List of Canon EF-M lenses

01/03/2023

• Addition of :
  • Meike : Meike 25mm f/2.0 Manual Focus Wide Angle and the Meike 10mm f/2 MF M
  • 7Artisans : 7artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 II, 7artisans 35mm f/1.2 II, 7Artisans 35mm f/1.4 and the 7Artisans 55mm f/1.4 II
  • TTArtisan : TTArtisan 23mm f/1.4 M, TTArtisan APS-C 50mm f/0.95 M, TTArtisan 50mm f/2 M and the TTArtisan APS-C 50mm f/2 M
  • Laowa : Laowa Argus 33mm f/0.95 CF APO and the Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie X
  • Samyang : Samyang 85mm f/1.8 Manual Focus
  • Bower : Bower 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS
  • Kipon : KIPON Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 Mark III
  • Neewer : Neewer 35mm f/1.7
  • Lensbaby : Lensbaby Sol 22mm f/3.5 MFT, Lensbaby Velvet 28mm f/2.5 MFT, Lensbabay Trio 28mm f/3.5 MFT, Lensbaby Burnside 35mm f/2.8 MFT, Lensbaby Sol 45mm f/3.5 MFT, Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f/1.6 MFT, Lensbabay Velvet 85mm f/1.8 MFT, Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Edge 35 Optic MFT, Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Edge 50 Optic MFT, Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Edge 80 Optic MFT, Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Sweet 35 MFT, Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Sweet 50 Optic MFT, Lensbaby Composer Pro II with Sweet 80 Optic MFT

07/11/2022

• Addition of Meike 7.5mm f/2.8 MF, Meike 50mm f/0.95, TTArtisan 7.5mm f/2 APS-C Fisheye, Meike 12mm f/2 MF

12/02/2021

• Addition of 7Artisans lenses : TTArtisan APS-C 40mm f/2.8 Macro, 7artisans 50mm f/0.95, 7artisans 60mm f/2.8 II V2 Macro and 7Artisans 25mm f/0.95
• Addition of the Pergear 10mm f/5.6 Pancake Fisheye

06/27/2021

• Addition of the TTArtisan 17mm f/1.4, a bright wide-angle manual focus lens

01/23/2020 :

• Addition of Meike lenses : 6-11mm f/3.5 Fisheye, Meike 6.5mm f/2 Fisheye and Meike 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye,
• Addition of TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4, a nice bright prime lens to create shallow depth of field for example for portrait photography,
• Addition of 7Artisan lenses: 7Artisan 18mm f/6.3 UFO Lens, 7Artisan 35mm f/0.95 and 7Artisan 60mm f/2.8 Macro,
• Addition of the three Viltrox lenses for EF-M with f/1.4 aperture: the 23mm, 33mm and 56mm.
• Addition of Opteka lenses: 6.5mm f/2 Circular Fisheye, 12mm f/2.8, 28mm f/2.8, 35mm f/1.7, 50mm f/2.

Canon only offers a few EF-M lenses. For those wondering, you’ll be able to use Canon EF lenses (first designed for Full Frame cameras) on your Canon M body. But usually, lenses will be heavier, bigger and more expensive. So, what about these lenses? There is a few zoom lenses and 3 primes lenses.

• Only one wide angle Canon lens is available for now: the Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM. From what I heard, this Stm lens is actually very good. The only downside is the amount of vignetting you’ll get when shooting at 11mm and wide open. The build quality is actually very good, and this is one of the best lenses for capturing wide angle of view – for example in landscape photography. Considering the current low price, you can’t be disappointed with this lens,
• If you’re buying a Canon M body, chances are you’ll get the Canon EF-M 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM as a kit lens. It’s not the best lens ever but it will do the job if you begin in photography. The Canon EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM offers already a better image quality, but the focal range isn’t as wide,
• If you’re looking for versatility, the Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM could be perfect for you. This “long lens” offers the equivalence to a 28-240mm lens on a 24×36 body. This is already enough to do some wildlife or close-up shots. In my opinion and from what I read, this Canon lens is better than the Tamron Di III 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 VC, the only lens you can currently compare it with,
• The Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM is a great small pancake lens. The sharpness is already impressive at the center wide open, and even borders are quite good. Only the extreme borders are soft at this aperture. At f/4, everything will clearly improve. As the Canon 11-22mm lens, vignetting is the main issue on this lens at max aperture. If you’re interested in this focal length, have a look at the new Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 M. It’s a great lens, with a good AF, and better handling of vignetting (the Viltrox is better at f/1.4 than the Canon at f/2 on this matter). Regarding sharpness, it seems as good as the Canon 22mm, or even better in the corners. Think about it!
• The Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM is the only Canon macro EF-M lens offered, and it has a great reputation,
• The Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM also has a good reputation. If you’re hesitating, you may consider the Viltrox AF 33mm f/1.4 M, which is half the price of the Canon,
• Finally, regarding telephoto lenses, Canon only offers the Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM. If you want something better, you won’t have much choice and will have to go for a Canon EF lenses for Full Frame.

