Canon EF-S10-18 mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens – Black 9519B005AA
Canon EF-S10-18 mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens – Black 9519B005AA
Get Started
A get started lens that is ideal for lots of different subjects.
Get Focus
Get the lens that blurs backgrounds while keeping your subject pin-sharp – letting you be selective with what’s in focus. A lens that lets you shoot atmospheric pictures, even when the light starts to fade.
Get Closer
A get closer lens takes you nearer to the action and lets you pick out individual details in a busy scene. This is a lens that lets you keep your distance and remain discreet.
Get More In
A get more in lens captures those massive skies and sweeping vistas, and sees wider than the human eye. For when you need to get more in the frame, but can’t step back any further.
| Weight: | 8.47 Ounces |
| Size: | No |
| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 7.2 x 7.5 centimetres |
| Brand: | Canon |
| Model: | 9519B005AA |
| Part: | 9519B005AA |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 7.2 x 7.5 centimetres |
| Origin: | Great Britain |
| Size: | No |
Very good lens for my Canon m100 with mount adapto
A very good lens for landscapes/inside shots and at a great price.
Great lens for taking ultra wide angle photos of landscapes
This is a very useful, sharp lens. Auto focus is ok, although not as good as my 24mm Canon problem me lens. Then again, they’re price worlds apart.
I thoroughly recommend this lens for stills and video.
I use it to on a BM6KP. Excellent!
I needed this lens, it does the job just perfec
A great wide angled lense for closer shots, very well made, good materials and a good asset for landscape shots although can sometimes struggle with focus on objects.
A good lens for very little money. Very pleased with the results I’m getting
I was worried about getting vignetting around the edges but that hasn’t been an issue! Would recommend.
This is a wide angle, ideal for landscapes and especially buildings.
Not as sharp as my L-Series stuff but a fraction of the cost. I don’t expect it to be my go to every day lens, but expect to use in those circumstance where being a bit wider might help (church interior, stair case with the bride coming down, group shot etc).
Would recommennd.
Although not the most expensive lens this really does perform, obviously at this width you will see some distortion but that is easily corrected in lightroom.
The lens is overall well made and at a fraction of the price of other ultra wide angle lenses, this is a massive bargai
I am fantastically impressed by the quality of the autofocus. It is so quiet and so quick that, when I first mounted the lens on the camera for a first check, I thought focusing didn’t work, because I couldn’t hear any motor noise when I half-pressed the shutter. Once I finally found my glasses and had a proper look through the viewfinder, I was amazed at how silent and instantaneous the focusing is.
Another bonus is that the lens is really lightweight compared to the 10-22, which more than compensates for the lower luminosity.
This was supposed to be a “poor man’s replacement” until I decide to step up to an L lens and perhaps a full-frame body, but it has wildly exceeded my expectations. Super happy with it.
gimbal bob.
My main aim is to use the lens as a vlogging lens and it works very well. Even with the camera about half an arms length away, I can still zoom in to quite a tight shot and zoom out and include more background. As a f5.6, anything within arms length isn’t blurred so much. Don’t expect much bokeh for anything further away. This does mean that a lot more is in focus….. which is what I like in my landscape shots. Image stabilising works very well, but I still prefer using a tripod and also a gimbal for super smooth shots.
I don’t think it’s the sharpest lens, certainly not compared to my 17-55mm F2.8 but it gets some great results and you can’t argue with the price.
i have used this lens for short films whilst at university.
highly recommend. the only downside is slight bowing on edges, and the distortion on portraits is not great.
8/10 lens
Seems that the sweet aperture for this lens is somewhere between f/8-f/13, again good for landscaping. The minimum aperture goes all the way up to f/29 where there is significant light wave distortion.
Debated over this and the more expensive 10-22 mm.
Very glad I got this. I am a beginner photographer and like shooting scenery.
The first day I took this out I forgot the tripod. As I am not great at holding a steady camera, I thought the day would be lost.
But I was very pleasantly surprised by the sharp, clear, wide images.
Can’t comment on the more technical details but great lens for the money.
Starting up YouTube Vlogs and this is the perfect lens.
I thought about giving this product only 4 stars, as I wish the aperture was lower and constant (spoilt by 1.8 and 2.8 lenses) and that it could be a bit sharper in the corners (normally in bad light). But for the cost I purchased mine copy for 160 with 20 Canon cash back, and the areas of photography and video it has opened up I will give it 5 stars. (Photography is always a compromise somewhere).
