Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens
The Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM is a versatile and compact standard zoom lens designed specifically for Canon APS-C format DSLRs. Offering a highly practical 29-88mm full-frame equivalent focal range, this lens covers wide-angle landscapes to flattering portraits with ease. Packed with smooth, near-silent stepping motor autofocus and advanced optical image stabilization, it serves as an exceptional everyday lens for both sharp still photography and fluid video creation.

Optical Sharpness & Performance
High-Precision Aspherical Element: The optical design incorporates one specialized aspherical lens element to minimize geometric distortions and aberrations, ensuring crisp rendering and edge-to-edge sharpness throughout the zoom range.

Optimized Multi-Coatings: Enhanced lens coatings are applied to individual elements to combat ghosting and flare, securing precise color balance and maintaining high contrast under harsh or direct lighting.

7-Blade Circular Diaphragm: Built with a rounded seven-blade aperture structure that delivers a smooth, pleasing background blur (bokeh) when isolating subjects with selective focus techniques.

Silent STM Focus & Advanced Stabilization
Smooth STM Stepping Motor: Features a six-group zoom system combined with a stepping focus motor (STM) that supports Canon’s EOS Movie Servo AF. This architecture ensures smooth, quiet, and precise continuous autofocus tracking during video capture without drive noise interrupting your audio.

Internal Focusing Design: Moves only internal glass elements during focus acquisition, which drives faster performance, maintains a compact physical lens profile, and unlocks a close 9.8″ minimum focusing distance.

Non-Rotating Front Element: Because the front barrel does not rotate when focusing, utilizing specialized lens filters like circular polarizers or graduated NDs is completely hassle-free.

Full-Time Manual Override: Offers ultimate creative control by letting you grab the manual focus ring and tweak focus at any point during shooting, even while remaining in an active autofocus mode.

Optical Image Stabilizer: An integrated Optical Image Stabilization system delivers up to 4 stops of camera shake correction, allowing you to capture sharp, blur-free handheld photos and steady video footage in dim, low-light settings.

Technical Specifications
Focal Length Range: 18-55mm (29-88mm Full-Frame Equivalent)

Aperture Range: f/3.5-5.6 to f/22-38

Lens Mount: Canon EF-S (APS-C Sensors Only)

Filter Thread Size: 58mm

Minimum Focus Distance: 9.8″ (25 cm)

Weight: Approx. 7.2 oz (205g)