Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 is Standard Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (New, White Box)
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Features
- 18-135mm lens with f3.5-f.5.6 aperture; for use with APS-C cameras
- 35mm equivalent to 29mm-216mm focal length range
- Dedicated image stabilization
- Lens construction of 16 elements in 12 groups
- Compatible with 67mm filters
Description
The Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS standard zoom lens offers a winning combination of size, range and features and is a perfect complement to APS-C cameras. With high-quality optics, dedicated image stabilization and more, this new lens promises to be a favorite for EOS users.
Brand: Canon
Focal Length Description: Wide Angle to Medium Telephoto 18-135mm lens
Lens Type: Wide Angle to Telephoto
Compatible Mountings: Canon EF-S
Camera Lens Description: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 is Standard Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (New, White Box)
Focal Length Description: Wide Angle to Medium Telephoto 18-135mm lens
Lens: Wide Angle to Telephoto
Compatible Camera Mount: Canon EF-S
Maximum Focal Length: 13.5 centimeters
Minimum Focal Length: 18 millimeters
Lens Design: Zoom
Focus Type: Auto Focus
Lens Fixed Focal Length: 13.5 centimeters
Lens Coating Description: Super Spectra Coating
Zoom Ratio: 7.51
Image stabilization: 4 stops
Real Angle Of View: 74.33 degrees
Maximum Aperture: 5.6 f_stop
Minimum Aperture: 38 f_stop
Number of Diaphragm Blades: 6
Photo Filter Size: 6.7 centimeters
Lens Mount: Canon EF-S
Screen Size: 18 inches
Color: Black
Exposure Control Type: Automatic, Manual
Media Type: ProductImage, EnhancedContent
Water Resistance Level: Not Water Resistant
Brand: Canon
Camera Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 is Standard Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (New, White Box)
Model Name: ef-s
UPC: 616348040112 616348040099 017566473568 616348040105 125896741230 616348040136 617689590021 616348040082 919248337628 013803108644 616348040129
Number of Items: 1
Manufacturer Part Number: 3558B002
Global Trade Identification Number: 44
Unit Count: 1 Count
Built-In Media: E-67 II 67mm Lens Cap, EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens, Lens Dust Cap E (Rear), One Year Limited Warranty Card
Item Weight: 455 g
Manufacturer: Canon Cameras US
Warranty Description: 1 year limited
Model Number: 3558B002
Model Series: EF-S
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Top Amazon Reviews
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First, the lens. I bought the 18-135 for my Canon T2i because I tired of having to always carry two lenses and to make frequent changes, depending on the different subjects I wished to photograph. Now, with the 18-135 on the camera I only have to carry the camera unless I know that I will be in a situation where I should use the 55-250. Another benefit is the reduced risk of getting dust on the sensor, a risk that always concerned me when I changed lenses. Before ordering the lens, I read many reviews and made a list of all the problems I could expect and the recommendations as to how to overcome or work around them. But either the Gods smiled on me or Canon has made some improvements in the lens since the reviews were written because so far I have not noticed the problems the reviews warned about. I have not yet taken shots at all focal lengths, F numbers or exposure speeds,. but at 18mm (a focal length warned about), f3.51, 1/32 I got good,fully usable photos. I may still see evidence of problems and will update this review if I do, but so far I'm pleased, getting photos as good as those when using the 18-55 but without the need to carry two lenses most of the time. I bought it knowing it is not fast enough to be a good low light. However, the Canon 50 1.8 is quite inexpensive and will probably get it for those few times when I want to photograph in a low light situation. It may not be good for macro, either, but that is not where my interests lie. The lens comes without the lens hood, however, I purchased an inexpensive bayonet Canon look-alike made by Fotodiox and sold by Amazon and solved that problem I also bought a couple of $1.95 Fotodiox lens caps with the center pinch from Amazon so that I can put on and take off the lens caps without removing the hood. The 18-135 is not an L lens, but for the money it is a very good walk-around for most photographers. My issue with Amazon has to do with what I thought I was ordering and what I received. At the time I placed the order, and still true today, I had the choice of paying approximately $420 or $320, the latter described as coming in a white box. I was very tempted to order the lens for $320, but ordered the more expensive option, reasoning that the lens in the white box is more likely to be one that somebody else removed from their new camera kit because they were not satisfied with its performance. In other words, I was sure that because I was