Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens - Ultra-Wide-Angle Zoom Lens | Compact, Lightweight | Architecture, Landscape, Travel Photography | Canon EOS DSLR Compatible

So having recently bought a 7d mk2 I suddenly had a need for a very wide angle lens, being used to full frame. This little EF-S lens is all plastic, made in Taiwan, comes with no hood or pouch and is not fast at f/4.5 - f/5.6. That said, it is very light, affordable has IS and STM. More importantly it takes very good quality images. I got mine for £179 from Amazon and at that price this lens is fantastic value.Of course is it not so great in low light, but for still life the IS helps a lot with that. The focus is near instant on this focal length and for video work on the 7d mk2 this is as easy as point and shoot, like a camcorder.16mm equivalent is very wide and takes dramatic looking pictures. Background blur is limited again mainly due to the focal length, so the aperture is not such a drawback from that point of view.The lens is so light and compact I often carry it in my jacket pocket in case I need it. Being inexpensive also makes doing that sort of thing less worrying.Images are sharp and of high quality. I own several L lenses and really you do have to be looking closely or in certain circumstances to really see a huge difference. For most people and most pictures, this lens is more than good enough quality. In good light the images are excellent.Yes it is plastic and it is not made in Japan. There are not many other options for canon 1.6x crop bodies though, and none really worth considering at this price. Overall this is a great little lens.

This is a terrific lens at a price that's very reasonable for the level of performance you get. TL;DR version - buy it, it doesn't disappoint.If you're still reading, I've been wanting to try ultra-wide fields of view, but while i've been um'ing and ah'ing about the Canon 10-22mm for at least a year I couldn't really justify the cost for what will be a fairly infrequently used lens for me. When the 10-18mm appeared on Amazon UK at just under half the price of the 10-22mm it made the decision very easy. Although it's early days i've given it decent workouts in full daylight, sunrise/sunset, and inside buildings, and results are consistently excellent for the price - sharp, a little barrel distortion at 10mm but not bad (I quite like the effect it gives) and 12-18mm are very good. Great results with wide-angle HDR sunsets.As noted in another review it's fairly slow at f/4.5-5.6, but i've not found this a major issue - the IS seems effective when handheld, but I mostly shoot tripod-mounted anyway. With my 600D in low light I get better results from manual settings than auto/landscape which seems to go a bit underexposed, but that's a minor criticism of the camera rather than this lens. Focus is snap-to, quick and quiet, i've not encountered any issues there at all. The lens is plastic and very similar in construction to some of the kit lenses; as a result it doesn't really have the solid feel of Canon's more expensive lenses but is nevertheless well made, plus the construction makes it small and very light, which is a definite positive - makes it easy to stash away in the camera bag on a walkabout when you might well leave a heavier lens behind. Given that i'm unlikely to be in a situation where this is the only lens I'd want to have with me, overall i'd say the lightweight construction is a bonus rather than the negative that a few reviews elsewhere see it as.

I love this lens! I purchased for a city holiday break and I have been so impressed with it!Pros:It is light in weight! Perfect for travel.Wide! Very wide at 10mm and you also have a decent field of view at the 18mm too for general use.STM motor! Amazing focussing motor for quick reactions and it is silent which is great for video work.Sharp pictures. I am very impressed with the clean and sharp images from this lens.Cons:Not the fastest lens so you need plenty of light or high ISO's....or a tripod!Image Stabiliser. Strange one here, I don't think the IS works very well at the wide 10mm settings. It seems to be better at 18mm. I actually think I have taken better shots (less blur) with the IS off when shooting in the wide ends.Overall, I cannot recommend this lens highly enough. You will not be disappointed!

Got this lens to use with my 60D, but did not expect it to be as good as review sites were saying. At f5.6, the IQ is very, very good - all the way to the edges. The stabilizer works really well and allows you to shoot at very slow speeds. The build quality is very high for a cheap lens – yes, it’s plastic, but it’s very smooth and nothing wobbles. The focus speed is quick and spot on almost every time, but it is so quiet that I have switched the ‘focus lock beep’ back on so I know that is working.My only gripe with this lens is the lack of ‘lens data’ for canons DPP, as I only shoot in RAW and it would be nice to be able to correct the small amount CA you can get in certain conditions. I have to add that most of the time, the CA is so low that you would only see it if making prints the size of your front door!In all, I think this is a very good lens for the money. It is far better than my old sig 10-20 and as good, if not better, than the canon 10-22 I borrowed for a short while.