Canon's EF-S 18-55mm kit lenses have always been small, light and cheap and the latest versions have the very useful image stabilization feature. These lenses have been and continue to be a good value when purchased as a starter lens in a DSLR kit, but they have never been a strongly desired lens...

Right now, i got this as a gift to myself for christmas and wont open it until christmas. Im a little nervous, the box was super small and didnt seem packaged too well. But i cant write a review yet as to how it works.

I like it a lot, it came on time and replace the original that came with my camera. The service was great and so was tracking my order.

Lightweight; Consistent Output; Easily Interchangeable; Durable; Fast / accurate auto-focus

When I got it, Auto focus did not work so I was stuck using Manual focus for everything. Now after 2 years my camera says "Err 01 Communications between the camera and lens is faulty. Clean the lens contacts" This lens has and always will be TRASH.

This is the standard kit lens you can get with the camera, it is plastic which makes it feel cheap, and the zoom is not great for video, tends to move in jerks, but the optics are surprisingly good quality, and have had good reviews elsewhere.

Great Picture Quality; Lightweight

Flimsy Construction

Canon's new 18-55mm zoom is an attractive proposition thanks to its relatively cheap price and the inclusion of image stabilisation.......

Fantastic value for money

Poor manual-focusing experience

i got this lens with the 500d and i really like it but i do have some problems with it one been that i can not zoom with out it jumping, i mean that it get stuck when zooming slowly. other from that it is a nice lens. i am sending it back a getting a new one so i hope it is better quality

on paper (and in the internet) it's a mechanically sub-par standard zoom with suprisingly great sharpnessin my experience it is different. mechanics are very much OK, nothing to be ashamed of for an inexpensive standard zoom. level of detail on the photos also appears good.

decent level of detail; vivid colours; very appropriate size and weight for a Rebel body; quick and silent AF; very OK mechanically

lack of microcontrast

Canon's new EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens is offered as a cheaper alternative to the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens which was developed to match the EOS 650D (and which we reviewed in July 2012) .

I bought this lens for my new 70D because of video and found it quite acceptable and very good for the price. It works well on auto focus in video mode.