The Canon EOS M5 is a digital
mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera announced by
Canon
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on September 15, 2016, and released in November 2016.
As with all of the Canon EOS M series cameras, the M5 uses the
Canon EF-M lens mount
The Canon EF-M lens mount, introduced in 2012, is a derivative of the Canon EF lens mount designed for use with the Canon EOS M mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. The EF-M lens mount is one of Canon's two new systems for mirrorless cameras, t ...
. With the EF-EOS M adapter, any other
Canon EF lens mount
The EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens. Mechanically, it ...
or
Canon EF-S lens mount
The Canon EF-S lens mount is a derivative of the EF lens mount created for a subset of Canon digital single-lens reflex cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. It was released in 2003. Cameras with the EF-S mount are backward compatible with the ...
lens can be used.
The M5 is the first M series camera with an integrated electronic viewfinder. The screen is tiltable and can be articulated downwards, so that a vlogger can see themselves in the screen.
Key features
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Canon EF-M lens mount
The Canon EF-M lens mount, introduced in 2012, is a derivative of the Canon EF lens mount designed for use with the Canon EOS M mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. The EF-M lens mount is one of Canon's two new systems for mirrorless cameras, t ...
*24.2 megapixel dual-pixel,
APS-C,
CMOS sensor
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. The same sensor is used in the
Canon EOS 80D.
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ISO
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100 – 25600
*Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus
*1.62M-dot
articulating touchscreen
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*2.36-million dot OLED built-in
electronic viewfinder
An electronic viewfinder (EVF) is a camera viewfinder where the image captured by the lens is displayed on a small screen (usually LCD or OLED) which the photographer can look through when composing their shot. It differs from a live preview ...
(EVF). The EOS M5 is the first Canon mirrorless with a built-in electronic viewfinder.
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DIGIC 7 processor
See also
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Canon EOS M
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Canon EOS M2
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Canon EOS M3
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Canon EOS M6
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Canon EOS M10
The Canon EOS M10 is a digital mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera first announced by Canon Inc. on October 13, 2015. It was replaced by the Canon EOS M100.
Design
The EOS M10 is an interchangeable lens camera that uses the Canon EF-M le ...
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Canon EOS M50
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Canon EOS M100
References
External links
Canon EOS M site
Canon EF-M-mount cameras
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