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Once again Gordon demonstrates how a review of a photography product should be done. Thanks Gordon. Thoroughly enjoy your videos and always eagerly wait for the next.

I can confirm, the 16mm lens is amazing

Thanks to sigma, aps c cameras have never been this appealing. You can get professional quality results that rival the full frame cameras/Lenses.

I wish sigma would seriously expand their C lineup of primes it would open up the now more expensive focal lengths to beginners and enthusiasts

Thanks a lot for your hard in illustrating everything i wanted to know, seriously much appreciated

I use the EF-S 50mm F1.8mm (with Canon adaptor) - the lens was £99 new for Amazon, the adapter £60 used. Results are STUNNING!

I got the M50 in February 2019 with 4 native lenses ( 22mm , 28mm , 15-45, 55-200 mm) and bought both sigma’s 16mm and 30 mm for Xmas ; really game changing ! It makes Lens adapting ( ef 50mm ) useless ( even with speedbooster), thank you SIGMA, and thank you for this review ! Definitely buying the 56mm too.

this makes the EF-M mount much more attractive as a EDC system.

About the weather sealing, the Canon EF-M mount doesn’t have it, it’s written all over Sigma’s website, a shame considering this is going at the exact same price as the other mounts. But nonetheless, I got myself a 16mm by the start of this year and been loving it ever since. AF is just like native, build is superb, this really is a dream come true for the EOS M ecosystem Also just finished this video and I should say, this is THE video to go when you want to know what lens to buy for your EOS M camera! Great job!

Nice video as usual. You put a ton of information in there. That 56mm is especially looking interesting as a longer native mount option. Here in the USA they are still holding onto a premium over the e-mount and m4/3rds versions, but I guess that makes sense considering the lack of options and the lenses still being somewhat new in EF-M. It sounds like you might know a thing or two about upcoming Canon equipment, lol.

Excellent video mate! Thanks for the great review!!

I bought both the Canon M6 II and Sigma 56mm after seeing Gordon’s excellent reviews. I have taken many photos (using Servo and Tracking) of large dogs running all out including directly into the camera and lens-with perfect focus. I couldn’t be more pleased with this combination nor with Gordon’s incisive reviews! Cup of coffee on the way. Oh, and I’ll get that book while I’m at it.

i have always loved sigma lenses even on my full size dslrs and crop sensor bodies. I fell in love with them with my first 8-16 ef lens. I ordered all 3 of these primes a few days ago before I even read or watched the first review ... then I found this video which affirmed they are still making awesome lenses at affordable prices. Good day and god bless.

thank you for your test very detail.

Gordon, I’ve owned several Sigma lenses for EOS mount bodies over the years, with the 105mm F1.4 and 50mm F1.4 being the most recent. The thing that turns me off them is the way I find Sigma lenses render colours compared to my EF lenses. I find the Sigma’s quite cold and EF lenses warmer. Did you notice anything like this comparing the 32mm and 30mm lenses?

I've had the 56mm since launch day on the Canon EF-M mount and it has been a truly fantastic lens to work with...as long as you remember to turn on distortion correction for you RAW files or have it enabled in camera for JPEGs....the distortion on the lens is rather odd. I also bought the 16mm lens later in the year and I love it as well...but the Canon 32mm is a photography lens and it thrives in that role. Aside from the autofocus speed and smoothness, the Sigma 30mm is, in my opinion, a vastly inferior lens. The Canon 32mm is an unbelievable photo lens but struggles with video - that should be your deciding factor.

Great review, Gordon. The Sigma lenses are a great addition to the EF-M system, but that Canon 32mm f/1.4 is soooo much sharper than the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, especially wide open. It's pretty useless for vlogging though with that slow AF. Great options available now for the system.

