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EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Optical Zoom Lens for Canon EF-S - Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(57 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 57 reviews
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78%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Optical Zoom Lens for Canon EF-S - Black
Customer Rating
4
Nice walk-around lens
on November 16, 2011
Posted by: Babenyu
from New York,NY
If you're looking for the perfect long zoom lens, there's probably no such thing. All of these zooms are composed of compromises. This Canon lens is no exception. I found the build quality to be very good. It is relatively light in weight. I had the 28-135mm and found it very heavy. The 18-135mm has the additional benefit of being image stabilized. I've found the picture quality to be quite good. I've taken some beautiful , sharp nature shots at 135mm and been very pleased with the results. The only negative I've found is that there is considerable barrel distortion in the 18-24mm range. For me it hasn't proven to be a significant problem, I usually just crop it out. I also have a point and shoot that fills that gap nicely. Overall, the price was right and the lens performs well.
Pros: lighweight, good picture quality
Cons: barrell distortion
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Mostly satisfied
on May 29, 2013
Posted by: Joe
from Florida
I like the 18-135 mm range, it covers most normal scenarios. It is fast focus and reliable. However, when taking pictures in low light, does not performes well. Ex: museum with low light, old paintings etc...
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Superior build quality, nice zoom range
Cons: poor in low light
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
2
Fair upgrade from the 18-55, but far from the best
on February 13, 2011
Posted by: Photographer
from Orlando, FL
I've had this lens since it first came out and I'm not very impressed with it. Vignetting is horrible, as is the chromatic aberration. If you love dark corners in your photos, as well as a purple fringe around your subjects, this is the lens for you! I can get the advertised 4 stops of image stabilization, which is a great plus, but the non-USM micro motor AF is very slow, and constantly searching in low light. As far as image quality, the word "disappointing" comes to mind.. I own several Canon lenses, and this one gets left at the bottom of the bag, unless I need quick access to a wide zoom. Build quality is, in a word, terrible. Focus and zoom is very loose. Tip it slightly and the barrel fully extends; no creep here... it flies out. The silver ring started peeling off the barrel, which gives a nice touch to the junky, plastic feel of this lens. If you compare price vs. quality, you would do better to look elsewhere. I am a Canon nut, and shoot with nothing but Canon glass. Canon makes extraordinary lenses. This, my friends, it not one of them.
Cons: Slow auto-focus, Semi-sharp images, Poor build quality, terrible chromatic aberration, extreme vignetting, lens creep
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
3
Not a great kit lens
on October 20, 2011
Posted by: Gram
from Spokane, WA
Bought with my 60D at recommendation of authorized Canon Dealer store salesman as "great kit lens". Great perhaps as 18-135 is good theoretical range. Don't care for lens as image quality seems poor, too slow to use indoors without flash, find autofocus slow and noisy and basically feels cheaply made.
Pros: discounted as kit lens
Cons: Slow auto-focus, Poor build quality, slow lens
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
3
Not For Anyone but the Pure Amateur
on December 16, 2014
Posted by: Boin Loin
from Ohio
I purchased this lens in a kit along with my first Canon DSLR, the 60D. Just starting off, the lens satisfied me - its focal range is ideal but I wasn't quite sure what to look for quality-wise. As I have continued to use the lens, its low quality has started to become more and more apparent. The build is a bit weak; the focus ring has become loose and the silver design taping has begun to peel off. Additionally, the auto-focus speed isn't quite up to par. In post-processing especially, the low image quality stands out. There is a good deal of vignetting and warping around the edge of the image, noticeable aberration, and the images are of sub-optimal sharpness. In addition, zooming in to 5.6 can be painful in anything less than broad daylight. On the positive side, the IS makes this lens ideal for documentary-style filming, which I've done a good deal of. Anyone who considers themselves more than an amateur should consider investing more in a different lens for higher image quality and build.
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Customer Rating
3
18-135 lens, have concerns
on November 28, 2011
Posted by: photoeye
from South Carolina
I've been shooting digital as an amateur for 15 years. Stepping into the Canon world I bought a 60D with this kit lens. I thought I would like the reach plus wide angle. I got this but I am very disappointed with the quality of the pictures. Color saturation is only OK, there's no snap to the results. I have reset the camera in different ways to increase saturation, changed other settings, etc, but still disappointed. Compared to the 18-55 kit lens this one falters. Compared to the 55-250 there's no comparison. Sharpness is only barely acceptable. I suspect this lens was developed for video shooters, which I am not. Get the body but not the lens.
Pros: good walk round lens
Cons: disappointing quality
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
4
Good lens
on March 24, 2013
Posted by: Eddythepixer
Good lens, Good quality pictures...
The stabilizer works well
The stabilizer works well
Pros: Superior build quality, Super-sharp images
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
It was fuzzy? No... That was my fault.
on May 5, 2013
Posted by: Beliven
from Yuma, AZ
I read many reviews before I wrote this to try and figure out what I should say. First of all my pictures were slightly fuzzy and the focus was slow... Um hello self, have you checked your cameras settings? No? Maybe you should. Now that I have checked them, the fuzzy shots with lots of graininess are completely gone. So anyone who reviewed this lens as being anything but sharp needs to fiddle with their camera settings some more and read the manual or another how to book.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Superior build quality, Super-sharp images
I would recommend this to a friend!
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