At the time I purchased, the R10 with RF-S 18-45mm kit was on sale for a lower price than body only which is why I bought it. I would otherwise not recommend the kit lens if you have other options as the 18-45mm is chintzy, dim, and really not wide enough for a standard zoom. If you stop down, the center sharpens up nicely, but the corners don't really and it is a very limiting lens. That said, the R10 is fantastic. Plastic fantastic, but still fantastic. It doesn't feel premium in any way, but it still feels like it will hold up to regular use. It's very compact and light, but quite capable with great autofocus and a comfortable hand grip and ergonomics with all the buttons and dials and joysticks and burst mode you expect from a more expensive camera. Image quality is really nice, too. My biggest wishes are for weather sealing so I could use it comfortably year-round in the Pacific Northwest, though Canon frustratingly doesn't really offer any compact weather-sealed lenses, for better battery life, and a quieter shutter. The mechanical shutter seriously is so loud and unpleasant, and the e-shutter is not very usable due to slow readout speed.