I realize this kit is a few years old now, but the m6mk2 with the sigma 56mm 1.4 is a cinematic beast on a budget and renders wonderful portrait and product photography shots for the price. Without pixel peeping, it would be hard to tell they are budget lenses

Another excellent review and as the owner of several M series bodies, it does open up some interesting possibilities apart from the 'native M' lenses I already own and the 'vintage' FD glass I often use because the camera's manual focusing aides are very good. Although it is possible to mount my EF glass via the adapter, apart from my 70-200 f4 zoom which is a neat combination under certain circumstances, the majority of EF glass is really unusable on such tiny bodies especially if they have 77mm filter threads. For stills I far prefer my DSLRs but for video, mirrorless is obviously far superior so for me, the M series fits the bill. As to the future of the M series, it's hard to predict, as you say right now their (Canon's) main focus is the R bodies and lenses so perhaps they are short on engineering/development resources but I find it odd that they haven't put out a M5/M50 MkII or given that 32 mpx sensor, to a proper 7D MkIII both of which should be relatively easy things to do. Although they seem to be about to launch some 'budget' RF lenses, overall the R series will never be a bargin basement product and there is mileage at the lower end where Canon have always had a presence so, they might have to backtrack a bit once they feel they have a viable R range bodies and glass.

These lenses have made the Canon M cameras totally recommended for vlogging, and specifically m50, m50ii, m6, m6ii, which all have mic inputs as well. M will be around for awhile longer. The m50 and m50ii remain great choices for you tube vloggers even compared with latest small Sony vlog mirrorless.

Thank you for another excellent review!

Thank you, this was very helpful for me.

Once again, Great video! It is interesting ti imagine what Canon think when they read the title of this video

Great review Gordon as always, thank you. Sigma, since Canon is so slow, please make some f2.8 M mount zoom lenses for us.

very helpful review, thank you so much!

Hi Gordon, as always very well presented and informational video by you. Thanks for all the good work. I wasn't aware of the fact that there could be current camera systems out there having just 8 (now 11) native lenses and not even having sensor based IBIS. I can not say anything regarding the 16mm and the 30mm, there are to many good alternatives for those in the MFT world, but the 56mm is a phantastic lens.

Your timing is perfect. I had been pulling my hair out trying to decide on a new camera. Each potential candidate had a huge downside of some sort. For Canon, I was ready to pass on the M6 ii specifically because of the complete lack of lenses available (native or third party). The very few lenses that are available are slow, cheap feeling, etc. As soon as I saw the three Sigma lenses become available, I immediately purchased the M6 ii and the Sigma 16mm f1.4... WOW! The quality is absolutely mind blowing. Instant focus, beautiful blurry backgrounds, wide enough for vlogging, street photography, etc. Close enough focus that I can literally get as close as I want to ANYTHING and it locks on. I'm about to order the 56mm next.

I'm fine with the adapter, but it's great that I'm getting some native options.

I really like the fact you're bc using the M6 ii

Recently purchased the 16mm for my M50. It is fabulous. Super sharp and amazing bokeh. Highly recommended... even though, a little bigger and heavier than one would like, but nothing major.

I own the 56 mm and I am happy with it, it even fits in the jacket pocket on the M6 ii

Very helpful to compare the focus noises on Sigma and Canon Lenses in video mode - thank you !

Thank you for this great, informative video.

Hey Gordon, awesome video! I currently have an M50 and I am considering purchasing either the Sigma 16mm or the Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 or f4 for vlogging/photography for when I go to Japan. I currently have a canon ef 50mm and canon ef-s 10-18mm. Which would you recommend for me to purchase? Also, thanks for all the helpful vids! :D

This superior review was enough for me to reconsider the EF-M (M6 Mk II) system again since I had dismissed it because its glass was not Fuji XF quality. While waiting for the(new) FF EOS R [RS, R5, etc] , to be released prior to CP+ and CES 2020, these options represent great TRAVEL lenses for a light- weight M-system that would compete (for many photographer's interested in a small form-factor), with other light-weight systems for trekking . And, there are always EF/RF adapters when a FF system w/ lenses becomes primary. Gordon, you are more insightful than you're ever given credit.

OMG! It's about time!

I'm thinking of starting a vlog and would also like a light travel camera. I really like everything about the M50 except the lens lineup. Problem solved!

The Canon 32mm is sharper but the motor is slower and louder. Impressive results for 3rd party lenses.. Sigma has nailed it.

Wonderful summation, Good Sir! X

Thanks for the great review. I have been looking for a prime lens for my M50 and Sigma looks like a great deal. I wonder if Tamron will also come out with M compatible lenses. Tamron does have a 18-200 zoom lens but a 50mm difference from the Canon 18-150 isn't that significant. I have all the M zoom lenses but I need a larger aperture prime lens and seem like Sigma has come through.

Woah... it will work with in camera corrections for the M line? Cool!

