Not much else to say but thank you! You’ve basically given me a quick tour of the photography world and I hope others can get as many insights as I have 🙂

I’ve come to a conclusion that I’m either getting the stock lens (the RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM) or this sigma one (the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary).

But as a beginner, I’d still love to ask you: It’s five times the price of the stock lens, but does the quality improve proportionally? Would the pictures generally also be about 5x better, in some way at least?

Thank you. Great recommendations! What one or a few important things do you think I’d not have access to with the stock 18-45 lens?

Thanks, great insights. Could you recommend one or a few prime lenses for 600usd or so? For R50. And is it worth upgrading to a full frame camera or would R50 be great for a long time in photography in general?

So is the RF-S 18–150mm f/3.5–6.3 IS STM ‘bad quality’? Is it worse than the kit lens? How much worse is it than the $2k lenses?

Oh, I see. And do you think you could recommend one cheapest Macro lens that’d do the job well for a beginner?

Thanks. After checking, I don’t think it’s much of a difference in price across regions/countries, as it seems to be still about 600-650usd for the body with the basic kit lens in most shops.

Thanks! Unfortunately, eBay has issues shipping to Vietnam and I’d rather not risk it. I wish I could find a reputable seller of used cameras here but I can’t.

Hm, I guess it’s just popular here and more reasonably priced. Any specific lens recommendations or would the one that goes with it be perfect for the first year or so? While I’ll be learning

Thanks so much! Appreciate your valuable advice. 😊

What about Canon EOS R50? Is it better than Sony in your view? And would 28 to 75 be the best beginner choice for it as well?

Would Canon EOS R50 be a better option than the ones you’ve mentioned? And would you recommend a specific lens for that, too?

I’ll probably be going with a Canon EOS R50, but how to choose a lens?

Would a Canon EOS R50 be better than the ones you’ve mentioned? I’m especially interested in closeup macro photography

Could you please recommend a specific model and specific lens? I’m totally clueless.

Perhaps Canon EOS R50? Or Canon EOS Rebel T7/2000D? But what lens?

Thanks for the detailed answer. I’d like to take pictures of mostly still life, nothing moving too fast or anything like that. Could you recommend a specific camera you think would be best? I feel like taking pictures with my phone isn’t worthwhile enough as I love to study the details of each photo after I take and the phone’s quality doesn’t allow for that much.

So what’s the way out, you propose?

What’s your primary occupation?

It’s not real…

It doesn’t work like that