I’d recommend buying the native EF-M lenses in this order:
- 18-55 or 15-45
- 11-22
- 55-200
- 28mm Macro
Native lenses are produced by the same manufacturer as the body. For the M series, the native lenses are Canon EF-M lenses.
Skip the manual focus third party lenses unless you absolutely need them. The Samyang and Rokinon fill a gap for fast prime lenses but I expect Canon to catch up within a year or two. The 18-55 or 15-45 will be the lens used most often followed by the 11-22 and then the 55-200 if you are an outdoor landscape or travel photographer. The Macro lens is a great lens and an affordable price. The only question is if you like doing close up photography. I hadn’t done any until I bought this lens and now I see macro type shots out in nature that I never did until I owned this lens. Note that a DSLR macro lens will be $400-$900 while the EF-M 28mm is only $300.
Note there are other brands that make EF-M lenses besides Canon. Rokinon makes 8 and Samyang has 7 primes for the EF-M mount filling the fast primes hole in the Canon EF-M lens line up. These lenses are manual focus. Tamron also makes two AF zooms: a 14-150 and 18-200 in the EF-M mount. These are auto focus. I can’t speak from experience since I haven’t bought or used any of these lenses but at least you have an alternative if you need a fast prime. You can always mount a Canon EF lens with the adaptor too.
Canon M Cameras 