Very clear and comprehensive.👍

excelnt review , pic and video and focus ..all of it great..good job, i prefer 16mm😍

I bought into the Canon EOS M system around six years ago, and have been very happy it. Canon was the obvious choice for someone with a handful of EF-S lenses, given that there was a free adaptor in the kit I bought. I started with the original body, but upgraded to an M6 mk1 a couple of years ago. Although I have recently moved to full frame with an EOS RP, I keep the EOS M system for air travel because of its compact size and lightness. The EOS M is widely used by vloggers, a testament to the light weight, excellent video performance, and of course Canon's wonderful colour science.

Great lenses. I aim to get them all eventually.

Nice coverage. Really liking the 16mm on this video

Good video Gordon. I'll check out these Sigma lenses.

The Canon-official EF/EFS to EFM adapter costs around $120, but third-party adapters are as low as about $25. I'm using the Meike adapter and as far as I can tell it's functionally identical to Canon's adapter. The other thing to consider, the EF/EFS lenses are _mechanically_ adapted to EFM, but the _protocols_ that interface the lens to the camera are native. The native-mount EFM lenses don't have switches on them, they're controlled through menus, but when the EFS lenses are adapted, the menu settings for things like AF and IS are disabled, at least on my M100, and the camera seems to acknowledge the lens EXIF information and write it to the photo properly. I couldn't tell you if the EFM and EF/EFS use the same protocols, or if the cameras are programmed with both EFM and EF/EFS protocols in order to work with both lens families, but the nature of "adapting" the EF/EFS lenses to EFM is not akin to something like adapting Canon glass to Sony. Canon's mirrorless cameras control the lenses without requiring active electronics in between to translate.

That 16mm realy caught my attention. I really need a fast wide lens and it seems both cheap and good.

Isn't it surprising that Sigma lenses focuses faster and quieter than Canon ones? It was really eye-opening. Thanks Gordon.

alright, I've been convinced. since I already have an m50. the most attractive lense to me after watching this video is the 30mm

having the siggy 100-400mm on my M50 and seeing how sharp it is i will have to take a look at these three, i still like to be able to have the small size kit i can slip in a shoulder bag. one thing that is missing though is a x2 teleconverter for m-m mount. thats one good reason to look at ef mounts now i have an ef adapter, more 'extra' bits to play with.

Another great video! I have all of these lenses for my Sony system and they are incredible indeed. I just picked up the original M6 with the 18-150 lens for 499. That plus my M50 may = me getting this trio of EF-M. Cheers.

First like and comment! Another great video Gordon. Where the link to buy you a coffee again?

Yes!

i love your reviews

Nice review :)

Just ordered the Sigma 16mm for my m50, thanks for the review.

Wish they did a 13mm prime, I want the best landscape prime for my M50 I might settle for the 16mm. Thanks for the review.

Plz help can I use sigma 16 - 1.4 for canon RP

Excellent lenses, great review. EOS M100 user here. Not sure which lens to like the most, maybe the 56mm would be a great addition to my collection.

I‘m wondering whether Sigma can port these lenses to Nikon Z mount (aps-c). I could imagine with the Nikon Z mount being huge it’s not trivial to convert these lenses just like that...

Fine review (as usual from Gordon) :-) Interesting to see that the 30 mm 1.4 for EOS-M is cheaper than the 30mm 1.4 DC HSM Art for EF mount.

Gordon, thanks for the great reviews! I'm learning more about photography and currently use a Canon Powershot G1 from 2007! I know it is old but allows me to configure settings better understand exposure, etc. Two questions. Would you recommend the Canon M50 Mark II as my first step up or the next step, which I believe is the Canon M6 Mark II? Other suggestions? I'm thinking Canon because I'm familiar plus have a speedlight 420 flash. From the video, I feel that if I had one lens to start with, the best all around would be the 30mm Sigma here. Would you agree? Thanks Dan

I hope they will make 70-200mm f2.8 ef-m native mount with image stabilisation

great job

Had two of these lenses/focal lengths on MFT - miss them every day on Fuji X...

What’s a better camera for photography and vlogging? The canon m50 or the canon eos m6 mark ii??

Great video mate nice to see Brighton I was born there now stuck in the US ok so I am want in to look at some product photography with my m5p what lens would you advise I have all adapters if needed and maybe some street shots

That 16mm on my G9 is fantastic

How are they doing on micro-contrast, tonal transmission and depth perception?

