Canon EOS M200 review: best BUDGET mirrorless for beginners! 

In-depth review of Canon's new budget mirrorless, the M200! Check prices at B&H: bhpho.to/33gGXX6 Buy Gordon a coffee: www.paypal.me/cameralabs Gordon's In Camera book at Amazon: amzn.to/2n61PfI / Amazon uk: amzn.to/2mBqRVZ Like Cameralabs? Get the T-Shirt: redbubble.com/people/cameralabs/shop 00:49 - Controls, screen, battery, ports 04:13 - autofocus and burst shooting 05:08 - movie mode, vlogging 12:35 - sensor, lenses and photo quality 15:07 - final verdict

Great camera I just bought it yesterday. If you don’t want a big and heavy camera and you’re just switching from phone to camera, this is the best budget entry level camera. Later you buy a 22mm lens for street photography.

Gordon with the best reviews as always. I have been watching him since I bought my first DSLR Nikon D3000 about 10 -11 years ago. Was just a kid back then trying to buy my first DSLR. Now I'm a grown man looking for a simple camera to take photos of my beautiful daughter, and still looking for Gordon for the best reviews. Cheers Gordon!

Just bought it one today, and could feel a bit happier after watching your review.

I'm a novice film photographer but film is becoming so expensive, especially as someone whose still learning the ropes. I was interested in a digital camera and decided to check out this Canon model. Absolutely great video! So thorough and enjoyable to watch. You got my like and follow. Thank you!

2022 and this is the best review I saw for the Canon M200! Thinking of buying my first camera just for hobby and this one seems to be the best choice for budget and weight. I don't pretend to carry a bag with it, so the strap will be my best friend most of the time. Also, your video showed all the functionalities I was searching for, thanks!

Great detailed review! Have been trying to look for the smallest and lightest interchangeable mirrorless. I don't care about vlogging and sick of videos only talking about vlogs. This is great! Coupling this with a Sigma 16mm F1.4, the 30mm F1.4 or the Canon 32mm F1.4, this becomes a little beast - for a small price! Thank you!

Its a great little camera and not just limited to beginners.I've used many cameras including full frame Nikon Dslr's but i still enjoy using the M200.It produces great images,has plenty of useful features for more serious photography and can be adapted to use the full range of Canon ef and ef-s lenses.I've never found the operation of the camera regarding menus etc a problem like some say,its one of the easiest cameras to use out there regardless of whether you are used to traditional mode dials and buttons.The only problem(not really a problem) ive had with mine is that if you leave it on......i tend to leave mine on the five minute setting before it switches off.......if you carry it on a neck strap the settings can change as you walk along and the camera moves against your chest as the touch screen is so sensitive.This is easily solved though by putting the screen in the fully upright position so it doesnt contact your body as you walk about. Overalll its a great little camera and not one just limited to those upgrading from smartphones,it is a very capable machine.....very enjoyable piece of kit to use.

I ordered mine today. It was really my hard earned money so I hope it'll make me happy

Excellent review! This was a real Pro- review and not just an enumeration of features like a lot of others do only to tell the viewer how great and excellent this camera is. I was really surprised about all the disadvanteges of the 4K mode. For me this mode is not only "less usable" than other cameras but nearly "unusable" (but you also said something similiar later). It's a pity, really. Btw.: just ordered your book. :-)

The lack of external mic input is a deal breaker for me, unfortunately. Looks like I'll be going to with the Sony ZV-1. Thanks for the video!

This is the review I've been looking for! Thank you, this was a huge help! Keep up the good work👌🏾😊

Another great review from Gordon. You know a reviewer is good when you watch his reviews of cameras you're not even interested in LOL. The M200 does look like a great little camera for someone on a tight budget.

NO Mic input and NO USB charging on a 2019 interchangeable lens camera. Canon still doesn’t see the relationship between crippling cameras and declining sales.

Wow you need to teach me how to not be afraid of filming myself in public 😂

Excellent review. Exactly, the review I was searching for and finally found. Especially the end with regard to alternative older models. Cheers!

Great review, I'm a noob looking for a decent budget camera and this made it easy for me to understand what this can actually do visually without too much technobabble, and I live in Brighton, so I can see exactly how good it will represent things!

I got m100 couple weeks ago for 130€ with kit lens. I love it! The best camera for hiking - but 2 batteries are needed compared to my previous 5d ii.