Canon lenses are great, but Sigma also offers (for now) 3 lenses with auto focus, with an f/1.4 maximum aperture and at a cheaper price. With these 3 bright lenses, you’re going to be able to use fast shutter speed without increasing too much ISO’s.

• The Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN is a very wide-angle lens with an overall very good build quality (though it’s not a small one). Equivalent to a “24mm” full format lens, this is a bright lens offering a very decent quality wide open at f/1.4, but the corners quality does fall apart. Stopping to f/2.8 will improve sharpness across the image field. Whether soft corners at max aperture is important for you or not will depend on your practice. I wouldn’t recommend it for astrophotography, it won’t really matter for shallow depth-of-field scenes (for example for street photography). For the price (400$), it’s overall a great Price/Performance ratio,
• The Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN is in direct competition with the Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM, which is of very good quality. From all the tests I’ve read, both lenses has quite the same image quality, the Canon being slightly sharper at full aperture. But the Sigma is being cheaper than the Canon, it could be a better deal overall,
• The Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN is also a great lens to consider in the already very busy 50mm range, as it does exist as many autofocus lenses as manual ones. This 56mm, greatly built, delivers very good quality at f/1.4 and an outstanding one on the image field already at f/2. The bokeh is renowned to be very good and you could easily blur your background. There are a little bit of vignetting and distortion, but nothing to be afraid of as it can be corrected in post-production.

Note that this 3 lenses are also available for Sony E, Micro four thirds (m4/3) and Canon EF-M mounts.

To my knowledge, Laowa currently offers only three manual focus optics:

• The Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye is really a very special lens. This compact lens allows to take pictures with a 210° angle of view (almost behind it then). From the tests I could read, image quality is quite good, especially if you close the aperture a stop or two. Chromatic aberrations are however quite often visible (at the edge of the image). Having an ultra-short focusing distance (8cm), this lens will allow you to take very original pictures. With a close composition to the subject, you will see the world differently,
• The Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D is an ultra wide angle lens rather well reputed as well. The quality of construction is considered to be very good. It is quite simply the lens with the widest field of view for the Canon EF-M mount. Full aperture images are considered to be very good, but quite soft at the edges and corners. Closing at f/4 improves the overall picture. However, there is a very strong vignetting (-4EV) at full aperture, and distortion is almost non-existent.
• Finally, Laowa offers the 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO, another manual focus one. Everything I’ve read about it was nothing but good stuff. The construction quality is very good, and the image quality is just extraordinary, even at full aperture (although the corners are a bit less good). You won’t really find an equivalent macro lens in terms of focal length for the Canon EF-M mount. Its price remains excellent for a lens of this quality. If you want to get into macro photography, this is clearly the lens I recommend, without hesitation!

Not to be confused with the 7artisans 35mm f/1.2, the Chinese brand TTArtisan offers a single prime large aperture lens, the TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4. This lens is suitable for portrait photographers, as well as for street or close-up photography. Tests obviously show (for this price) that it does have some optical defects: important vignetting at full aperture, important coma, flare/ghost also present. The image quality remains decent in the center at full aperture, but edges and corners are really very soft. If you want to improve sharpness in the center, you will have to close at f/4-5.6 but the corners won’t improve though too much. Also, I don’t particularly recommend this lens for landscape and/or architectural photography. However, the quality of the out-of-focus area is reputed to be very good, soft bokeh and allowing, with this large f/1.4 maximum aperture, to capture beautiful details highlighted. If your budget is limited, this manual focus lens remains a good choice for less than 100$. You don’t take a big risk here!

I recently added on this page the three Viltrox lenses, which made some noise as soon as they were released! What can I say about them then? First, the three of them will be perfect for low-light photography thanks to their f/1.4 aperture. You will be able to create really nice bokeh with them.

• From what I read, the Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 M is a pretty good lens, especially for such a low price. The center performance is decent at full aperture (f/1.4) but borders and corners are far behind, and quite weak actually. The sharpness improves everywhere at f/2.8 and the sweet spot is around f/4-f/5.6. There is nothing to complain about vignetting, distortion or chromatic aberration. The build quality is considered to be good and the lens comes with a petal-shaped lens hood, made of metal. To sum-up this is a pretty good AF lens for only 350€,
• We could almost write the same thing about the Viltrox AF 33mm f/1.4 M than we did for the lens just before. It has great build quality, good AF, center is quite good at maximum aperture but borders/corners are clearly soft. Everything improves at f/2.8, even contrast. From the price (half of the Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM), I would say you can’t go wrong with this Viltrox lens,
• Finally, Viltrox released a nice lens for portrait: the Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.4 M. Once again, it seems that this lens is quite good and you’ll get your money’s worth! You don’t have any lens like this from Canon and it will directly compete with the Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN | Contemporary.