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For the asking price - it's a steal !

Started Oct 2, 2017 | User reviews thread
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marc petzold
marc petzold Senior Member • Posts: 1,981
For the asking price - it's a steal !

First of all, I got this lens way cheap, slightly >60 bucks, new of course. "Whitebox" without retail Box.

Things that i do like about this new, 2017 18-55 STM Iteration, are to consider:

1) A shorter lens design, saves space in the DSLR bag, about 20% smaller into size
2) A glass element at the end of the lens - so no dust is pumped through the air more into the DSLR mirror box, as is the case with zoom lenses by design and ordinary.
3) The same filter diameter, i. I can still use my UV protection filter for front element protection as well as the matching EW-63C (58mm Filterthread size)
4) The lens is now completely retracted at 18mm, and then pushes out to 55mm a few centimeters, the old STM had this peculiarity, as did Nikon at the 18-55 VR II, at about 35mm it was drafted, with the other two focal ends shifted to the outside .... the tube .. somehow as a "special" construction, anyway the meaning here does not open up to me in this approach.

I do use this new STM onto my old, but trusty EOS 30D.

Optically, this new 2017 Version of the 18-55 STM does have slightly less CAs, than the previous 2013 Iteration.

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Canon EOS 5D Canon EOS 40D Nikon 1 V1 Fujifilm X-E1 Sony a7 +57 more
Canon EF-S 18-55mm F4-5.6 IS STM
Zoom lens • Canon EF-S
Announced: Feb 15, 2017
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Canon 18-55 F4-5.6 IS STM Canon EOS 30D
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