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Kit Lens Comparison; RF-S 18-45 vs EF-M 15-45, Charts, Imatest, Design

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Re: Kit Lens Comparison; RF-S 18-45 vs EF-M 15-45, Charts, Imatest, Design

MAC wrote:

musicmaster wrote:

RLight wrote:

18-150 is wayyyy more useful.

as the posters are saying, no tried and true 24 mm, ouch

I appreciate the banter but even after considering, I’m sticking to the stock lenses. The alternative is the R8. Pass. Telephoto footprint is a no go. I’ll slap on a 16 pancake first.

Now sure, I wish we had the 15-45 for the R50, that’s just not here. Folks that want 24 need to stay M, which is fine, or go R8, which as I’ve stated, is fine too. Just not for my needs.

Depends on your shooting style. Looking through my travel shots, probably 25-30% are shot at a 24mm equiv between my cameras over the years. While I love UWA lenses, I also hate changing lenses, especially when traveling light and would rather have a single lens that covers most of my needs on me than switching back and forth between 2.

My 15-45 was a pretty good copy too.

The other thing, at least in the APS-C space, Nikon has the really good 16-50, Sony has a 16-50 PZ and Fuji has a 15-45 (which is even wider due to the smaller 1.5x crop). 18-45 isn't wide enough or long enough to be that useful. It's also 2/3 stop slower at the wide end than any of the other lenses and larger than them all to boot.

 RLight's gear list:RLight's gear list
Canon EOS R3 Canon EOS R50 Canon RF 28-70mm F2L USM Canon RF-S 18-45mm Canon RF-S 55-210mm F5.0-7.1 IS STM
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