paying the additional $100 that I would be getting a lens, new and untouched by others, in a Canon box. However, when I opened the shipping box, inside was a lens in a white box, the same as I would have gotten had I paid $100 less. I got the customer service webpage and made a complaint, explaining why I bought the more expensive lens and saying that I felt Amazon had let me down when it charged me about $100 more than I would have paid for a lens shipped in a white box. Almost immediately I got a reply, telling me that my credit card was being credited with a $40 refund. With the refund, I am still paying more than the going price for a white box, but the lens I got was shipped free, which reduces a little more the difference, and I may have gotten better shipping service. So all in all, I am satisfied with the response I got from Amazon And the lens is definitely a keeper even though it was in a white box. Update 1 January 2012. Still very pleased that I bought this lens. The only time I take it off the camera is when I want more reach than is provided by 135mm. Sure is great to be able to walk around with one lens instead of 2 in order to cover the range I normally shoot when in the "walk around" mode.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2011 by Kenneth Depree
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I'll leave the detailed reviews to others, and there have been some very good ones posted here. I'd just like to add a few observations and comments. This lens does an excellent job for a wide-to-medium telephoto zoom. The focus motor is not USM, but it's quick and not very noisy. It's noticeably lighter than the f/2.8 Tamron 28-75mm non-IS zoom that it's replacing even though the dimensions are the same. It produces more zoom range, quicker focusing, and sharper images than the Tamron. Even with it being f/3.6, the Image Stabilization feature lets it get low-light pictures that the Tamron can't handle at f/2.8. IS seems to come on-line much quicker than the 18-55mm kit lens, which has about a 1/2-second delay for first use (or if it goes into standby mode). It seems solidly built, produces excellent and consistent results, and is comfortable to carry. I'm much more satisfied with this lens than I was with the slower-reacting 18-55mm kit lens. My wife is the serious photographer in the family, and I tried to find her something that I thought was not too heavy and bulky, yet had good zoom range, versatility, and consistency. I've found it in this lens. As a last note, this lens has been criticized in some outside reviews for vignetting at long zoom lengths. The Canon T2i's EOS Utility software has a database of Canon lenses, and it allows the camera to internally apply vignetting correction to pictures taken by this lens (and a few dozen others). The EOS utility even offers extensive remote control of the camera when attached to a computer by a USB cable. The versatile and powerful T2i, this lens, and a computer provide a formidable arsenal for serious photography.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2010 by MildCritter
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I was more than a little apprehensive about purchasing this lens before many official reviews came out, but I'm really glad I did. I have an 18-55 kit, 70-300, 60mm f/2.8 Macro, and 50 prime (all great beginner lenses, BTW) but I needed something I could stick on my camera and forget about when going out around town. As a young lady that likes small purses, this is a constant internal struggle- hang my awesome camera around my neck like an "I'm on a project and shouldn't be hit on" necklace, or stuff it in a big camera bag with my other lenses in a "I don't have kids but I might as well cause this looks like a diaper bag" fashion. I deflect male advances either way. It's just a matter of how light I travel when I do it. And if I can leave some highly-stealable stuff at home, I will. How does it feel? This seems to have the same feel as my 70-300. Not a plastic-y light feeling like the 18-55, slightly rubber ridges and hefty, but not heavy, weight to it. I wouldn't use this lens to bludgeon enemies, but it doesn't feel as though it came out of a gum ball machine either. What's the color like? We compared this lens to the Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras (took identical photos at same focal length, f-stop, settings, etc.) Both lenses were incredibly sharp at the sweet spots and still great at the edges (when taken at F8) but the colors of the 18-135 were much less washed out. We definitely had the white balance settings locked for both photos, but the 18-135 just showed reds, purples, blues, greens, all colors were more vibrant and true. Now if you want your family photos to look like they came straight from a comic book with crazier-than-life color explosions, you'll have to look to post-processing for that. Weirdo. All I'm saying is that I won't have to change the color balance to cloudy to experience non-prison looking color in family