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Buying a used Canon EF-S 18-135 STM lens. Any advice?

Started Feb 7, 2015 | Discussions thread
RSCPA Forum Member • Posts: 67
Re: Buying a used Canon EF-S 18-135 STM lens. Any advice?

I just received my new white box 18-135stm on Monday. The lens was part of a kit. I also got it from Ebay for $295 which included express two day shipping from a seller who had a lot of feedback and a very high rating.

It came with the US warranty card and the serial number on the card matches the number on the lens. The lens is perfect and looks like it has never been unwrapped.

About the lens itself, I am using it on a 70D and I truly wasn't expecting the 18-135stm  lens' image quality to be as good as it has turned out to be. In the handful of photos I have taken with it this week, I am amazed at how nice they have turned out, and very sharp IQ.

I was expecting the IQ to be pretty decent from all the reviews I read,  but I wasn't expecting the IQ to be this good. It's really amazing Canon has put out a lens this good for the price the lens is selling for.  I know it's not L quality and it's a slower lens, but for me, even though I'd like a 70-200L f4 IS, I already own the truly excellent 55-250stm and now this 18-135stm, I don't know that I really need an L when both of these have such nice IQ and are relatively light and so easy to carry.

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Panasonic FZ1000 Nikon D3300 Canon EOS Rebel T7i Nikon D7500 Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS +9 more
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