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CGrieves said:
I've found my EOS-M (and X-E2) work fine with long, heavy lenses- I just rest the lens on my forward hand. It's short, heavy lenses that feel more unnatural because the small body means you don't have the leverage with the rear hand.
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Even in that respect, you are simply holding the lens rather the the camera. Unless the lens is very short, but then it's not going to be that heavy.
 

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Three manual Pentax K mount lenses, found along with a mint LX while clearing out my dear departed Dad's stuff. Bought some Fuji X adaptors and the 35-70 is surprisingly good. Haven't really tried the 75-150 yet. Cheers Dad....

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King4aDay said:
And there is why the EOS-M has never made much sense to me :p
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My EOS-M is used 99% exclusively with the 22mm pancake lens on it, and the combo is excruciatingly good for the size/price and fits in a jacket pocket. It's one of my best purchases of the last 12 months to be honest!

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rG-tom said:
My EOS-M is used 99% exclusively with the 22mm pancake lens on it, and the combo is excruciatingly good for the size/price and fits in a jacket pocket. It's one of my best purchases of the last 12 months to be honest!

EOS-M and 22mm pancake:

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Totally agree my m lives with the 22mm while the kit lens gathers dust it is a lovely little combo and like you say silly cheap at the price. I almost consider it a fixed lens camera I haven't even picked up an eos adapter yet!
 

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The kit lens isnt actually all that bad! Far better than the ef-s 18-55, and the IS is great for video. I tend to take if I'm going somewhere for a long weekend and can't be fussed with my 5DmkIII
 

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Yep the 14mm is £289, the Sony is a lot more. I wouldn't be using it at anything other than 16mm which is a fair bit narrower than 14mm as well. Shame its not a 14-24 or something.
 

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CGrieves said:
In price definitely!

Not used the FE, but the UWA Samyangs are establishing themselves as the de-facto bang/buck Astrophotography lenses. My 12mm f2 is the best £230 I've ever spent on camera gear.
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I've got the Samyang 14mm on a D800. It is a good little lens for the money, but a Zeiss zoom I'd expect to be optically superior and able to control flare etc better due to the superior coatings. If you need 14mm the Samyang is a lot of performance for little money.
 
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