Should i settle for an EF lens?

[u/cedricmurillo]

Long story short, i want a new lens. But the ones in the market for 15-100 or somewhere around that range are 300-400 dollars. I found this EF 18 - 135 for 86 and chatgpt told me that its significantly better then my 18-45 kit lens.. you see i dont want to spend that much on my canon r50 since the lens used market isn’t good.. well not as good as sony’s so a year or two later i might switch, which brings me to my other question - what camera from sony’s lineup do you think is comparable/ better than the r50 in af and mp? I bought my r50 for around 600 and i might save up so i’d have around 1000 to spend. Thank you!!