I am looking at the Canon R50 as my new "all purpose" camera and wish to acquire with it a "single" light zoom lens that that will shoot from 16" out to moderate telephoto range. As I recall, there is a Canon RF/STM lens that is rated 18 to 150 mm. Does anyone have experience with this lens and can comment on its virtues and limitations. I am concerned about low-light images (i.e. dusk) and image stabilization. Would it pair well with the R50? And for that matter, your experience with the R50 would be appreciated.
drkeene wrote:
I am looking at the Canon R50 as my new "all purpose" camera and wish to acquire with it a "single" light zoom lens that that will shoot from 16" out to moderate telephoto range. As I recall, there is a Canon RF/STM lens that is rated 18 to 150 mm. Does anyone have experience with this lens and can comment on its virtues and limitations. I am concerned about low-light images (i.e. dusk) and image stabilization. Would it pair well with the R50? And for that matter, your experience with the R50 would be appreciated.
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I've owned very expensive FF cameras. I sold them. Now I use the R50 as my main camera. I love it. The RF 18-150 is the perfect wide to tele zoom for it (and my answer to your question), but as expressed above, the RF 18-45 is also an option if extreme compactness is your goal. My RF 100-400 basically lives on my R50, but this week I put on my RF 100 Macro for a trip to the local botanical gardens.
The tracking with the RF 18-150 and RF 100-400 is amazing. Tracking is the most important attribute of a camera when shooting kids, sports and wildlife. In my opinion you're making a fantastic choice.
drkeene wrote:
I am looking at the Canon R50 as my new "all purpose" camera and wish to acquire with it a "single" light zoom lens that that will shoot from 16" out to moderate telephoto range. As I recall, there is a Canon RF/STM lens that is rated 18 to 150 mm. Does anyone have experience with this lens and can comment on its virtues and limitations. I am concerned about low-light images (i.e. dusk) and image stabilization. Would it pair well with the R50? And for that matter, your experience with the R50 would be appreciated.
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I use the 18-150 on both my RP and R7 for "just in case" and it is a very handy little lenses that takes excellent images.. Either body and this lenses makes alight compact rig. For a bit more reach I also have the RF24-240. For my compact birding rig I put the RF100-400.
Then for deliberate set piece birding I have a choice of RF 100-500L or Tamron 150-600 EF with adapter. Those go on a tripod or monopod. I also have a 1.4x extender for both RF and EF lenses and a 2x for the EF. I also will trade lenses if I don't like or don't find enough uses for them.
Yeah, the wife and I in our retirement have a good income between SS, 401k for her(surgical RN) and 3 pensions plus SS for me(VA disability, Retail Clerks, teachers pension). Our Special Needs Son also has a good disability income that helps pay for his share of the house, food & utilities. The house is in a trust that goes to take care of him after we die and his brother and sister are the Trustees.
Very good and useful information. I will keep and refer to frequently. Thank you, David
I have the 18-150 as my everyday walk-around lens on my R7. Super light, takes great photos even in dim light.
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