It seems like a good product. I do like the 200D that you showed, especially as it takes EF/EF-S lenses without an adaptor.

Hello Gordon! Great channel! Subscribed! I'm totally new to cameras, I use iphone for my videos but I would like to upgrade to something a little better. Would Canon M200 be good for the work I do? I mainly do nail videos and need a lot of close up work. Would the lens that comes with the camera work? PS. Enjoy your coffee :))

best Vlogger camera period. best overall youtuber camera goes to the SL2 or M50

The thing I like the most about the M200 is the knock on effect it's had on M100 prices. You can get the M100 with kit lens for £329, or with two lenses for £399!

I just bought my first ever camera and I’m so grateful for this video! Thank you!!

Always a relief to see that nothing is as smooth as the panny/oly in a walking vlog test. Heres hoping you'll test the em5iii soon.

I just bought this camera & im delighted to come across your review on it, very informative compared to others, enjoyed watching it too, thanks

The best thing this adds is the AWB-W white balance. This means the automatic white balance produces neutral colors even in artificial light. M50 has also it.

With the EF-M 22mm f2 lens becomes a great street photography set-up!

Are you in Brighton? My daughter went twice last year while doing her music career and the beach scenery looks like pictures she brought back. Great review by the way. Do you think this camera is better than the Canon G7x Mark ll. I have the Canon G7x Mark ll and the Canon M50. I was thinking this one would fit somewhere in between. Would I be right or wrong?

I'm using this for my photography class because I'm too lazy to get up and get mine. Thank you! 😂😭

Great video! I'm about to buy this one at Walmart today as it's on sale. I had 1 questions though... At 05:10 - Why does your Max. rec time decrease as the video quality increases? I thought I read that the clip duration on the M200 was 30 min?

A great review of the m200, Gordon. I have the m100 with an EF-M 22mm lens. It's my go to street photography camera.

who cares about mic input and usb charging, all i need is to make some dope ass videos with this sick quality.. thanks for the review, liked :)

Can you compare this with canon g7x mark iii as side by side shot comparison especially on night mode?

Thanks for the video, looks like it's going to be a nice upgrade from my phone camera! Ended up ordering one of these from Costco for £450 with a spare battery & SD Card.

Thanks Gordon, so it’s an m100 software update which adds 4K. Still 1080 60fps is 10 minutes, I hoped this was solved as the m100 tempt to overheat after shooting a while in 60fps. Having the m100, not going for the update as it’s my 2nd camera, thanks for the great review 🙏🏻👍🏻

it sounds like the M100 is a better complement for my DSLR.

As a former EOS 650D owner. This is a good startover as I feel that getting back the same camera is a burden and I need a smaller equivalent of the EOS xxxD subline. I may consider this or a successor in the near future

This review definitely tipped the scales for me to buy an M200 to start off. Aiming to get the EF-M 32mm lens next. Thank you for the review

Best camera reviews on RU-vid. 🙏

Excellent review, Gordon. You are among the very best camera reviewers out there! I am a big fan of the Canon EF-M cameras. I have the M6 Mk II and it is the best camera I have owned since the old Contax G2 rangefinder. I have been so tempted to get the M200 since it can be used as a camera for RU-vid and Zoom and a whole lot of other video streaming apps. But it doesn't have a microphone input jack nor a native video output via USB C (you can use the Canon EOS webcam utility to unlock this feature for Mac or Windows). So this had made me re-think what I really want, a travel mirrorless camera or a better webcam? I think I want the latter, and there are a bunch of USB-C powered webcams coming from companies like Obsbot.

nice review, this is one of the more informative reviews I have watched for the M200 :)

Since 2002 has introduced only 8 EF-M lenses. Just three of them are prime and only one is really bright. Canon isn't really enthusiastic with EOS-M cameras and lenses but still support them. Canon is focused in RF mount. In less than two years Canon has introduced 8 RF-mount lenses and much more are coming soon. Panasonic and Olympus micro 4/3 mount was introduced in in 2008, Sony e-mount in 2010, Samsung NX mount in 2010, Nikon 1-mount in 2011, Pentax Q mount in 2011 and Canon EF-M mount was introduced in 2012. Canon was very hesitant and the last to join the mirrorless technology. I don't see a bright future of EF-M cameras and lenses. Canon is focused more in the new RF mount. Probably in a few years the EF-M mount will have the destiny of NX mount, 1-mount and Q mount. It would be more wise for Canon to introduce APS-C RF mount cameras like Nikon with Z mount.

