Lens mounts · Canon EF-M · Discontinued
Canon EF-M mount: cameras, lenses & what adapts
Canon's APS-C mirrorless mount from 2012 to 2023, now discontinued in favour of RF-S; EF lenses adapt to it with autofocus.
APS-C imaging circle· 18.00mm flange distance· Mirrorless, since 2012
Cameras on Canon EF-M
Every body in the catalogue that takes Canon EF-M lenses, newest first. Prices are the best new price from a UK retailer we track.
Discontinued lens system. Canon EF-M lenses are no longer made new. Bodies and lenses still work and are still sold, but the range will not grow.
Lens range
19 Canon EF-M lenses in the catalogue. Native means made by a company that also makes Canon EF-M bodies; third-party is everyone else.
Best Canon EF-M lenses by genre
Top three per genre from the lens engine, scored on this lens's own format. The same scores you see on each lens page; Gear Builder re-scores them for the exact body you pick.
Flange distance & adapting
A plain adapter is a spacer: it can only add distance between lens and sensor. Glass from a mount with a longer flange distance adapts cleanly onto Canon EF-M; glass from a shorter one needs corrective optics.
- Type
- Mirrorless
- Coverage
- APS-C
- Crop factor
- 1.60×
- Maker
- Canon
- Introduced
- 2012
Lenses you can put on a Canon EF-M body
33 other mounts adapt onto Canon EF-M without corrective glass. Focus and framing only; autofocus and aperture control depend on the adapter.
Adapters we list for Canon EF-M bodies
- Viltrox EF-EOS M Mount Adapter Canon EF lenses · autofocus
- Urth Canon FD Lens Mount to Canon EF-M Camera Mount Canon FD lenses · manual
- Urth M42 Lens Mount to Canon EF-M Camera Mount M42 lenses · manual
- Urth Pentax K Lens Mount to Canon EF-M Camera Mount Pentax K lenses · manual
Where Canon EF-M lenses can go
Current camera mounts that accept Canon EF-M glass: 3 with a plain or thin adapter.
How deep is the Canon EF-M lens range?
The lens-ecosystem scores Camera Match uses when it ranks Canon EF-M bodies for wildlife, sports, portrait, macro, food, architecture and astro. Scored 0–10 from the native lenses buyable new, with the reasoning shown.
Only native telephoto still sold new is EF-M 55-200 (88-320 mm equiv) — nothing native reaches 400 mm equiv; EF telephotos need the EF-EOS M adapter (not counted). Source ↗
Sigma 56 f/1.4 DC DN (90 equiv, f/1.4) is the one qualifying lens still made; Canon's EF-M 32 f/1.4 is 51 mm equiv, too short. Source ↗
EF-M 28 f/3.5 Macro IS STM (1.2×, still sold new by Canon UK), Laowa 65 f/2.8 2× and Laowa 100 f/2.8 2× in EF-M; short working distance on the 28. Source ↗
EF-M 11-22 (17.6-35 equiv) misses the 16 mm line; Laowa 9 f/2.8 Zero-D (14.4 equiv, MF) and Samyang 12 f/2 (19) exist; no shift lens. Source ↗
Samyang 12 f/2 (19 equiv f/2, MF), Laowa 9 f/2.8 Zero-D (14 equiv f/2.8), Sigma 16 f/1.4 DC DN (25.6 equiv, just outside) — MF-only options but astro tolerates that. Source ↗
Batteries, cards & filters for Canon EF-M
The battery models and card types Canon EF-M bodies use, and the most common filter threads on Canon EF-M lenses. Each links to the cameras or lenses that share it and what to buy.
Next step
Lens counts and picks come from the catalogue and the lens engine, so they change as lenses are added. Ecosystem scores are researched per mount with a source and feed Camera Match's lens-range feature. How scoring works · All mounts