This is the first wide angle lens I have owned and I am absolutely delighted with the results I get from this lens. So much so, that this has now become my default go to lens for landscape photography – it is rarely off my camera. I am suprised at the close focal length and how near you need to get to foreground interest when photographing – but this is something I have quickly adjusted to.
The lens ha a 67mm thread for filters.
I have included a sample image I took using this lens
I’m a bit leery about the quality of any zoom lens, and prefer Canon’s primary lenses whenever I can get them – the cheap ones are excellent. Unsurprisingly, this isn’t quite as good, but it’s not at all bad if you can cope with not being able to open up beyond f4.5.
It’s certainly wide angle, and when you need wide angle nothing else will do. It’s very lightweight, and feels a bit cheap, but then it is cheap. I chose this above the higher priced and slightly brighter USM version because, apparently, the image quality is hard to tell apart and I wanted something light and easy to carry for use with a small-sensor body. If Canon had a 12mm primary lens, that would be ideal. But they don’t, and I’m happy with this instead.
Auto focus and image stabilization are built in and both can be individually switched off.
The lens is fairly light weight and will fit into a gadget bag easily. The mount, like most of the low to mid Canon range lenses, is made from a hard wearing plastic. All my other lenses are similarly made and I don’t anticipate any long term issues.
The lens came complete with a rear cover and front cover. This is well recommended and will fit on any camera from the EOS range (assuming you have upgraded the firmware to the most current – check Canons website for details).
I bought this lens and a Fotodiox smart adapter and put it on my Sony Nex7 emount. I still have AF and stabiliser, and the lens +adapter is a fraction of the cost of the sony SEL10-18. At 10mm you see a bit of vignetting in the far corners and I rather use it at f8 at this focal length. But on a Canon body it would show less because it has a smaller sensor than the Sony. This lens has a very good linear projection and the curvature even at 10mm is well controlled. It does not act as a fisheye. The distortion from 14mm to 16mm is invisible, which is a lot better than the standard kit lenses at their wide angle positions.
It is made of plastic, including the lens mount so it does not feel as nice as for instance the all metal Sony. But it is all about the results.
For people trying to adapt this to e-mount or Fuji, please note that if you use this in manual focus mode, when you zoom in or out you need to refocus!
One good point is, that if you switch the lens in MF and turn of the camera, when you turn the camera on again the lens is still focused on the same distance. (manual focusing is done via the motor driven by moving the focus ring). I use this if I leave the lens at 10mm or 12mm and shoot from the hip at f8. no need to AF at all.
The max aperture is not so impressive compared to the Samyang 12, f2.0, but the canon has almost max sharpness wide open, peaking at f6.3 and most photos are taken stopped down a bit anyway. The stabiliser is handy inside, but at 10mm even at 1/10 I get a sharp picture without stabiliser.
One of the most impressive features is the minimum focus distance. Wideangles only work pleasingly if you put something in the foreground creating a huge sense of depth. This lens can get very very close to a flower, mushroom or cat and make it look bigger than the mountain behind…
Having said that, the lens is a joy, colour saturation is superb, in normal use it is sharp to the edges and shows no detectable distortion or chromatic aberratation up to A4/10×8. Beyond that I haven’t tried but confidence is high. Canon claims the lens is quiet and this claim is well justified, auto-focus is fast, accurate and silent.
In conclusion, this is a budget priced lens but with quality features. Admittedly, at this price range optics quality can vary somewhat between individual lenses but at the price, 179 when purchased, it represents fantastic value and bearing the Canon name is a bonus. Highly recommended.
Update 1/09/2016. I have had this lens a long while and I am more than happy with the results it gives me.
In fact I’m really just getting into the hobby and I’m trying to do it as cheaply as possible, trying to get the best results without it costing the earth which, with some of the kit that’s available out there, the earth would be cheap in comparison!
With this in mind this review is really intended for those who, like me, want to get decent photos, broaden their knowledge and enjoy taking pictures of what they see.
I bought this lens after being told that a wide angle lens was a must for anyone who was getting into photography. I was recommended to get the sigma 10-20mm lens which I was told offered great performance at a cheap price. Unfortunately 300+ is way beyond my budget and I felt that I would have to wait until I could afford it.
Nevertheless I checked the net and was able to find the Canon lens for a much cheaper price offering what to me was a similar spec. The reviews were extremely good with over 90% in many online reviews so I took the plunge.
