Hey, this is Scott of Photography Banzai. In this video I'll be going over the Canon EF-S
10-18mm F/4.5 to F/5.6 IS STM lens for their APS-C
sensor-ed cameras. This is a relatively inexpensive lens under $300 USD new.
Of course, you can find it used, which I did in this case.
Picked it up used and it's very cost effective. They have a few other options.
The closest one is about double the price. That's the 10-22mm,
So let's go for this lens. Start with the physical features. It has a 67mm
filter thread. Very nice to have. Especially in my case with the
video stuff I do, I want ND filters on there.
Potentially want polarisers and having that filter thread is very helpful. It's
a standard size, so no issues finding filters for this lens. Does have the
AF/MF switch as well as the optical image stabilization switch. Very nice to
have it right on the lens. Easy to access and change. The lens has a plastic mount.
There are seven aperture blades. I was able to film the aperture in action.
Pretty challenging on this type of camera and lens, but you can see it there.
See if it's nice and round... The focus ring is not mechanically linked. Very
smooth action too. It goes all the way around
non-stop either direction. Let's go over a few properties of this lens. 35mm
film equivalent is 16-29mm, so still very wide angle on
these APS-C sized cameras. Focuses down to 0.22 meters or 0.72 feet from
where the sensor is in the camera. Not too bad. It is a little bit better
actually in that case compared to their more expensive 10-22mm lens.
Magnification is 0.15x at 18mm. Image quality wise, this lens
is pretty decent for the price in my opinion.
I haven't taken too many photos with it as I use it mostly for video, but I'll
show you some sample photos I've taken. I'll put some on Flickr as well you can
download and check those out. Not too bad especially considering the
price. Here are the MTF charts if you're interested. Let's go over good and bad
points of this lens. We'll first start off with the bad points to get those over
with. Has the plastic mount. It's not ideal. It does work well enough. This is
actually a used lens and it has held up well. I don't know what the previous
owner did with it, but it looks fine. It works fine. It functions just fine with
that plastic mount. This lens has small maximum apertures. Just fine for many
situations, but if you need something with larger apertures and wide angle you
have to look elsewhere. But in my case, good enough. I don't really have a need
for large apertures with these ultra wide lenses. This lens is designed for
their APS-C cameras of course. I knew that going in that's really the only
Canon camera that I have. There is no weather resistance with this lens. In my
case, I would have liked some type of weather resistance because I sometimes
did you go out in the rain and do video work. But it isn't there considering the
price it's not a huge deal. There's no dedicated aperture ring. With
Nikon and Canon these days they really don't put those rings on their lenses.
I bought this lens used, but I assume... especially with canon, it doesn't come
with a hood. Again, not a big deal. I don't really need it
from the results I've been getting. But it is available if you are interested in
the hood. So let's go over the better points of this lens. The features that I
really like.. think work really well. Especially considering the price. This
lens has the optical image stabilization. In Canon's case it's very helpful to
have that with the lens, because their sensors don't have it. Probably one of
the best features is that ultra-quiet STM focusing motor. Very very nice in
video work, which is the big reason I picked this up.
"Need to go back home and hammer it back down. It's not.. it's a little bit better. I
kind of bent it a little bit back in, but but it's still making this a lot more resistant..."
It is a ultra wide lens.
It's very cost-effective. So if you need ultra wide, this is your cheapest
option, but you still have nice image quality. It's simple. Its effective. It works how
you would expect. It's quiet and it is smooth. I bought the Canon Rebel SL2
specifically for video work with these YouTube videos. It's been extremely
helpful in those situations because of the great auto-focus. And I wanted
another lens to get wider. The kit lens just wasn't wide enough in some
situations. Especially with the vlogging. With situations where I was doing
interviews, things like that. I wanted that wider focal length. And this was the
best option considering the price and the motor inside. So I wanted an STM motor.
I wanted the wider focal length, and this was it. Great price, picked it up used
even cheaper than new. And it's just worked very well in the situations that
I need it to work in. So all that said, I've really have no complaints for this
lens. Outside of the little things like a plastic mount, but it just works. It's
just no issues and if you are interested in a wider focal length. You have the
APS-C Canons and you have the kit lens.. You're thinking "I want something wider!"
this is a good option. So that was the Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens.
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