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Advice on beginner camera/lens

matirdamb — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:37:32 GMT

Recently went on a trip and had the opportunity to use a canon m50 that my girlfriend was kind enough to share with me. Honestly fell in love with taking pictures (even though i literally knew nothing about what I was doing). Since I've gotten back it's been the only thing I've been able to think about, it just scratches an itch that i didn't know I had.

Anyways Ive done some research and have either settled on getting a eos r50 or the eos r10. I'm leaning towards getting the r10 since I'm the kind of person that grows out of beginner things quite quickly, and I know the r10 just has more to offer for the price. The main question I have now is, do I get the r10 kit with a 18-150 lens for $1300, or do I get just the r10 body for about $900 and buy a lens for 200-400. But if i should go for the second option, what lens should i look at. Im mostly interested in landscape and portrait photography, i know that can make a difference in lens choice. Any advice/help would be very welcome. Super new to this, but very enthusiastic to learn and explore!

Re: Advice on beginner camera/lens

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:11:48 GMT

@matirdamb wrote:

Recently went on a trip and had the opportunity to use a canon m50 that my girlfriend was kind enough to share with me. Honestly fell in love with taking pictures (even though i literally knew nothing about what I was doing). Since I've gotten back it's been the only thing I've been able to think about, it just scratches an itch that i didn't know I had.

Anyways Ive done some research and have either settled on getting a eos r50 or the eos r10. I'm leaning towards getting the r10 since I'm the kind of person that grows out of beginner things quite quickly, and I know the r10 just has more to offer for the price. The main question I have now is, do I get the r10 kit with a 18-150 lens for $1300, or do I get just the r10 body for about $900 and buy a lens for 200-400. But if i should go for the second option, what lens should i look at. Im mostly interested in landscape and portrait photography, i know that can make a difference in lens choice. Any advice/help would be very welcome. Super new to this, but very enthusiastic to learn and explore!

My suggestion would be the kit you referenced. The 18-150 lens is a good all around lens. Since it is small, light and inexpensive consider adding the 16mm lens for landscape.

Re: Advice on beginner camera/lens

stevet1 — Sun, 03 May 2026 16:17:14 GMT

matirdamb,

While the 200-400 would give you the opportunity to shoot far-away shots, my advice would be to get the 18-150 for the flexibility of wide vista shots as well as things that are only 5 - 10 feet away from you.

Steve Thomas

Re: Advice on beginner camera/lens

March411 — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:50:30 GMT

Also a consideration with going to a longer lens is In-Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) which none of the bodies you mentioned in your post have installed. As you get into longer lenses it's not required but a huge bonus unless you have a very steady hand.

The RF-S 18-150mm Steve mention does have 4.5 stops of IS as well as the RF100-400mm F5.6-8. which will help.

If the budget allows you may also want to look at the R7 which will give you more megapixels and IBIS. The combination of the body and a lens with IS will provide about 8 stops of IS.