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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $109.00
You Save: $90.99 (45%)
New (49) Used (13)
Avg. Customer Rating:  56 reviews
Media: Electronics
Optical Zoom: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 55
Minimum Focal Length: 18
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 3.6 x 3.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: EFS18-55mm
Model: EFS18-55mm
UPC: 013803079296
EAN: 0013803079296
ASIN: B000V5K3FG
Release Date: October 22, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 beautiful lens at a great price July 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My first lens was the 50mm F/1.8 and if you have this one then you know at first I would be disappointed with the Canon 18-55mm (and if you don't have the 50mm f/1.8 -go buy that one first!). With that said, I have to say THIS is a beautiful lens at a great price -in fact, I don't think you can beat it. One suggestion, and this came from buying my first flash around the same time...this lens loves light. Give it good light and it will give you amazing shots. Anyone who complains about this lens is simply not doing something right. Use an flash (maybe a sunpak 383 or a vivitar (newer one) and a flash diffuser like a lumiquest 80/20) and you'll be amazed. In fact, this one stays on my camera now more than the 50mm! You can check out some pics on my flickr site taken with this lens as well as the 50mm http://www.flickr.com/photos/9128230@N02/
Definately worth the money July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This lens has excellent image quality, sharpness and colors. The build quality is not top notch but for this price who cares?
 Good lense, bad aperture June 25, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a pretty darn good value. A Canon lens with standard zoom and Image Stabilization. But the largest f stop is 3.5. So the image stabilization and the lack of a large aperture kind of cancel out.
Great bang for the buck!!! June 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a recent convert to the SLR arena, though an avid enthusiast now. I was previously shooting a canon powershot S3, but was wanting to more creative than the point and shoot would allow. So I bought a Canon 30D that came with a Tamron 28-80mm AF lens and a sigma 70-210mm. the sigma was not compatible and the canon would give me an error message on 7 out of 10 shots. Those pictures it did take were worse than our old 3.2 mp Sony took. I only say this on the off chance someone reading this might be thinking of purchasing that lens. As I first started shooting with my precious 30d, I was a bit disappointed with the quality of the pics a expected a much greater leap in picture quality beyond my point and shoot. I started to search for a lens that took quality pics and was affordable (I wanted my cake and to eat it too). Needless to say when I reviewed my first few shots with this lens, I started to smile and haven't really stopped yet. I just kept taking comparison shots with both lenses as though I was thinking that it was a fluke that the canons shots were that much better that the Tamron. The pictures shot with the canon were not only a lot sharper but they also had much better color saturation and contrast. The color representation was much closer to the subject than those produced by the Tamron. I am amazed that any of the reviews could be anything but stellar; this leads me to believe that those reviewers are comparing this lens to an L class lens (hardly fair as they cost 3-4x as much). When reviewing this lens we must bear in mind that it's cost is +/- 150$ while it does feels more cheaply built than a L class lens... what would you expect ? I don't feel it's build would put anyone off (a subjective conclusion admittedly). If this lens falls where your budget lies, then buy it and enjoy! Happy shooting
Great go-to lens for the photographer on a budget June 18, 2008
Nice image quality, useful zoom range, IS works great (I should know, I need it really bad), pretty decent macro, fast autofocus, good build quality, nice and light. Just a great leave-it-on lens for a photographer who isn't swimming in money and doesn't want to haul pounds and pounds of camera equipment around. Sure, there are better lenses out there, but not for this price, with these feature, at this light a weight. It's just what a kit lens should be: everything your average non-professional photographer need.
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