As I’ve already said I’m no expert, but I’m very pleased with the results. Many reviewers have spoken about distortions and CA around the edges of the picture, but to be fair I’ve noticed none. I suppose it helps if you don’t know what you’re looking for!!!
I’m very pleased with this lens. I’ve achieved some goods results with extreme close ups and perspectives. I would recommend it to anyone.
I’ve had the lens for about a year now and it has become pretty much my favourite lens for Landscape and close up photography, it may not be as mechanically fast as the more expensive USM version but the wide field of view and depth of field pretty much eliminate this for all but the fastest moving objects and you’d have to be dangerously close to the action for this be significant. At the low end of the scale although there is obviously some aspheric distortion it is not as significant as a full fisheye and is reasonably easy to correct in Lightroom / Photoshop. It makes for some dramatic landscapes and is pretty handy when walking around museums and exhibitions (where cameras are allowed). Overall build quality is good despite being at the budget end of Canon’s range, this is a good thing because lenses stay long after camera bodies have been swapped as the content of my camera bag can attest. I’m not sure how useful the IS function actually is but I have managed to take some fairly clear, blur free shots in some low light conditions without winding up the camera ISO so I guess it’s pretty effective. I take most landscape shots from a tripod so it’s turned off for these anyway.
If I have a bugbear it’s not to do with the lens but Canon and has been expressed by many elsewhere. This type of wide angle lens really does need a lens hood and while the Canon retail price may be a little high, in practical terms there are third party lens hoods out there for less than half the price (retail) which means that the actual cost of making and bundling a lens hood must be pennies – why not bundle them?
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.
Build quality is standard as you would find on most other non-L series Canon lenses, which is certainly nothing to complain about. The only other qualm I can think of against this lens is that its socket is made entirely from plastic instead of metal. I personally have never had an issue with this, but I do remember seeing some people saying that the plastic ones can get stuck on the camera body if not treated with care.
The build quality is the standard plastic, lightweight feel as is with all canon cheaper lenses. Its extremely light weight and nice to use on a camera if your more into carrying less weight around. For me personally this is the only wide angle lens I will ever need. It does the job for me and the aperture is ok for outdoors in daylight. I would use my 50mm for any low light indoor shots.
One benefit is that investing in or borrowing this lens off someone would seriously help you if you are selling your home, car or in the business of renting property as it gives beautiful pictures of small spaces and makes them appear airy and MASSIVE!
I haven’t got anything more to say about this lens. It does what is says, its cheaper and plastic that more expensive lenses and it served its purpose as a great introduction into wide angle shooting.
I’ve had the kit lens ( Canon 18-55mm IS lens ) for so long I’d come accustomed for either settling for cropped images where I could not stand any further back. Or stitching images together which I never enjoyed.
The reviews both on here and on YouTube were both highly recommending this lens. So I thought I would go for it and I’ve not been disappointed.
The motor is very quiet and equally as smooth and the image stabilisation is an added treat. But for me the best aspect of this lens is the wide angle it offers.
The only slight niggle I have with this lens is using Neutral Density Graduated filters. At the lenses wide 10mm focal length you do see your own filter holder as two black bars on either side of the image. But this is the only slight draw back I’ve seen. Otherwise the lens is excellent.
I would go as far to say that this lens has given my trusty Canon EOS 550D a new least of life and it’s a fantastic lens
I have added a couple of images. One at 18mm and one at 10mm to show how much difference the extra 8mm lets you get in to the frame. I was standing at the same spot for both photos.
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!
The f number could go smaller IMO but 4.5 is still very good. I have read that its best to keep the apeature no smaller that 5.6 as this reduces some of the lens effects. The lens comes with no hood wich is a pain. Its a shame canon wont include these with their lensnes automatically.
Overall v good and would recommend.
I been looking for a light weight wide angle lens to go on my CANON REBEL T2i camera, what can I say, tried it out and focus system is amazingly quick and very very quiet – I could not hear it – if my camera wont beep I would even know that the lens was focusing, sharp trough out the whole frame, its not the brightest lens but I guess you need to compromise if you want wide angle, it starts from 4.5 and I don`t mind that as I will be using a tripod anyway so I just increase the ISO and the exposure time and done!!!
Great lens and great company!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM!!!
