Canon EOS M mirror-less camera becomes official!

Even the folks from Canon Philippines were surprised with the announcement of the company’s new mirror-less camera, the Canon EOS M.

In a short meeting this afternoon, we talked to someone from Canon PH about the rumored EOS M mirrorless camera when it was revealed that the official announcement was today (we reported about the rumor a couple of days ago).

Canon EOS M specs:
18-megapixel CMOS sensor
APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm)
Digic 5 processor
ISO 100 to 12800 (25600 with boost)
1/4000 sec to 60s shutter speed
4.3 fps continuous shoot
Full HD 1080p video recording @ 30fps
HD 720 video @ 60fps
1.6x focal length multiplier
Canon EF-M mount
31-point autofocus system
Movie Servo AF
3-inch Clear View II TFT LCD display
SD/SDHC/SDXC card

The EOS M comes with a touchscreen LCD, an optional (external) mini-flash, Speedlite 90EX.

The EOS-M mount is also compatible with existing Canon EOS EF and EF-S lenses so if you already own a Canon dSLR, this won’t be a problem.

The Canon EOS-M will retail for $800PHP 46,948INR 67,800EUR 762CNY 5,823 with the 22mm kit lens and $850PHP 49,883INR 72,037EUR 809CNY 6,187 with the 18-55m m kit lens. At these price points, the EOS-M will definitely eat into the market of the EOS 1100D and even the Canon G-series. It will be available in silver, white, black and red.

The local office will release the EOS-M in the Philippines sometime in September.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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3 Comments

Ric says:

12 years ago

Hi, just curious, based on dpreview.com:

“It’s based around a new ‘EF-M’ lens mount, and two matched lenses will be available at launch: the EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM zoom, and the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM ‘pancake’ prime. But it’s still very much part of the EOS system, and all of the company’s existing EF and EF-S SLR lenses can be used via the co-announced ‘Mount adapter EF-EOS M’.”

You mentioned that EF/EF-S lenses are compatible but failed to say that it will need an adapter to mount them.

Anyway, this is exciting. I may consider buying this, if I have money and it’s not priced too high! :D
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ronald delos santos says:

12 years ago

at last canon finally joined the mirrorless bandwagon. can’t wait to buy one! you need a mount adapter to mount ef, efs lenses which will sell for $200. just hope that this will be better than the mirrorless made by the other major brand which turned out to be a mediocre! hehehe!
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