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The Canon EOS M2 MIGHT Not Be Coming to the US

Chris Gampat
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12/04/2013
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Last Updated on 12/04/2013 by Chris Gampat

Canon EOS M2

Recently, Canon announced their EOS M2 camera; but made it a Japan exclusive. Quite literally, lots of folks in the press (and many of us were chatting about this yesterday here in NYC) were wondering why it hasn’t been announced in the US yet.

Canon Rumors is stating that after contacting Canon USA, the company has no plans on bringing it US of A. Quite literally, they were told that there are no plans to bring it in. After we read about the announcement, we contacted Canon as well but we were told, “At this time, we have no plans to announce in the U.S.”

Canon EOS M2

All of the messages seem very synchronized; but it could mean that the camera might be coming at another point in time. Engadget believes that we might see it at CES, but we haven’t heard anything hinting at that announcement yet. Additionally, Canon usually updates their point and shoot line at CES. It’s very rare for us to see an ILC of some sort unless they plan on putting out a new Rebel.

At the moment, the EOS M has a very steep discount as it did previously this year. While the company has updated its autofocus system in the camera, it still very much feels like the bastard child of the mirrorless camera world. With Canon and Nikon dominating in DSLR sales (and lots of people not knowing jack about how good mirrorless cameras actually are) the DSLR moniker will still be the more profitable route for the company accompanied with the least expenses.

Nikon’s 1 series cameras, on the other hand, sell like hot cakes because of the marketing behind them and the fact that they are directly aimed at the point and shoot crowd.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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