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

TheRogue
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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.

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@RobertTheFat wrote:

@Waddizzle wrote:

@Peter wrote:

A bug with the new M5. 1-3 seconds delay when using flash in manual mode and manual focus.


Cannot speak for the M5, but my M3 has a much longer flash recharge time than my T5.  I have never measured it, but I did test it when I first bouight the camera.  It was about 5-10 seconds between shots.


They're probably trying to minimize the peak load on the battery, always a concern with an EVF camera. But you'd use an external flash anyway, wouldn't you?


External flash, internal flash, same thing happens. Easy way is to check:

1/100 sec, f/4, ISO 1600, manual focus and lens cap on compared with 1/100 sec, f/4, ISO 1600, manual focus and lens cap on and flash turned on. Same OS in M5 and M3, so the lens cap test will also work with the M3.

Not often I take pictures with flash in dark environment, but it happens. For example here:
https://kameratrollet.se/2015/09/16/inuti-varn-1512/
https://kameratrollet.se/2015/11/01/observationsvarn-1514/

 

Maybe works in this light condition:
https://kameratrollet.se/2013/07/01/modellbild-med-kanticha-chumma/

It is not the sunlight that hits her but the light from a speedlite.

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