EOS-M5 & L Series lenses, plus more.....

[TheRogue]

Hello from the UK

I’ve been a lifelong user of Canon cameras. From the original 35mm EOS cameras and all the way through the transition to digital. It would take an age to list what I have owned and used over 30 odd years. So I will refrain from doing that.

The point of my post and indeed joining the forum. I am looking seriously at the EOS M5, not least because of it being able to use the EF lens range.

My questions are, will the (EF) lenses lose any functionality in being attached to the M5?  AND not least, is the camera capable of utilising the exceptional quality of the L lenses? Obviously the sensor in the M5 is smaller. I’m just toying with with that camera and L lenses. Or wether to stick with the M series lenses and wondered if anyone (more knowledgable than me) had any thoughts?

Thanks guys.
Steve aka The Rogue.

[ebiggs1]

Of the ones I have tried I think that is 'normal' for them.

[Peter]

I suppose it is "normal" for M5.

Anyway, I did a photo job today together with my M5. My Odin flash trigger worked well with the camera. Face tracking with my 50/1,4 worked very well. I only needed to compose and wait for the autofocus to find a face.

[ebiggs1]

Cool!  

[slclick]

If you are looking for an M5 to be your workhorse, you might want to have a very limited and small amount of work coming up. Look, the term 'workhorse' has been thrown around a bit in this thread and I have no idea why some would espouse an entry level body would be specified for such use. I use an M5 along side the 5 series bodies for a compact travel camera. 90% of it's use is with native glass and once in a blue moon I put some L lenses on, primarily the 100L macro because I'm using the 5-10x magnification on a tripod with peaking. The M5 has exceeded my expectations, especially after trying out the Oly Pen F system for a year for travel and being very disappointed in the noise levels above 3200 and the convoluted menu systems. You have to be realistic about the capabilities and limitations for anything. It's a fine camera, not a do it all and certainly not something for specialty uses but very good all around.

[RobertTheFat]

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@slclick wrote:
If you are looking for an M5 to be your workhorse, you might want to have a very limited and small amount of work coming up. Look, the term 'workhorse' has been thrown around a bit in this thread and I have no idea why some would espouse an entry level body would be specified for such use. I use an M5 along side the 5 series bodies for a compact travel camera. 90% of it's use is with native glass and once in a blue moon I put some L lenses on, primarily the 100L macro because I'm using the 5-10x magnification on a tripod with peaking. The M5 has exceeded my expectations, especially after trying out the Oly Pen F system for a year for travel and being very disappointed in the noise levels above 3200 and the convoluted menu systems. You have to be realistic about the capabilities and limitations for anything. It's a fine camera, not a do it all and certainly not something for specialty uses but very good all around.

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This was already a pretty confusing thread a year ago. If your point in resurrecting it is to throw more light on the utility of the M-5, good luck with that.

If, OTOH, it's just your way of introducing yourself by demonstrating how much you know about cameras, we'll "take it under advisement", as the saying goes. (Hint: Your second sentence needs some work.)

[slclick]

So my original reply to you got deleted. I guess you have a lot of pull here, yet that's no replacement for a lack of tact.

[RobertTheFat]

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@slclick wrote:

So my original reply to you got deleted. I guess you have a lot of pull here, yet that's no replacement for a lack of tact.

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No, I don't have any pull here, and I don't care what you say about me. I had nothing to do with deleting your reply, which I never even saw. In any case, I had no desire to offend you. I was just answering in what I took to be the spirit of your original post.

BTW, since you brought it up: You may want to get your "L" lenses out, because there is a blue moon next week - with a total lunar eclipse!

[Stephen]

For what it's worth, we remove replies that don't conform with the FORUM GUIDELINES.

slclick's post was a direct attack on another user, and that's a violation, and used profane language. Continued violations will result in a permenant ban from the forum.

[ebiggs1]

"No, I don't have any pull here,..."

I'm the one with all the 'pull' here.  

[RobertTheFat]

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ebiggs1 wrote:

"No, I don't have any pull here,..."

I'm the one with all the 'pull' here.  

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I'll bet it was you who arranged for the eclipse!