portraits. Nothing kills the vibe of a party photo montage like grayish Alcatraz hues. Yeah, but I can get this from an 17-85 or the new 15-85, right? Good point, friend. But the extra focal length after 85mm is really worth it, especially when shooting things across a street or shooting semi-close wildlife. And if the 15-85 is way more expensive and the 17-85 is about the same price, why not go for the longer length? You could make the same argument for the 18-200, but I don't think that the compromised sharpness (and heavy 21 oz weight, vs the 16.1 oz of the 18-135) is worth the extra focal distance. Also, you get the latest version of the image stabilization system with this one. But there is no USM, and the 17-85 has USM. I MUST HAVE USM ON ALL MY LENSES! Calm down there, buddy. True, there is no USM on this lens. But having used both the 17-85 and 18-135, the latter is just as fast to autofocus. It may not have the USM, but you wouldn't notice a big difference. The motor is super fast and doesn't autofocus hunt like my 70-300 USM tends to do. You can hear the motor, but it's not as loud as the Canon 70-300 USM motor. Image stabilization is also great- there were plenty of pictures that have been saved with that feature, especially in low light/no flash situations. Finally, I want to mention the "The Digital Picture" ISO 12233 Crops (google this; I can't provide a link). This test scared the crud out of me, and is making a lot of people spew hate about this lens. It makes this lens look soft compared to some other lenses. When I started shooting, I thought at first that there was a sharpness issue until I realized that my little brother had changed my ISO to 1600. Thanks, little bro! After that was fixed, everything was as sharp as I could hope for. Having done my own sharpness tests, I realized that the ISO 12233 crops weren't telling the whole story. I don't plan on sticking this sucker on a tripod and shooting tiny black and white lines with it all day (I have more interesting subjects, and they are in color!) I've taken hundreds of pictures with this lens and just don't see any image quality or sharpness difference when compared to my other lenses. So chill, people. In conclusion, if you love the pictures your DSLR gives you, but hate the lens diaper-bag/bookbag look, this is a great choice. It's not going to make you into a magical Ansel Adams photo spouting machine, but no equipment will do that. This lens takes some pretty nice pictures when you stop worrying about 100% crops and start enjoying life. Shoot and be happy.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2009 by B. Stubblefield
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This is a great lens. It is being sold by other camera and lens vendors in the white box and the Canon box versions. The lenses are the same. The difference is the price and the box. The white box version is taken from camera kits and sells right now for $349.95 at Adorama. The version being offered here by Ace Photo Digital is the white box version, but at the time I purchased it, that fact was not on the web page and I purchased it thinking it was the Canon box version. It was not. I called Ace Photo and they said it was on the web page. I then called Amazon and the Amazon customer service representative said she could not find it either. I returned it, and purchased the lens from Adorama. This lens is very good for a kit-type lens. It is sharp, has good image stabilization, is lightweight and easy to carry, and has minimal distortion (some barrel at the wide angle end and some pincushion at the telephone end), and has very good bokeh for a lens of this type. In fact it is so good that I can hardly tell the difference between some of the pictures taken with my 70-200 f4 and this lens. This lens is a great buy, but be careful about which version you want and the price on it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2010 by jason458
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Let me start by saying that this review is by an photographically active amateur, not a professional. I am returning to SLR use after many years of using a more simpler camera. While I do not take professional pictures, I do consider myself quite active in taking pictures so wanted to step up to the next level of camera, and lens, without going to the really high end equipment. I now have several lenses, but this one was my first. In this lens, I was looking for versatility - a "walk around" lens as it were. After several weeks of research, including reading as many reviews as possible through customer ratings on Amazon and other sites, I felt that this lens would meet my criteria of a walk-around lens with some telephoto as well as wide-angle capability. Over the last month, I have take nearly 1,000 pictures and while this lens, according to some reviews, may not produce quite as good a picture as one of the equivalent Canon "L" lens, it is more than adequate for me, not nearly as expensive at this stage of my involvement, nor as