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Salt-Diamond-5052

I just don't have enough money yet do I?

Gear Buying Advice

I have a budget of 1000$ (CAD) for rf lenses. Could push to 1200$ if I found a perfect setup.

I do mainly landscape. Secondary birds/wildlife. And eventually would like to do night street photography.

I have an R100 camera and the 18-45mm kit lens.

My first option is to get the RF 100-400mm, would help me to get out a lot more for bird pictures. That would be the whole budget though so I would use the kit lens for landscape. But be kinda in want of a better f stop lens for when I get into night photos.

Second option is the RF 55-210 paired with a rf 24mm. Little bit less reach for birds, though enough for some decent shots. 24mm with f1.8 and IS would be great for night shots. Kit lens for landscape. Leaves me sort of wanting more for wildlife reach though.

Third option: RF 18-150mm paired with RF 16mm. 18-150 Would be my ideal choice for landscape and general walk around lens. I like wide street shots and hopefully the f2.8 on the 16mm would be enough for some night street photos. I don't know if this would actually be a good lens for that though. Also sort of mixed reviews on image quality from the 16mm. This setup also wouldn't be ideal for birding but the landscape possibilities it opens might make up for that.

Seems like all possibilities leave at least one photo genre kinda hurting. Maybe I need to start with something for now and save for more lenses later on.

Any combos you'd recommend for my wants? Or advice on what lens to start with and save up for down the road?

Not really interested in ef lenses unless they're better IQ than an rf lens.

Posted Dec 9, 2025, 8:38 AM UTC

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