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Canon - EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Zoom Lens for EF-S mount cameras - Black
Average customer rating
4
(59 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 59 reviews
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Star
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87%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Canon - EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Zoom Lens for EF-S mount cameras - Black
Customer Rating
4
Very Good Lens
on December 26, 2009
Posted by: Woody
from Indianapolis
This is a very good everyday lens. Great for touring through vacation sites and general picture taking. Light weight, not bulky, doesn't attract a lot of attention, and takes great pictures.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Superior build quality, Super-sharp images, light weight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
4
Good Flexible Basic Lens
on January 4, 2010
Posted by: Photografur
from Gaylord, MI
For most shooting, this lens is ideal, it may not do everything but it can do a lot.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Super-sharp images
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
3
good but not great
on December 23, 2009
Posted by: scottso
from pennsy
had this lens for over a year and cycled about 5000 shots. the stabialization broke after about 3000 clicks a cheap lens relatively speaking.I will say this lens was not babied many shots on a monopod and in back pack in the desert south west so it may feel cheap and even though it is plastic it held up and thats what counts
the biggest pain in the patoot is the rotating barrel it makes using polorizer and graduated neutral density filters a time consuming pain to use and those filters are essential and commonly used or should be by all serious photogs.
the image quality is very good.
the biggest pain in the patoot is the rotating barrel it makes using polorizer and graduated neutral density filters a time consuming pain to use and those filters are essential and commonly used or should be by all serious photogs.
the image quality is very good.
Pros: survived in desert, survived in backpack
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Lense noise with auto focus
on October 25, 2012
Posted by: cl
from california
nice lense, however don't like the noise on auto focus when video taping. Very loud. The kit should of came with the better lense with less noise. Other then that great lense
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Super-sharp images
Cons: noise while taping
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
Great, At First
on November 13, 2011
Posted by: wondersueak
I got this lens with my Canon Rebel XS for Christmas last year, and at first it was great, the images were very crisp and the auto-focus worked like a charm. Over time, the auto-focus started to get slower and the images weren't very crisp anymore, and even though I had never taken the lens off the camera body since I got it, somehow a bunch of hairs and dust accumulated on the sensor in my camera so I had to use a can of compressed air to clean it. The auto-focus barely works now and is slow and inaccurate, though it is a good value for its price and the fact it came with my camera, I just wouldn't get it again.
Pros: value, quiet
Cons: durability, Slow auto-focus, non-sharp images
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
3
Good at first
on January 23, 2012
Posted by: Canon lover
from San diego
Men when I got my first camera the kit lens was nice.but after a year It broke the AutoFocus stop working .so now I'm using my other lens,the image quality was great but the built quality not so much
Pros: nice image, wide angle, zoom lens, image stabilized
Cons: focusing easy to break, cheap built quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
4
on December 9, 2012
Posted by: D.T.
from Twentynine Palms, CA
Great kit lens. Slow auto-focus misses in anything less than perfect lighting. The images are good quality, but not as sharp as I'd like, even under pretty decent lighting.
BUT, it's easy to use and to learn with. For the price, the images are great. It can be used in most situations, and I will probably keep it on hand because of that.
BUT, it's easy to use and to learn with. For the price, the images are great. It can be used in most situations, and I will probably keep it on hand because of that.
Pros: easy to use
Cons: Slow auto-focus, Semi-sharp images, Poor build quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
It's an ok lens
on August 10, 2012
Posted by: Anonymous
from Fredericksburg, VA
I mainly use this lens for wide angle shots. I like the stabilizer, wish all my lenses had it. I am waiting to see how it does for landscape shots during the fall foliage changes.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Super-sharp images
I would recommend this to a friend!
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