months, the R50 (both colors) and R10 have been there consistently as dual lens kits. So APS-C R bodies seem to be selling just fine, simply taking the place of the M50 as Canon's best-selling cameras (at least, in Japan). So while you may perceive this as a 'problem for Canon', I suggest it's more of a problem for you, me and others who are invested in the M system but not a problem for Canon, at all.
That all being said – which EOS-M camera and lenses were your favorite kit? Mine was certainly the EOS-M M6 Mark II and the EF-M 18-150, 11-22 and 32mm. It was also a modified camera to take both infrared and color images.
I like both the M6II and the M6 (though I still have an M2, as well). My most-used lenses are the M11-22 and M18-150. A prior post of yours reignited my flirtation with IR, and I should have my converted M6 back from Kolari in a few days. I went with full spectrum and a diverse set of filters – UV bandpass filter, five IR long pass filters, the 'blue IR' dual bandpass, and the broad-spectrum IR Chrome filter (I recall wanting to try Aerochrome in the 80's but never getting a chance). I also got the UV/IR cut filter that replicates the hot mirror that Kolari replaced with clear glass in the conversion process.
