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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS SLR Lens | 
| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
Department: Cameras & Camcorders
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $199.84
as of 7/30/2010 06:40 CDT details
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Rating:  reviews
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Autographed: No
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Optical Zoom: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 55
Minimum Focal Length: 18
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
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MPN: EFS18-55mm
Model: EFS18-55mm
UPC: 013803079296
EAN: 0013803079296
ASIN: B000V5K3FG
Release Date: October 22, 2007
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| Features:
| • | Focal Length & Maximum Aperture - 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 | | • | Lens Construction - 16 elements in 12 groups, including UD-glass and aspherical lenses | | • | Diagonal Angle of View - 74 20' - 7 50' (with APS-C image sensors) | | • | Focus Adjustment - Gear-driven | | • | Closest Focusing Distance - 1.48 ft./0.45m (maximum close-up magnification 0.24x) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Equipped with Canon's Optical Image Stabilizer (IS) technology, the Canon EF-S 18-55mm standard zoom lens is ideal for just about any application. IS technology compensates for camera shake by providing the equivalent effect of a shutter speed up to four stops faster. This allows you to take sharp handheld shots even in low-light conditions--a must for sports and nature photography. The lens also offers an aspherical lens element that corrects for aberration, thus producing a topnotch image throughout the zoom range, and a circular aperture that exquisitely renders out-of-focus backgrounds. Despite its minimal size, weight, and cost, the lens expands the picture-taking possibilities any time slow shutter speeds are needed.
Amazon.com Product Description
Equipped with Canon's Optical Image Stabilizer (IS) technology, the Canon EF-S 18-55mm standard zoom lens is ideal for just about any application. IS technology compensates for camera shake by providing the equivalent effect of a shutter speed up to four stops faster. This allows you to take sharp handheld shots even in low-light conditions--a must for sports and nature photography. The lens also offers an aspherical lens element that corrects for aberration, thus producing a topnotch image throughout the zoom range, and a circular aperture that exquisitely renders out-of-focus backgrounds. Despite its minimal size, weight, and cost, the lens expands the picture-taking possibilities any time slow shutter speeds are needed. Specifications
- Focal length: 18 to 55mm
- Maximum aperture: f/3.5 to f/5.6
- Lens construction: 11 elements in 9 groups
- Angle of view: 74 degrees @ 20 feet to 27 degrees @ 50 feet
- Focus adjustment: Autofocus (DC motor) with manual focus option
- Closest focusing distance: 9.8 inches
- Filter size: 58mm
- Dimensions: 2.7 inches in diameter and 3.33 inches long
- Weight: 7.1 ounces
- Warranty: 1 year
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very good lens July 17, 2010
B. Bates (Santa Fe, NM USA)
Very good lens for the price. Higher quality will cost you more, but this lens gives you 95% of what you will ever need. Easy to use with the Canon digital SLRs. Highly recommeded for the lens to keep on your camera for most of your shots.
Impressive Lens With Some Limitations July 13, 2010
Avid Reviewer (San Jose, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens is a good beginner lens. It will help you take *REALLY* impressive-looking pictures in the most ideal of conditions such as well-lit environments and subjects that are not fast-moving.
But this lens also has its limitations. To explain these limitations, I'll break tradition and start with the cons:
Cons
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- Slow Autofocus (AF)
This lens is a tad slow for fast-action, such as a soccer game or an aerial display. It's also doesn't do very well with objects that lack texture or objects that are light-colored. In such cases, it's not uncommon for the motor to whir back and forth indecisively for a second or two as it tries to find the focal point. Your best option is to first focus on another spot (with the same depth, of course) and then recompose.
- No Internal Focus (IF)
This lens has no internal focus - that means the lens barrel rotates to bring a subject into focus. A lack of internal focus would not ordinarily be a problem unless you're using a polarized filter. The rotation of the barrel will throw a polarized filter out of adjustment. It is a hassle to have to readjust the polarized filter after each change in the focal point.
- Not The Ideal Lens for Low Light Conditions
With a lowest F-stop (aperture size) at f/3.5, the images shot in low light conditions come out a little dark. You can, of course, compensate by increasing the ISO, but that will result in images with more noise.
Pros
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- Light Weight
The light weight lens is perfect for lighter bodies, such as an Xsi/450D.