Haď mine a couple of weeks and like it so far. Light, great images. It may lack some settings and a hot shoe but it perfect for what I shoot.

It has clean HDMI which makes it superior for streamers over the M100 and M50.

I got mine last month! I love it so far!

Not too bad. I’m not sure this is a better option than my M50, but for a super small mirrorless I can see this doing ok.

Its little bit difference between M 100 ....Upgraded with Digic, eye tracking some functions. Well I said It is good for bloging and light weght For traveling. Thank you canon.

Damn, no microphone jack. That's a deal breaker :(

Would you recommend this for nightlife photography? I want a camera that takes good quality photos under low light with flash

Great review! I literally just bought this camera and I am so excited to use it.

I kindly request information on two aspects of this camera: 1. Can the camera's angle be displayed on the screen, indicating whether it is parallel to the ground? If there is a visual indicator, such as a bar or meter (leveller), to determine the camera's alignment. 2. The frame rate the videos are recorded is constant or variable? Thank you in anticipation.

You will get TWICE the amount of detail in 1080p by shooting at 50 or 60fps with the M200 - 24, 25 and 30p are really mushy. The missing mic jack is no big deal. Buy a stand alone Zoom H1n mic if you need better sound, and mount it on a little bracket along with the camera. The internal mic preamps on all the M series cameras are not very good. Go with the Zoom, or something similar, if you want decent audio. If you know how to use it, this is a decent video camera, and it can also take excellent photographs with the right lens!

Hello Gordon! Thank you so much for the best review ever! I just got my EOS M200 and I’m going to use it for vlogging. I wonder if you can do a video or explain to me in the comment on how I should set my camera settings for vloggs? I don’t underst cameras so well and I’m in need of a helping hand.. Than you ans great channel!!

Instead of this I recommend a6000. With godox x1ts trigger and godox tt685s flash you can do off camera flash photography as the professionals.

Since Gordon does the best Canon reviews , I hope Canon pays him for his trouble. I'll bet Canon gets loads of sales on the back of his reviews. Thanks Gordon!

Why do they not make the main "take" button switch between photo and video when you select these modes, surely that would remove the problem with finding the record button if you are not looking at he back of the camera, also with the remote pug in.

So close. No mic input and vari angle touch screen. No hot shoe. This could have been best low price vlogging camera. For what I would do. Wonder why dual pixel is not in 4K? A used M50 might be. Ha! My SL-2 is still safe. Great review as always Gordon!

Initially I wanted to get EOS M50 Mark II but ended with EOS M200 which I just bought today...I also bought the adapter in case I want to change to my other lenses...

Great video. I think I’ll pick this one up. I do plan on using it as a stills camera, for some pro work. For years I have used a Canon T3 I. I know I’ll have to get the adapter for all of my lenses. Should be fun.Thank you again

I'm buying this for ultralight backpacking to bring instead of my heavy 5DIV

Thank you so much. I just bought this camera. Still wait for arriving. I will see, but I gonna use yours advices :) Before I used 800d, but I am not a professional I taking pictures just for my self and want to try mirrorless camera. And my Huawei P30 pro taking good pictures as well 😁

Nice video again Gordon. Pardon my ignorance on this but what are the benefits of a mechanical shutter over an electronic shutter? I would have thought that using a purely electronic shutter would simply trash anything mechanical, but I have a really strong feeling that I am going to be "educated" - I am probably missing something obvious but I am not quite sure what. Amazingly compact camera until you actually put an half decent lens on it then you may as well try and fit a DSLR in your pocket.

Not a bad little ILC but I'm holding out to see more reviews of the Fuji X-A7. It seems promising with what I have seen so far and I have a ton of Fuji Lenses. Do you have the X-A7 on your docket for a full review? Thanks for another great review. Keep up the great work. Cheers.

Yes sir thanks very much for this very helping video.. you deserve for this vlogging for a high subscriber because this is realy nice work and deep review.. thanks for this video sir.. GODBLESS you

Great video, thanks! I’m giving small form factor a try and going with this camera.

Thanks for the review my friend. Helped me out quite a bit. I JUST ordered one for myself....as this crappy built im camera on this chomebook is TERRRRRRRRIBLE!!!! :D I know ABSOLUTELY ZERO about cameras, so I hope I will be able to actually record a video and figure out how to post it to RU-vid!! It's not hard is it????? lol

How is the autofocus now in 2023? Any firmware updates fixing some of the negatives?

