Canon EOS M6

Canon may dominate the DSLR market, but its range of mirrorless models has made far less impact. Can the EOS M6 change its fortunes?

- Daniel Lezano

CANON DOMINATES THE digital SLR  market, with a very healthy 50% or more share of sales, so it's no surprise it left it longer than most to introduce a mirrorless model, the EOS M, in 2012. Since then, it has released further models at a slow but steady pace in an attempt to carve itself a slice of this relatively new and growing sector of the camera market. It's fair to say that it's not had as much success with its EOS M-series as it would have hoped for, producing compact models that while good in their own right, haven't matched the quality of its rivals.

The EOS M6 joins a mirrorless range currently made up of the flagship (£1,050) EOS M5 and entry-level (£430) EOS M3 and (£295) EOS M10 models. As is the norm, it shares features from models immediately above and below it in the range. Aimed at advanced amateurs and enthusiasts, it also hopes to tempt EOS M3 and M10 owners to upgrade, while offering an alternative to DSLRs for those in need of a more compact yet well-specified camera. In terms of general specification, the Canon DSLR it's most similar to is the EOS 77D.