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

Canon's EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens is a standard zoom lens specifically designed to deliver high-quality stills and video while remains compact and lightweight.  Compatible with Canon APS-C sized sensors, it offers a a 35mm equivalent focal length of 29-88mm.  This lens is versatile enough to be a great choice in a wide variety of applications. Canon packed this lens with advanced features including  EOS Movie Servo AF feature for smooth and quiet continuous autofocusing during movie recording. This feature is enabled by the use of a six-group zoom system plus a stepping motor focusing mechanism. Additionally, manual focus adjustment is possible while shooting in AF mode, and an internal focusing system enables faster performance, maintains an overall compact lens form-factor and allows for a closer minimum focusing distance of 9.8".  The Optical Image Stabilization provides up to 4 stops of correction against camera shake, providing you with clearer images, even in challenging low-light conditions. This lens creates a 74° 20' - 27° 50' angle of view and accepts 58mm front end filters. 


OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER  (IS)
Lens features Optical Image Stabilization technology, a feature that employs an innate, built-in mechanism in order to compensate for camera shake.  By eliminating natural shakes and sways with camera movement your images will come out crisp and clean every time.

STEPPING MOTOR (STM)
The stepping motor (STM) pairs with the newly-designed focusing mechanism in order to fully handle the Canon EOS Movie Servo AF function.  This function enables smooth and incredibly quiet continuous auto focusing capabilities while recording video or shooting still images.

ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING
The Canon anti-reflective coating is an optical design feature which ensures superior clarity and image brilliance, even in poor or unfavorable lighting conditions.  Canon applies the anti-reflective coating through a special process, layering the lens surface in order to substantially reduce unwanted flare or ghosting.  This process helps to ensure incredibly rich image contrast and true color fidelity. 

ASPHERICAL DESIGN
Canon's aspherical lens design creates a more complex surface profile.  This helps to greatly reduce spherical and other optical aberrations.  The design further ensures consistent imaging performance throughout the entire focal range, while delivering incredible sharpness up to the periphery of the image. 

MANUAL FOCUS
Manual focusing means you have all the control at the end of your fingers.  Canon lenses feature a specially designed ergonomic construction that is noticeable at first touch.  The large rotation angle of this lens guarantees precise focusing.  The mechanism moves super smoothly and without extra play, furthering the intuitive interaction along the focal plane.  

ADVANCED APERTURE DESIGN
The circular aperture produces a natural background blur.  With Canon lenses you can create stunning Bokeh effects, thanks to the finely tuned features and advanced optical design.  By keeping the background intentionally blurred, additional focus is created on the subject of an image.  The uniquely engineered diaphragm blades of this lens, along with the virtually circular aperture, deliver stunning renditions of highlights the back and foreground.

ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING 
The Canon anti-reflective coating is an optical design feature which ensures superior clarity and image brilliance, even in poor or unfavorable lighting conditions.  Canon applies the anti-reflective coating through a special process, layering the lens surface in order to substantially reduce unwanted flare or ghosting.  This process helps to ensure incredibly rich image contrast and true color fidelity.   

INTERNAL FOCUSING (IF)
Internal Focusing lenses ensure maximum stability by moving the inner lens groups when focusing.  This allows the lens physical length to remain constant while achieving perfect focus.