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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III : Specifications and Opinions

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III

The Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III is a standard lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2011 to 2014 (discontinued). The focus is done by Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 120 €;

47 users have given it an average vote of 6.9 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex APS-C Canon EF.

Specifications
Focal lenght	18-55 mm
Angle of view	72.9 - 27.2° (equivalent to a 29-89mm in Fullframe 24x36mm format)
Format	APS-C
Max. aperture	f/3.5-5.6
Aperture blades	6
Lenses/Groups	11 elements in 9 groups
Min. focus distance	0.25 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.34x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, external
Stabilization	No
Focus	Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic)
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	58 mm
Lens hood	Yes (not supplied)
Weather sealing	No
Weight	190 g
Dimensions	68 x 70 mm
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Reviews

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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Daniele Panaretti

sent on May 10, 2023

Pros: Indestructible, very light, economical

Cons: Very plastic, very slow AF, not stabilized

Opinion: Lens kit with my old Canon 550D. It is a lens that serves to begin to understand the basics of photography and little more. It has many limitations, the only advantage is that it is indestructible, it has fallen, it has caught balls but it still works! Overall quality / price quite advantageous, since they give it away in the kit. I wouldn't recommend buying it separately.

Alphirio

sent on March 15, 2023

Pros: When it starts to suck, it means you're learning to photograph

Cons: Jack of all trades

Opinion: In 2011 they gave me the first camera, with this plastic and glass accrocchio attached to it. At the time I did not understand a broken tube of photography, and even less of lenses, and this dark, inaccurate, unclear lens and with the build quality of a bale of hay seemed to me the world. 18-55 is an optimal focal range, allowing you to experience a little bit of everything, and overall this lens is not so much to throw away. Initially I used it to report on events, and I took it on vacation like any tourist who with the SLR in hand believes himself a great photographer. I also used it for some videos, obviously focusing in manual because my 600D of the times with cabbage that had the Dual Pixel. Technically speaking, completely forget about reliability with this lens. The characteristics that distinguish it are slowness, lack of precision, lack of sharpness even with closed apertures. The advantages are that, given the cost and the actual value, you will beat a lot of what could happen, so you can really take it anywhere and it won't give you any thought. Whether it is a season in a tourist village (it is never), the holiday in the middle of the open with a lot of illegal sleep on the beach, the evening at the disco to be photographed strictly with the built-in flash, or you want to give your shots a vintage, dirty and lo-fi flavor (I really heard this), this 18-55 will do its job very well, And he will take home photos that to inexperienced eyes will seem like manna from heaven. But do not try to use it for something higher, because its intrinsic limits will be felt immediately, and it will be at that point that you will want to buy something better, and the 18-55 will have fulfilled its primary function, that is to start a person to photograph and make him understand what he wants to do, with which lenses and how. When the 18-55 starts to go tight, it means that you have grown on a technical level.

Federico Briozzo

sent on February 05, 2022

Pros: Weight, Cost, Versatility, Ease of Use

Cons: Everything else: Sharpness, Brightness, Materials

Opinion: Basic lens that anyone can have. Lens for beginners or animators who have just started photographing. It does its job and doesn't do it very well, as soon as you can, take any other zoom lens that is wider and brighter. Do not pay too much attention to the expenses as the prices do not tend to change much from new to used ... To be avoided if possible!!!

0maxx0

sent on August 02, 2020

Pros: The 200D in kit with this lens I paid less than to buy the body alone, so...

Cons: ... it sucks so much that it devalues everything it touches. unsteadyed, slow and noisy, plastic as a toy, poor sharpness.

Opinion: Unlike the brothers IS and STM (the latter really great kits, as far as I'm concerned), this lens is a bottle bottom. found in the packaging of the 200D, just tried I wondered why I had spent money to go from 1" (Sony RX100) to apsc if then the result was even worse. buying at the lenses I realized that the problem was neither the sensor nor the camera, but this junk.

Cat79

sent on July 01, 2020

Pros: lightness, kit, all-rounder zoom, cheap

Cons: material quality, slow self-focus, disreliably, unreliable, unsteady

Opinion: Lens usually present in kit (I do not want to buy it outside): combined with my EOS 1200D, I shot for some time only with this lens before buying more. I found it useful to take the first photographs and impratise myself, as well as to identify the most used focal points, which was useful to me to understand which optics to add to my kit. Its quality is of kit optics, so it's a bit dark and the autofocus is slow and often makes a mischifier in critical situations; I took decent photographs of it anyway and I "made my bones". I recently replaced it with the Sigma 17-50mm, with 2.8 fixed on all focal points (the Canon 17-55mm for my pockets was too expensive), but I still kept the lens in kit as a spare mule.

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