I finally got to take out my new toy this weekend.  I’ve recently purchased a Canon EOS M, with a new mirrorless, interchangable lens. It has the same APS-C size sensor as in Canon’s other non full frame DSLR cameras, but is such a small camera compared to a DSLR.  It has no view finder, so you have to work with the touch screen.  But what a touch screen!  It is as fast and responsive as a smart phone; very easy to use, and very useful.  Maybe not quite as quick as the 2 dial system on my 40D, but still pretty good.

I’d taken some shots here in town, and they seemed very nice.  This weekend we decided to take a trip to the desert.  If this new camera could handle the kind of landscapes out in Anza Borrego, it could handle anything.  A couple of caveats, however, I  didn’t bring a tripod and I didn’t try to use Auto Exposure bracketing.  Instead I took  a lot of landscape and people shots.  I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.  There was enough data in the shots that doing a single shot HDR in Photomatix worked fine.

The specific location was Borrego Mountain Wash in Anza Borrego State Park.  This was a new slot canyon for me.  I enjoyed it quite a bit.  Being Southern California, it didn’t have the wild colors you’ll find in Utah.  But it was still a beautiful spot.  For the full gallery, click here.  ~ Randy