heavy. Nor does it have the "lens creep" reported through reviews of Canon's other equivalent (28-135) lens which I also considered. As an interesting anecdote, during a recent trip on the train from Central Florida to the Washington, DC, area, I wanted to take some photos out of the train window showing snow scenes as we entered Virginia. The train was traveling at approximately 50-70 MPH so I knew I had to adjust for blur. I set my camera speed at 1/1200; let the aperture adjust automatically, as well as the ISO, and found that I could take sharp photos out the window without problem. It also made me realize how important a lens with Image Stabilization was for these type of shots. While not all were perfect (due to user error), most were very good considering that this was my real first attempt at doing "speed shots." After further review of my shots later in the trip, I noticed that I shifted my zoom from 35mm to 85mm, back and forth, depending upon the type of picture I wanted to take. This process was quite easy to do with this lens. In summary, I find this to be a very capable lens for the purpose I intended it to be and would unequivocally recommend its purchase for similar needs.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2010 by G. Stant
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Week after buying Canon T1i camera I went to Mt St Helens National Park and realized how much I need extra zoom. So I ordered the new Canon 18-135IS. My first impressions are very positive: - The build quality is pretty decent. - The lens is relatively light and feels pretty balanced on the T1i body. - Front of the lens doesn't turn during auto focus which is a plus if you use a polarized filter. - AF is quick and very accurate - it easily finds focus even in dark conditions. - Image Stabilizer supports horizontal and vertical panning. - I think sharpness is comparable with the kit 18-55IS (looks like corners are a bit softer). - Zoom range is perfect for vacation/outdoor photography. - There is no zoom creep (so far). - Very smooth bokeh (background blurring) Few cons: - No zoom lock. - Doesn't have USM/full-time manual focus - this is the feature I'd expect in the $500 lens. - Distortions on the wide end (18-24mm) - More CA than 18-55IS. P.S. I've spent the last couple of weeks reading endless forum posts and reviews. Here are my notes about the similar/competing products: 1. Canon 55-250IS - My friend got this lens - it's sharp but some shots have bad color saturation/contrast. He also told me that he needs to change lenses too often. 2. Canon 28-135 IS USM - sharp, has full-time manual focus, but the lens is quite big and heavy for T1i and has a zoom creep. 28mm is too much for the wide shots on the x1.6 cameras. 3. Sigma 18-125 OS HSM - good zoom range/color/price, relatively sharp. I almost bought this lens but then I noticed that almost every review mentions the constant background noise produced by the image stabilizer. Sometimes I use the camera for short videos so that was a deal breaker for me. 4. Sigma 18-200 - good zoom range/color/price, but too heavy. Sharpness is very inconsistent. Also not much extra zoom comparing to the 135mm. Overall I think this lens is a good choice for nonpro photographers looking for a multipurpose zoom lens.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2009 by Ivan Barakumba
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I looked around for months for a good versatile range lens for a project I was working on for the Fall. I purchased this lens about 6 months ago and I'm very pleased with it! I am finishing up a football season photographing the bandmembers at a university where I live, and was allowed access anywher I wanted to go in the stadium. This lens had a wide enough range I could fit nearly the entire football field in the frame from on top of the press box, but when I was standing on the sidelines I could also get good portraits of the musicians (or football players!) on the field. At 18mm though, it does have some slight vignetting on the edges. Not such a huge deal, but it's definitely worth making a note of. Also, it started "creeping" soon after I started using it. I have a camera backpack and I usually leave this lens on my camera body. and the nose points down. When I open the bag back up if the camera is inside, the lens has "zoomed all the way to 135 mm" if you get what I mean. Gets a little aggravating at times, but it's not a big deal. It's not the best portrait lens obviously, but it's much better than the kit lens that came with my Canon XSi. That lens has since retired, and this lens replaced it. My go-to lens is typically my 50mm f/1.4 but this is my second for sure. I think it's a great deal if you need an affordable lens you can keep on your camera body for virtually any setting.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2010 by Pirate Fan
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Love the len. Clean and like new.
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