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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II SLR Lens
The Canon 2042B002 EF 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Zoom Lens is a standard zoom lens designed with Canon’s Optical Image Stabilizer technology while retaining the compactness and lightness of previous models. Its stabilization allows sharp hand-held shots at shutter speeds up to four stops slower than otherwise possible. It consists of 11 elements in 9 groups and uses an aspherical lens element to correct aberration for excellent image quality throughout the zoom range and a circular aperture for exquisite rendering of out-of-focus backgrounds. Without a lot of size, weight or cost, this lens expands picture-taking possibilities any time slow shutter speeds are needed.
Product Features
- Focal Length & Maximum Aperture – 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
- Lens Construction – 16 elements in 12 groups, including UD-glass and aspherical lenses
- Diagonal Angle of View – 74 20′ – 7 50′ (with APS-C image sensors)
- Focus Adjustment – Gear-driven
- Closest Focusing Distance – 1.48 ft./0.45m (maximum close-up magnification 0.24x)
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Mediocre, light as a feather! The key reason that I bought this lens instead of the higher quality one of similar range with metal casing is because I’m a traveler. When I’m traveling, my Canon Rebel XTi and between one and three lenses go EVERYWHERE with me.Despite having rather high quality zoom and wide-angle lenses, the one that never gets left home is a nice middle-of-the-road zoom. The stock zoom that came with my old Canon film SLR was getting pretty floppy in the focus, so I replaced it with this one.I hesitated, wanting the nicer lens. I can afford a nicer lens. However, this one is cased in plastic, and very light.The results from it are somewhat inconsistent. Sometimes I’m very satisfied with it, and other times not. It is a mediocre lens. The focus is not as solid as I know it would be with a metal casing.I should note that I bought the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens at the same time, and I’m VERY satisfied with that lens, despite it also being on the…
Great lens but look forward to upgrading I’ve been doing videography for 5 years but I’m finishing up college, so I’m always looking for the most bang for my buck when buying camera/video equipment.Let me first start off by saying that this lens saved my life during an indoor event shoot. I was in a tight place and couldn’t use my 50mm f1.8 (which I would have preferred given it’s wider aperture which would have been better given the poor lighting conditions). I snapped this lens on, lowered my shutter speed a bit, turned up my ISO and captured everything in the small room that I needed to with the wide 18mm length. It is difficult to use this lens indoors, however given it’s limited aperture of 3.5-5.6. If you’re not sure what that means, simply put, it’s that your lens has to be within an aperture range that will require more light. This means that you’ll have to slow your shutter speed (not as desirable for anything with any amount of action), or raise your ISO (potentially sacrificing your image quality to…
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