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Boy has this discussion gone way off topic for a while. I also like shooting documentaries with my EOS M1 and thought about what would happen if it could pass the broadcast test. I guess if the movie was compelling enough it wouldn't matter what it was shot on. Parts of Oscar winning docs were shot on iPhones and GoPros. I wanted to comment about all those recommendations for the EOS C100. It is a great documentary camera but it doesn't shoot 4:2:2. You can add an external recorder but then you can also do that with the EOS M, though it isn't really all that practical--you need Magic Lantern for a clean output and the camera's LCD blanks out when an external HDMI monitor is connected. In addition, it doesn't put out a 1920x1080 signal, it is slightly smaller so it needs to be blown up in post. Still, it should work and it would give most of the portability of the M while still delivering an acceptable 4:2:2 signal. There's something to be said about using what you're comfortable with. Of course a C100 with an external recorder would be better and a C300 with or without an external recorder even better. After using a "real" cine camera it might spoil your appetite for DSLR's.

I was looking for some EOS-M focus pixel information and wow, this discussion was quite a find. Though it does look like it turned into a Canon 50D love fest. Respecting the original post--I haven't tried that particular "Focal Reducer / Speed Booster" and have always been envious of the Metabones adapters for just about every camera mount except the EF-M. Thanks for pointing that out BrorSvensson. Searching through ebay also turned up a Canon EF to EF-M "Focal Reducer / Speed Booster" that maintains the lens automation. Looks like Canon's commitment to the "M" line will bring out some more 3rd party adapters. Maybe someone will make a Micro Four Thirds to EF-M adapter that is theoretically feasible? I've been deep into the EOSM focus pixel and shutter-bug issues on the Magic Lantern forum. What is really needed is a very talented programmer with a miserly budget for a camera to come along and fix ML on the EOSM. In the meantime there are workarounds that are actually working quite well. The shutter-bug only affects still photography with EF-M zoom lenses and doesn't show up at all with certain SD cards--like the Sandisk Extreme PRO 32GB UHS-1/U3 SDHC. Focus pixels can be dealt with very effectively in post using various tools. Oh, and jbCinC_12 -- I also tried ML 2 years ago and couldn't get a workable raw workflow but things are continuing to get better even though maxotics may have thrown in the towel when he sold his EOS-M and bought a BMPCC. I've had private conversations with him because I'm working on the the same issues the he has worked on and I too have considered switching cameras but the M has served me quite nicely. In fact I originally bought one just to experiment with ML and eventually get a 5D mark III, a few years later I've got three M's and no Mark III. One last item--jbCinC_12, you mentioned something about a cumbersome correcting on h.264. I have had very good experience with H.264 on the M and am shooting a documentary with lots of EOSM H.264 footage yet don't have any issues with it. Could you elaborate?