 |
|
|
akustyk
Offline
Image Upload: Off
Registered: Apr 26, 2011
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 3
|
|
Review Date: Jan 28, 2018
|
Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 7
|
|
Pros:
|
decent level of detail, vivid colours, very appropriate size and weight for a Rebel body, quick and silent AF, very OK mechanically
|
|
Cons:
|
lack of microcontrast
|
|
|
on paper (and in the internet) it's a mechanically sub-par standard zoom with suprisingly great sharpness
in 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. yet it doesn't entirely feel right - there is decent detail but it simply doesn't feel contrasty and as sharp as any respectable prime you'd put to use. I mean - if you just look at the pictures from 18-55 STM there doesn't seem to be anything wrong even at 1:1 view... until you put some 50 STM or even 24 STM and notice how superior microcontrast is.
is it a disaster? surely not, it's still way better lens than any previous 18-55 from Canon. and it is capable of delivering very decent photos even viewed at 4K monitor. but it simply isn't as tack sharp as internet reviews make you believe. it may have similiar resolution measurements as the likes of 50 STM of 24 STM but make no mistake - this is not the same sharpness, by a margin.
|
|
 Jan 28, 2018
|
|
nick williams
Offline
Image Upload: Off
Registered: Oct 11, 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 519
|
|
Review Date: Dec 28, 2017
|
Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
|
|
Pros:
|
Very light with good image stabilisation and it's nice and sharp
|
|
Cons:
|
You have to look after it as it's plastic but at this price you can not complain
|
|
|
Im a full time professional photographer who bought this along with a Canon 100D for my 9 year old daughter. She loves it and the camera. I used them today when our girls were sledging in the snow. I was not expecting much in the way of image quality but I got a shock when I opened the files up in photoshop. The sharpness is very good much better than I was expecting for a lens of this price. A wonderful starter lens
|
|
|
Dec 28, 2017
|
|
Hobbyfotograaf
Offline
Image Upload: Off
Registered: Feb 24, 2014
Location: Belgium
Posts: 0
|
|
Review Date: Feb 24, 2014
|
Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
|
|
Pros:
|
Good image quality, fast AF, light, cheap, IS works
|
|
Cons:
|
No "L" build quality (but the price is much better)
|
|
|
It is the kit lens on my 700d, the image quality is very good, even compared to the Canon 17-40 f4 L that i used to have.
The AF is fast enough for most subjects.
The IS is working very good.
For this price it is really very good.
|
|
|
Feb 24, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reviews
|
Views
|
Date of last review
|
|
3
|
15033
|
Jan 28, 2018
|
|
|
Recommended By
|
Average Price
|
|
100% of reviewers
|
None indicated
|
|
|
Build Quality Rating
|
Price Rating
|
Overall Rating
|
|
6.67
|
8.67
|
8.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