Im buying it

so at 4:45 your saying that if i ever decide to switch to sony e mount i could just send the lense to sigma and they could convert it to sony e mount?

Thank you Sigma, now get working on your RF mount lenses please :-) Thanks for the shout out Gordon.

Loving the 16mm. Though may I gently suggest that no one but photographers give a crap about bokeh “blob” specifics. 😉 very good review. Thx!

Hi Gordon, just wanna ask if you exclusively used the M6 mark II on all the photographs you shared in this vid?

Silly Gordon, you don't need a rubber gasket to make a lens weather sealed, you just need the rubber gasket if you want weather sealing for your lens and the body. And who would need to do that? 😜 Nice review as always. 😁

Thank you, will it work on EOS M 200 with out any adaptors?

Does that tape measure include both inches and centimeters? Those are hard to come by around here.

wow, digital stabilization looks really good

awesome comparo, the Sigma threesome really made the EF-M mount quite appealing! Now if only Canon will release an f2.8-4 standard zoom

How’s the purple fringing? What do they call it, chromatic aberration? I’m tempted to get the 30mm for my canon M50 as it sits in a bag all the time lol.

these three lenses saved sony APSC series as well

Samyang make 20 lenses with EOS-M mounts from 8mm up to 300mm. The only possible downside is they are all manual focus, so not ideal for fast moving subjects, or slow moving for that matter. But for landscapes, still life, studio portraits and architecture (they even do a tilt-shift lens) their range is hard to beat, and the build and optical quality for the price makes them an attractive option.

I love my new Sigma 16mm f1.4 ! I got it one week ago ! Do I regret buying the EF-M 32mm instead of Sigma 30mm ? No, the AF is good enough for me. But for sure I will get the Sigma 56mm in the futur and also the Laowa 9mm. I hope to see a good zoom EF-M 100-300 like. Futur will tell. For me the Canon EOS M is the cheapest way to continue my hobby. All the lenses cost less than 500€ each. And I love all of my lenses (or future lenses): Laowa 9mm, Sigma 16mm, EF-M 22mm, EF-M 28mm macro, EF-M 32mm, Sigma 56mm, EF-M 11-22mm, EF-M 18-150mm and I really hope an EF-M 100-300/400. And not to mention the M5 mk 2 with IBIS (may be haha).

Is the Z50 mount too big to adapt these three lenses if Sigma considers to convert them to Nikon Z version?

thanks！

As excited as i am, i will have to wait until everyone has bought one and wait for an in-depth review. The reason why i did not buy the 18-35 1.8 is because of the focusing problems. I just recently fell in love with my Canon 50mm 1.8 because of how accurate it focuses with my M50 compared to my 7D. So I'm really looking forward to these lenses.

Looks like we take the same walk occasionally Gordon, I’ll give the nod if I see you out and about.

I also hope they come out with a X-mount version but if they ever do go that route, I hope they also add an aperture ring. Viltrox is making fast AF lenses at $200-$300 with aperture rings at similar focal lengths... well allegedly, we haven't heard about that in a while.

Thanks for the samples and comparisons! Been looking forward to your take on these lenses and EOS M in general. Now I'm kinda' questioning my purchase of the 32mm. Jk!

between sigma series which one is the sharpest?

how do the 16 and 30mm compare with Canon's own EF-M 22mm f2.0? -- I have the latter, and it's VERY small, and the 2.0 is *just* one full stop off the 1.4s. Is the 16mm worth paying for if I have the Canon already?

Loving the 16mm on my M50. hope more lens becomes EF-M native!

I'm thinking of getting the m6ii because of these sigma primes. Has the 24fps update for the m6ii came out yet?

Worth mentioning too, canon has crippled M50 with only 3 natives lenses registrations so having sigma’s 3 Lenses with embedded lens correction is a must ^^

My 16mm Sigma E mount has the small rubber seal on the edge.

Thanks for the another wonderful vedio with much information. I am about to buy canon m6 mark ii & already I own sigma 18-35 f 1.8 & ef 50 mm f1.8. Any purpose of purchasing sigma 1.4 version of 16,30 or 56mm I expect your reply

Trying to decide between the canon 32mm f1/4 or the sigma 30mm f1/4. Sigma is €350 and the canon €487. Would you say the canon is worth the difference?