Canon EOS-M Hands-On Preview

The first thing you notice about the Canon EOS-M when you pick it up is how compact it is, the second is it's rather plain, but functional styling, with a basic design on the back of the camera, it is very similar to other compact Canon Powershot cameras, such as the Canon Powershot S100.



With the 22mm EF-M lens the camera system is quite compact, and would be almost pocketable (depending on course of the size of your pockets), but with the 18-55mm kit-zoom lens, the camera is rather more chunky and suffers from the same fate as other mirrorless camera with large zoom lenses, where you tend to lose the size advantage.



We plan to review the camera when available, and with the same or similar APS-C sized sensor as the Canon EOS 650D we expect image quality to be impressive.

Canon EOS-M Hands-On Photos of Equipment

Canon EOS-M Specifications

Manufacturer	Canon
Image Sensor
	CCD pixels	18Mp (Megapixels)
	Pixels (W)	5184
	Pixels (H)	3456
	Sensor Type	CMOS
	Sensor Size	APS-C
	Sensor Size (width)	22.3mm
	Sensor Size (height)	14.9mm
	Aspect Ratio	3:2
LCD Monitor
	LCD Monitor	3in
	Screen resolution	1,040,000 dots
	Touch Screen	Yes
Focusing
	Focusing modes	Autofocus Face Detection AF Tracking Manual Touch AF
Exposure Control
	Shutter speeds shortest	1/4000sec
	Shutter speeds longest	30sec
	Exp modes	Program Aperture-Priority Shutter-Priority Manual Scene modes Program Variable
	Metering	Centre-weighted - Average ESP Light Metering Centre Spot
	ISO sensitivity	100 - 25600
	White balance	Auto Manual Outdoors/Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent Shade Flash
	Exposure Comp	+/-3
Viewfinder
	Viewfinder Resolution	No Data
Shooting Options
	Continuous shooting	4.3fps
Video
	Movie mode	Yes
	Video Resolution	1920x1080
	Video FPS	30, 25,24
	Stereo Sound	Yes
	Optical Zoom with Video	Yes
Other Features
	Image Stabilisation	No
Interface
	HDMI	Yes
	USB	USB 2
Storage
	Card Type	SD SDHC SDXC
	File Type	RAW JPG RAW + JPG
Power Source
	Battery Type	LP-E12 Lithium Ion
	CIPA Rating	230
Box Contents
	Box Contents	No Data
Dimensions
	Weight	262g
	Width	108.6mm
	Height	66.5mm
	Depth	32.3mm

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