- Incredibly Sharp Close-Up and Portrait Shots
I'm just blown away by how much detail this lens captures in close-up and portrait photography. In close-up portrait shots, it's able to capture impressive details such as every wrinkle, every pore, and every imperfection on a person's face.
- Incredibly Useful Zoom Range (18mm - 55mm)
The 18mm provides for a very wide angle shot. The 55mm provides a satisfactory reach for most shots.
- Very Affordable
This lens is probably the best value lens, after the "Thrifty Fifty."
Alternative
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You might also want to consider the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens. The most apparent difference between the two lens (besides the hefty price tag of the 17mm) is that the wide angle end on the 17mm-55mm is 17mm instead of 18mm. But there's more. The 17mm doesn't have the afore-mentioned problems of the 18mm-55mm. It is also much sharper and has less chromatic aberration (blurry, multi-colored fringes). If you can afford to splurge a little, you may want to take this lens into consideration. (See the thedigitalpicture site for side-by-side sample picture and ISO chart comparisons.)
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Overall, I'm very satisfied with the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens. It may have some limitations, but in the right hands, it can definitely produce professional-looking results. If you're on a tight budget, this is *the* walk-around lens to get.
excellent beginner EF-S lens July 11, 2010
Mike B (Bothell, WA)
This is a great lens if you're just starting a DSLR photography hobby. It's feels kinda cheap compared to more expensive lenses but it still give you sharp pictures for the money and has a useful zoom range. If you're just starting out, get this lens and the canon 50mm prime and you'll be guaranteed to have fun.
A must have for any of the EOS Family cameras July 3, 2010
Casey Schultheis
This is a pretty good lens for the price. This lens is for Canon EOS DSLR cameras with APS-C size image circle.
Pros: Super-Sharp Images, Compact Design, Light weight.
The Lens Construction has 11 elements in 9 groups. The biggest thing I like about this lens is the wide angle of view of 75° 20' - 27° 50' - That's pretty wide and real useful in taking indoor face shots or getting the whole group shot in frame.
I am not a big fan of AF on this lens or most of Canon lens. It seems to work too slow vs kicking it in manual and just doing it myself.
The one and only con I have is working in low light with hi ISO settings, this lens craps out sooner then the other lens I own.
All in all if you have an Canon EOS DSLR i would defiantly have this lens in your photo bag.
Cheers,
Casey
 Pass on it June 29, 2010
Ana_y_lat (Houston, TX)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Like just about anyone out there, I got this lens along with my Canon XSi, thinking it'll be a good starter lens to practice. And it was. But shortly thereafter I got the Canon 50mm 1.8, since it was so cheap, and pretty much never used 18-55 after that.
The only time I'd use it, is indoors, where 50mm was just too wide. But even then, although having 18mm helped, having f3.5-5.6 certainly did NOT, making this lens too slow for indoors even on a reasonably bright day, and forcing me to use a flash (read: you might want to buy extra batteries and invest in a Canon 430 EX II, which is about $250, so you're likely not going to save much money by going with 18-55). Plus, its 18mm end is a bit too wide for a pleasing portrait...
So, if I were to do it all over again, I'd pass on this lens. Right now, the difference between buying just the body of XSi and buying XSi+ this lens is roughly $50. You can find a 50mm 1.8 for about $100, $90 if you wait a bit, $80 if you go used or get really lucky. So, if you get the body sans this lens, all you need is another $50 or less to get a prime lens. I think it's very much worth it. Sure, with a prime, you miss out on the versatility of the zoom, but you'll get a faster lens and a better lens.
If you absolutely feel that you need a zoom, I would strongly recommend checking out Tamron and Sigma. I do not own one myself (and generally prefer primes), so I won't go recommending any one in particular, but it sounds from some reviews that they are at least worth considering.
Finally, just wanted to mention: I'm trying to sell this lens right now, and unlike the 2 other lenses I have (one of which was 50mm), it's proving difficult. No surprise here, given that everyone buys one, so there must be tons of them floating around. Just saying - do not look at its $170 tag and think that you can sell it for a generous profit later, when you outgrow it (which, if you're any serious about photography, will happen soon). The used ones on Amazon go at $92, which is a steep price drop for a lens, you usually do not expect to buy a used less for nearly 50% off. And there are 30 of them (used) on Amazon at this time. Also a large number, compared to other lenses. So, I think you'll be lucky to get $80 for it when you sell, which means you'll make a whooping $30!
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