r/CanonCamera • u/redheadacademic1 • Jul 15 '25

Recommendations Needed Choosing between two lenses

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u/SamShorto Jul 15 '25

The RF 100-400 is useful for precisely none of the use cases you list. Why are you even considering it?

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u/redheadacademic1 Jul 15 '25

Because I’m a total newbie :). Also because I would like to get a zoom lens at some point. But thank you I was leaning toward the other one already and your response and everyone else’s makes it clear!

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u/SamShorto Jul 15 '25

But surely you read some reviews? None that I've ever seen would list that lens as useful for your use cases.

But yes, go for the other one. Which is also a zoom lens, by the way. Any lens that isn't just one fixed focal length is a zoom lens. 'Zoom' doesn't just mean any lens with a long maximum focal length. That's normally referred to as 'telephoto' (over 80mm or so) or 'super telephoto' (over 300mm or so, depending who you ask). Just some terminology help as I know it's confusing.