If you are looking for a ultrawide lens for Canon crop DSLRs then I would say this one is the best – much cheaper than the 10-22mm and sharper than the Sigma 10-20mm (which I thought was terrible – soft in the corners at all apertures). The only ultrawide that is as good as this is the Tokina 11-16mm but that costs a lot more.
5 stars! Totally recommended!
In the end though, after a recommendation from a friend, I went for this at (less than) half the price of most of the others and I’m not disappointed. Sure, it’s plastic and not metal bodied, but it’s a budget lens. It takes great pictures and now I can get more of the sense of scale in a landscape in my pictures that I felt when I saw with my own eyes. It’s not the fastest lens either but you can still take some lovely pictures with it. The two I’ve attached are at 18mm (guy on rocks) and 10mm (river dell).
Great for hobbyists and probably intermediate level photographers too on a tight budget.
I’m only a beginner but wanted a value for money wide angle lens, if that’s what you are after you can buy with confidence, I would recommend the 67mm Hoya filter for i
But, there is a couple of minor things.
1. When you have a UV filter and then a polarizing filter and maybe an ND filter, you start to loose the corners and it needs cropping. This isn’t major, but it’s an annoyance. I’m shooting with a Canon 700d at the moment, so it’s not full frame.
2. The end of the lens, the plastic came off one day! Since I had to save up for this lens, I treat it with great care, but taking out of my bag, the end ring (which holds the screw in filters) came off. On closer examination, there only seemed to be one tiny screw holding it on. It’s certainly a design flaw and if you’re not careful, it might happen again. I debated about sending it off to Canon for repair, but I found I could do the job myself…so far, it’s been fine.
The wide angle is amazing and the close up shots are really good too. Zooming with the 18-250mm has a large DOF, but with this Canon, you can get close and loose the DOF, making some great photos (see ones I’ve included).
Overall, would I buy this lens again…absolutely! For the price, it’s excellent and the range of view is so wide, it’s fantastic. Just be weary of point 2 and you’ll have a great time with this lens. Included is some other photos taken with the lens.
If however you are shooting for maximum detail such as landscapes on a tripod then it is still very good (especially for price) but just not as good as the likes of the new 16-35 f/4 and the TSE lenses which you would expect. If you are trying to get max detail I’d recommend shooting around f/8 at most and to focus with live view rather than relying on autofocus. Corner image quality seemed to improve as you go through the focal range and at 18mm it was very good.
So although this is an excellent, affordable, light weight ultra wide lens I personally returned it due to requiring better image quality in the corners for landscapes. I was looking for a small lightweight ultra wide to use for occasions when carrying the 17 and 24 tse’s on full frame are too much. I decided to stick with the heavier kit.
Aside from that it feels quality, and the pictures are nice (probably not as good as L Lens but hey, this is 1/10 the price.
STM Focusing:
The only reason I mark this down is because the focus ring is not connected to the actual lens. This means the camera must be powered on to focus. If the lens is in auto-focus mode, you can only focus manually by half-pressing the shutter button on the camera. After you get used to this it is fine. If the lens is in manual mode then the focus ring will always focus(as long as camera is turned on). The auto-focus is accurate(it’s hard to go wrong at this focal length though), it’s not the quickest but if you are filming the focusing is much better than on other lens(including my L lens), this is because it’s smoother – although if you want to rack focus then it will be very hard to set up and pull off.
The front lens does not rotate so you can use polarising filter okay. No lens hood so I bought a cheap one which works fine.
Note: the f/4.5 is only for 10mm, as soon as it hits 11mm then it stops to f/5 and at 15mm it stops to f/5.6.
This isn’t a lens for taking close pictures of people as it does distort fairly heavily.
I’m really happy I added this lens to my collection and am having lots of fun with it.
Before I discuss that, though, let me say a few words about the lens itself.
First impressions are that although the lens is made from plastic it feels very solid and appears to be extremely well constructed. Yes, it has a plastic mount, which might put some people off. Indeed, this being the first plastic-mounted lens I’ve ever owned I will confess to having had a few niggling doubts about this aspect of its construction when I was ordering it. But I need not have worried – the mount is solid, and in any case the lens is so light (compared to my Canon 10-22, for example, which is almost twice the weight of the 10-18) that it is simply not an issue. The lens mounts well to the camera body in one smooth twist, and there is no play whatsoever. Had the mount been metal, this would have added significantly to the price. The 10-18 simply does not need a metal mount.
