YI M1 Mirrorless / Micro Four Thirds Camera - Early Review - Hands-On at Photokina 2016

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Our hands-on review of the entry-level YI M1 mirrorless camera at Photokina 2016. It has a Micro Four Thirds mount, uses a 20MP sensor and shoots in 4K at 30fps.

[TheChameleon]

Awesome video, and love the fact that you uploaded some sample photo's also because many youtubers forget to do this so thats why you get a thumbs up!

[JevenDovey]

Interesting camera. Would love to try it out.

[groovesme]

Good Video, I hope they let you have a review sample to get some pictures and comparisons.

[fkfelix]

The firm behind this camera is Xiaomi. Yi is their line of products.

[KingStivan]

if the 4k is good and its like 200$ish (body) then it's an-interesting choice even if the video quality and or the iso is not as good as the others .

[KaryaJelata]

wish a xiaomi mirrorles with a7s sensor below $1000

[система_Ниппель]

Привет, ее можно использовать как вэб камеру с картой захвата(стримить)?

[jackb]

so is this the best (complete) camera for this price?

[troyjralph]

That poor tracking and swaying focus is a deal breaker for me. Thank you for the video, great in-depth and precise analysis.

[deeplydeluxe]

Yay! So, apart from the Japanese giants, we also have: Black Magic (AU); Yi (CN); and neo-Polaroid II (US). Any others?

(Personally, I'm hoping that @SIGMA join either M43 or futureproof by licencing the new Fuji G-mount for their future mirrorless cameras.)

[MrHermanKun]

thanks for review, it's so help us. Question: is there any possible to change the lenses with another brand?

[flakeu]

Great video! I just feel this new brand doesn't bring anything new into the m4/3 system. It's clearly targeting the smartphone users who want to get better image quality but not having to deal with many buttons and settings. I just doubt this target audience would be interested to pay that much for an unknown brand.

[evertchin]

Yi is not pronounced as Y-Eye. It is pronounced as yi or yee. The company is a branch of Xiaomi.

[orangemoonglows]

i'd rather get the olympus omd 10 or even one of the oly epl cameras.

[tosvus]

I'm surprised by the price so far - at this point it is not interesting. If they can drop the price and get some interesting android apps for special features not found on other cameras, it could become very interesting though.

[RUS-dvsm]

The company is Xiaomi. Yes, the camera is too expensive, I did not expect Xiaomi to sell their products that expensive + the lack of tilting screen is a big let down.

[notmyname]

this company is killing big names seriously

[xkambing]

the autofocus tracking is superb and garbage..

[ILLRICARDO]

I would not be surprised if the lenses are better than the nasty overpriced Sony e mount lenses.

[nikos-giorgos]

No tilting moon cresta touchscreen?
No thanx...