I really like this camera and wanna pull the trigger on one off the used market, but the overheating is making me hesitant, what do you think?

I currently have a Sony a and I’m looking to get a new one finally do you recommend this one for me or the G7x?

for video which is better, m200 or m50?

Excellent review. It is as if you are reading the viewer's mind. Thanks!

Hi, Thanks for the great review and preview photos, you are one of those who convinced me to purchase this product, but sorry, just another piece of information, but do you think that in manual mode, with ISO set, you can't change the exposure of the camera? If instead I set ISO Auto, then the exposure can be changed manually. Is this thing normal? A thousand thanks!

It’s great but the lack of mic hookup and the cropped 4K and lack of high frame rate kinda put me off

There's still no rubber grip on the front which is a shame. The M100 isn't comfortable to hold, always feels like it will slip out of your hand. Just a bit of rubber like on the G7X is all it would have taken. I still find it a good camera for videoing over a bench though and for the price it's good. The touch focus controls are very useful and I couldn't do without them and that's coming from someone who doesn't particularly like touch screen operated devices.

Hi Gordon. Nice job and thanks for the review! I found a new M200 for about 399€. Do you think it's worth it for the price? thx

Is there a way to set manual focus with a click of a button like on lumix cameras ?

Nikon 3500 or canon m200? Which one is better? Priority photography. Please reply 🙏

Hey Mr. Gordan good morning by the way ! I wanted to ask you what is a good choice for indoor and outdoor vlogging camera that I should with cause I have been looking everywhere for mics attach and good 4k quality?

Thanks for the video. the dynamic range is kinda dissapointing, i was expecting better for a sensor that big

Hello, does the camera support microphone placement, thank you

As usual Thanks for a great review.👍😊

Wow this could be an addition to my photography gear or an "on the go" camera

The audio sucks it's always sounding windy I have this camera the volume only goes to 10 it's not that loud

great review! i’ve been researching cameras for myself and this is super thorough and well stated. what were the lenses you switched to at 13:55?☺️

I want to be able to shoot live content and want that blur effect. In addition take great photos for my blog.

Hi, Gordon! Would this camera be a good choice for someone that uses a webcam (1080p@30) for videos/streaming and wants to upgrade for something better. Worth the price or with a little more money I can get something better? (M50 is 3k more than M200 in my currency hahah) It has a clean output hdmi right? If I plug this to a capture card on my PC I can get clean image without camera information on the screen? Want to take pics when going out and videos at 1080p@60 Thanks

Does the M200 have any sort of custom color profile options? I know canons at this price point don't come with C-LOG for grading, but perhaps comes with a neutral or more dull profile to correct inside of post-production? Thanks!

Since there no place to put a mic is there a way in the settings for video to not make it sound like you’re far away

Great review! Can you install cinestyle on this ?

great review many thanks! I just won this camera in competition, will be great light addition for 1dx and 5dmk3 heavy bricks :)) sounds cute little gadget, just need to buy 2n'd battery

Would you recommend this for real estate photography and videography? Also, can you use an external mic? I plan on using a Rode.

Great review as always! Thank you!

Heya, Im split between this and the fujifilm xt 200...Im looking for a a competent camara for photos but more for videos 4k etc. Would you have a preference? Thank you

So filming 4K the longest I can get is a 7 minute video? I was going to purchase on Amazon but some reviews say the camera overheats and shuts off after a few minutes of filming in 4K? My Nikon filming in 1080 gets me 30 minutes which is what I need 15 minimum. Does time length significantly drop with 4K?

Enjoy your coffee & thanks for another great review . I love the Canon M50 & this camera also . Do you think Canon will remove the record limit from their cameras with a software update ?

Im not a camera guy or a vlogger, i just love taking photos specially when travelling.. In terms of photo quality and auto focus which is better m200 or g7x mii? Thanks

Would this be a good camera if I wanted to vlog and also do sit down videos ?

Hey gordon, superb review. I just need to know if there is any difference in photo and video quality in comparison to m50??

Gordon, was that a Star Trek Discovery tshirt you were wearing....?

Hey I really like your platform thank you for sharing but you look good in 4k I didn't see any blur or anything I think it work good in 4k for you I don't know is the crop factor was slightly different but it still look good are you sure did thank you for sharing this video