On the subject of ‘play’, in regard to the lens zooming and focusing rings, here again these are well damped and operate extremely smoothly, with no looseness or unwanted movement in any direction.
Getting back to the test shots, these ranged from close-ups in artificial light (on a tripod, IS off) to shots of buildings 100 metres distant (hand-held, IS on). I used a variety of aperture settings (from f5.6 to f8) across the entire (albeit short) zoom range. I did not go smaller than f8 because most reviews I’ve read of the lens would suggest that anything smaller than f8 may lead to diffraction and a loss of sharpness. I always shoot Raw, so it gives me a good yardstick for comparison purposes, knowing that the images I see on my PC screen have not been altered in any way – they are straight out of the camera, with no in-camera processing applied.
In every case the quality of the image is nothing short of stunning. Colours are lively, contrast is excellent, and most important – for me, at any rate – the sharpness of this lens has to be seen to be believed. The on-board image stabilisation performs impeccably. Knowledgeable on-line reviewers would have you accept that, like many wide-angle zooms, the sharpness of the 10-18 is only at its best in the centre, but I can honestly say that in my own case while centre sharpness is indeed superb I find it to be generally very good pretty much from edge to edge.
As for the lens’s ‘sweet spot’, I found this to be f6.3. The difference in sharpness between that and the next larger aperture – f5.6 – is admittedly marginal, but there is a perceptible improvement at f6.3. And remember: I’m talking about Raw images here, not something that’s been post-processed.
The other thing I would say about image quality is that – again, in contrast to what the on-line reviews would have you believe – there is no noticeable corner vignetting that I can observe. Light appears to be evenly balance across the image, as is certainly evident from a shot I took of the sky in which I can see no light fall-off or vignetting of any kind.
Maybe I just managed to get myself a cracking example of the 10-18, but cracking it is, in every respect.
Finally, I indicated that I also have a Canon 10-22 which I purchased about a year ago – a classic lens by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s a beast to lug around, especially when it’s hanging off a larger SLR body such as my 40D. I’ve been extremely happy with the 10-22, and thought I’d found the perfect lens for my needs (I shoot mainly landscapes, architecture and street stuff). Then, when I wasn’t even looking for it (I actually had my eye on a Canon 24mm STM to use as a prime), along comes the 10-18, which has absolutely blown me away. OK, it’s early days, and these are purely first impressions, but based on what I’ve learned about the lens thus far I can see that the 10-22 might be getting shifted on. Moreover, based on my limited testing thus far, the 10-18 appears to outperform the 10-22 in image quality, especially in the area of sharpness – at half the weight and half the price! If only the 10-18 had been around at the time I bought my 10-22, and I’d been able to compare the two on field test, there is no doubt in my mind which one I would have gone for. Don’t get me wrong – the 10-22 is a great lens; it’s just that the 10-18 does the job for me just as well, if not slightly better, for a lot less loot.
Quite simply, the Canon 10-18 is worth 200+ of anybody’s cash, and will give many lenses in its category a serious run for their money. Buy it: you won’t be disappointed (in which connection I note that, as of 14 January 2015, it is now some 20 more expensive than when I ordered it a week ago – I guess it all depends from whom you get it. Interestingly, Amazon itself is temporarily out of stock, a telling fact on its own, and currently the lens is only available from a number of third-party sellers, at a range of different prices.)
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.
The lens is light and similar in build and optical quality to the Canon 18-55mm STM lens. It’s best suited for landscapes and outdoor environmental portraits as well as video. Great for real estate photography too, which can now be done hand held due to this lens’ image stabilisation although I’d still use a tripod when possible.
Skies look fantastic when shooting at 10mm and the effect of ultra wide lens is unique and very fun. I bought this lens to use primarily at 10mm and am happy with the quality on my 100D camera. I used to own the Canon 10-22mm but never liked it much, I feel the picture quality at 10mm is better with this newer, cheaper, lighter lens.
Well, at 300 I think that the lens is about 100 over priced – Build quality is cheap – plastic everything – No lens hood, no bag, slow aperture, short focal length range.
However, it’s light-weight, and the few test shots I tried were appeared to be good quality. Focusing is fast and silent and the IS works fine.
So, there you have it – I have decided to wait until the price comes down to a sensible level (it’s $299 in the US which is about 180) or even look for a good used Canon 10-22mm or Sigma 10-20 f3.5.
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.