Canon EOS M5 body (1279C002)

Together with the EOS M5, Canon has finally managed to take its rightful place in the mirrorless squad, because the previous generations of this family, in a number of ways, did not reach the title of serious photography tools.

Developed ergonomics

A great many controls are dispersed around the perimeter of a well-built camera body: a drum for selecting shooting modes, a trinity of scroll disks (one of them can be used both to change ISO settings and to adjust white balance), as well as numerous programmable buttons. To top it off, on the back of the camera is a 3.2-inch touch screen that flips out to the selfie position. You can look at the shooting process not only on the screen — in the arsenal of the Canon EOS M5 there is a viewfinder with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels.

Family ties

The camera uses a 24MP image sensor found on the Canon EOS 77D and Canon EOS 80D mid-range DSLRs. With mirror counterparts, the model also has in common with the implemented Dual Pixel AF focus system, which provides quick focus in Live View and when shooting video. In the video recording mode (FullHD, 60 fps), the user has access to 5-axis electronic image stabilization, which works in tandem with an optical stub on board a small fleet of lenses for the Canon EF-M system.

Winning combination

The camera "shoots" a series of 25 frames in JPEG or 15 RAW images at up to 9 fps(with focus locked), which is quite enough for shooting dynamic scenes. Canon EOS M5 deserves special praise for being equipped with a full range of wireless data transmission modules (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and NFC). In the bottom line, the model combines high image quality (like the vaunted DSLRs) and compact body size, which makes it a suitable solution for every day for advanced amateur photographers.