(USA TODAY) -- Canon is joining the mirrorless camera movement, following in Olympus, Panasonic, Sony and Nikon's footsteps with the Canon M camera, which the company announced Monday.

You'll have to wait a while to see the camera, though -- it won't be available until October.

By removing the mirror, photographers get a much smaller camera body -- a little larger than a point and shoot, with picture quality that's about on par with a digital SLR. Without a mirror, you lose the viewfinder, and have to compose the image on the LCD, like a point and shoot.

Canon is joining the mirrorless camera movement, following in Olympus, Panasonic, Sony and Nikon's footsteps with the Canon M camera, which the company announced Monday.

You'll have to wait a while to see the camera, though -- it won't be available until October.

By removing the mirror, photographers get a much smaller camera body -- a little larger than a point and shoot, with picture quality that's about on par with a digital SLR. Without a mirror, you lose the viewfinder, and have to compose the image on the LCD, like a point and shoot.