Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

alaTest has collected and analyzed 64 user reviews of Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

I used this lens for about a week on a 20D.

This is dirt cheap when its included with a camera.

Don't use this lens, spend a few 100EUR and buy yourself a lens that you can realy enjoy.

It's quite OK as a starter kit lens (got mine as kit lens on my 350D), and if you don't make large prints or have the need for extra image quality.

This is the most affordable 18mm EF-S lens. Therefore we can't live without it. I was debating to stay with my 24-60mm zoom but the 1.6 ratio worked against that. You need at least one wide angle lens and this is the best candidate. It does only one...

For a basic kit lens this leaves a lot to be desired. Used it for a week before tuning to my 17-85.

This lens is probably the first one that most people start with on their new dSLR and it is just not good enough. The build quality is terrible, it just screams terribly cheap with the image quality not being much better. This is the reason why I...

I got the Japanese version, which is slightly different (it has USM but no IS).

This lens is vastly underrated and of course limited at night without IS, the new one with IS should be great. Like any lens on the 400D the limit is the focus accuracy, not the lens sharpness.

For a kit lens, this is pretty nice. I have gotten many excellent images using this lens. It is super light and can take a pretty good range of images. My only complaint is that I find myself needing to focus manually a bit too often when it just...