Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM : Specifications and Opinions

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Nico Lunes

sent on 30 Agosto 2018

Pros: It can take great images. It comes 'free' if you buy a kit.

Cons: It gets 7.1 rating, which is silly low ... but read on.

Opinion: This is probably the oddest thing I have found on Juzaphoto this far: looking at the images taken with this lens, you will see countless great pictures. Just look thru 'Sample Photos' below! But the lens has only 7.1 rating (sic!), which is as low as you can get. Or there is a mistake in the rating system or the users do not know how good this lens actually is!

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Lorenzo Nisi

sent on 02 Gennaio 2025

Pros: Lightness, stabilization, price

Cons: Sharpness,construction,vignetting

Opinion: Canon 18-55 was my first lens, mounted on my first SLR, the Canon 1000D. Thanks to this lens, I had the opportunity to learn the basics of photography and composition. The versatility of the zoom allowed me to experiment with different focal lengths without having to change lenses, a great advantage for those approaching this world. Over time, however, its main characteristics – lightness, stabilization and affordable price – have lost importance, while the technical limitations have become evident. The lens struggles to deliver satisfactory results in many situations: in low-light environments, during fast shots, or when working handheld. Poor sharpness in low light conditions and difficulty in maintaining precise focus are its main weaknesses. Despite this, the 18-55 was instrumental in helping me understand what type of optics I wanted for the future and how best to handle the light. Its limitations pushed me to improve and look for tools that better suited my needs. For those just starting out, it remains a viable option for learning and experimenting.

Dalla Stella Francesco

sent on 10 Dicembre 2021

Pros: Stabilization, Lightness, Sharpness.

Cons: Inaccurate Af (part of the out-of-focus framing with autofocus).

Opinion: For the price with which it is proposed it is a lens that does its job, the sharpness is good but not excellent and the lightness of the material plays in its favor. However, it should be noted a defect that from personal experience I have found in other optics of the IS-STM range and that is the imperfection of the autofocus. Explained in other words, with the af I have often noticed that a portion of the frame tends to come out blurry while focusing endlessly. This game becomes more and more accentuated with increasing the aperture of the aperture until it involves half of the total frame. As mentioned earlier, I found the same problem in the previous version of the 18-55 F3.5 IS-STM and in the 10-18.

Luca Montori 94

sent on 10 Settembre 2021

Pros: Lightness, stabilizer and price (which can paradoxically be a cons based on the use you want to make) little distortion and little vignetting.

Cons: Many chromatic aberrations, sharpness, construction.

Opinion: I state that it costs little so you can not expect it to work miracles. So for those who want to start it is a lens that is more than fine, a very low weight in more stabilized, also noticing little vignetting and distortion. Surely the most painful notes are the chromatic aberrations, the sharpness that does not enhance even if closing at f8 the aperture the sharpness improves. The construction is made of plastic so certainly not of great quality. I gave 7 for the price range.

Davide Perri PH e VM

sent on 27 Ottobre 2020

Pros: Sharpness, construction, protective glass in the bayonet, zoom that finally extends into regular progression, silent and fast focus, excellent stabilizer.

Cons: If you know what you're buying, you can't find any unjustified cons for such an lens.

Opinion: Finally an 18-55 that surprises me! Crisp, compact, solid and functional. Lower chromatic aberration and distortion. The STM focus satisfied me, you can take the photos without worrying too much about using a 150€ lens. For family or amateur use it is more than fine, and since you do so much portraits with an 18-55, I would say that f4, however dark, is a value in this case. Taken new at 100€, tried and kept for personal pleasure.

0maxx0

sent on 27 Luglio 2020

Pros: more compact and better made than its predecessors, very light, stabilized, excellent range of focal points, sharp, af silent

Cons: for what it costs nothing. To have to indicate one, it is obviously a dark goal...

Opinion: ... but if it had been f/2.8 constant it would have had the same weight, the same footprint and the same price as 17-55mm is usm. Compared to its predecessors it loses 1/3 wide-side brightness stops, but gains in portability being also a 20% shorter. Obviously unsuitable for obtaining "blurring", for landscapes and fixed subjects I consider it a small gem thanks to good sharpness and stabilization. The autofocus is totally silent. For what it costs (used) I can only recommend it.

Mathias

sent on 17 Novembre 2018

Pros: Price, lightness, stabilization

Cons: For this price range it is difficult to make negative judgments.

Opinion: In my opinion this lens has all my respect, price range really low and despite this remains a great lens, for those who start I think is a mandatory step, you can learn a lot of things with this lens and it is right that has certain flaws , this allows people who are starting to take pictures of "fend" and maybe start putting their hand on graphics programs just to go and correct those that are the flaws of this lens. If we want to go and see the physical flaws, well, then it's full, but if we compare it to the price, in my opinion it doesn't have any. Conclusion: Excellent school lens, you can bring home really distinct shots.

Luca Bugli

sent on 18 Settembre 2018

Pros: Stabilized, light, Extranitido, hexconomic

Cons: Given the "pros", no one.

Opinion: This objective, considered in all its aspects, is a masterpiece. Canon gets us to the fourth attempt in terms of 18-55 mm. You see, it is not a feat to achieve a massively constructed, luminous and excellent optical performance, standing above 1000 euros to the public. To make products like this 18-55 instead, the CONTROCOGL. Oni are needed. Comments on possible distortion, chromatic aberrations and vignetting leave the time they find, when they can be eliminated already in the car and/or on the computer with a simple click. On printed photographs, I did not notice any difference at the same aperture, between the performance this David compared to my goliath 17-55 2.8 IS. Magic Target.

Pqlrgl

sent on 02 Luglio 2018

Pros: Price

Cons: F4

Opinion: Arrived last year with the 800d I realized that to do photographic experiments I needed something more lending.. So I took courage and I made the purchase of the Sigma 17-70mm with which for now I am very well. I recommend this 18-55 for those who take an APS-C Canon entry level and want to take a few shots to get passionate about photography!

Carlo Alfonso

sent on 03 Marzo 2017

Pros: Only the lightness and the fact that in a kit with the body-chamber is to cost trifle

Cons: dim

Opinion: 3 NEW objectives purchased in kit with as many cameras, only one of which remained operational. Although very little I used because I prefer the 15-85, either expressed AF problems and the other mold problems despite the silica gel bag. They are there, in the drawer because it is not worth them cleaned or repaired. If you do not want to spend too much recommend the Tamron or Sigma hand in focus but with max fixed f open. 2.8.