Canon EF -S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 USM [Archive] - Page 13 - Canon Digital Photography Forums

jbm7777

14th of November 2010 (Sun), 20:29

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5177218770_bc7e23b346.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54965944@N06/5177218770/)
IMG_0550 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54965944@N06/5177218770/) by Mijer7 (http://www.flickr.com/people/54965944@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5177217496_9025b217b5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54965944@N06/5177217496/)
IMG_0542 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54965944@N06/5177217496/) by Mijer7 (http://www.flickr.com/people/54965944@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5177216226_1243f5b389.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54965944@N06/5177216226/)
IMG_0490 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54965944@N06/5177216226/) by Mijer7 (http://www.flickr.com/people/54965944@N06/), on Flickr

First pics with the t2i, also first ever uploads, be gentle. THANKS GUYS!!!

n4ck

15th of November 2010 (Mon), 19:48

^I like those!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5176765140_f409f51cc7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53116192@N04/5176765140/)

monst0r

23rd of November 2010 (Tue), 22:47

This lens is ok with a flash indoors [Vivitar 285HV bounced off ceiling]. I still have yet to upgrade my normal range. I'm thinking of an EF 28 1.8 in the near future.

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1313/img8358n.jpg

n4ck

27th of December 2010 (Mon), 19:08

http://i53.tinypic.com/2jb5c3m.jpg

cesstrelle

15th of January 2011 (Sat), 10:03

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/5356822607_a1728c3742_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5294202869_3f49be20b0_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5293332243_1b7b9335f3_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5293888076_fe78d100e6_b.jpg

SouthPaw

23rd of January 2011 (Sun), 14:28

Been going back over some of my images from when I was first learning about shooting RAW and realized they're not ALL as bad as I thought now that I (sort of) understand what to do with them.

http://www.shawnreap.net/pics/OrangeFrog.jpg

http://shawnreap.net/pics/DragonFlyFlowers.jpg

It just sat in my bag for years after I got my 28-105 and "Nifty 50" as I believed it to be inferior. I pulled it out for kicks and giggles while hanging out with family after Christmas. As others have noted, it does ok around f8 (and in this case with an external flash):

My son Alex & his grandma:
http://shawnreap.net/pics/IMG_4855.jpg

And his fraternal twin, Colin:
http://shawnreap.net/pics/IMG_4858.jpg

Just minor work in DPP (a nudge here and there on exposure, contrast, etc) and a resize in Photoshop. If I wanted "straight out of camera" I'd go back to green box mode or my Kodak P&S. :lol:

So it's not professional grade... neither am I. It's not bad for the money, as others have stated.

garryknight

24th of January 2011 (Mon), 11:43

The kit lens that came with my 40D was the 17-85mm IS USM so the 18-55mm is very new to me. I picked up a cheap second-hand one recently and found that although it doesn't seem to want to AF at the 55mm end it seems OK otherwise. It's very early days so I haven't produced anything particularly good with it, but here are a couple I took with a Merkury Optics wide-angle lens on the front of the 18-55mm. I originally bought the Merkury to play around with my old Canon S3 but was delighted to find that the 18-55mm has a 58mm front thread. Even better, the Merkury comes in two parts and you can use the back part on its own as a macro lens so I'll have even more fun playing with that.

By the way, there are some fantastic photos in this thread showing that the 18-55mm non-IS kit lens is well up to the job in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing.

Camden Street Wardens
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5384456761_de9a2f9cfa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5384456761/)

Spaghetti House
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5384458371_4946b6c899_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5384458371/)

BlackRainbow

10th of February 2011 (Thu), 09:09

...a few old pictures.
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/05/19/1360867.jpg
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/05/19/1360863.jpg
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/08/11/1487185.jpg
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/07/15/1448122.jpg
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/06/20/1409539.jpg
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/06/14/1399781.jpg
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/06/12/1397691.jpg
http://statics.photodom.com/photos/2009/09/12/1538196.jpg

garryknight

28th of February 2011 (Mon), 08:48

Some more examples taken at Canary Wharf - a financial centre in London's old docklands area.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5485824630_904e904a43_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5485824630/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5485826300_60cb1b2df2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5485826300/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5485827820_51d7c65ae5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5485827820/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5485247951_fe006df4cd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5485247951/)

garryknight

3rd of March 2011 (Thu), 13:27

A few more examples:

A Colourful Neighbourhood
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5494545195_b65e383dd4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5494545195/)

Plucky
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5494529883_fb42dfe3f7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5494529883/)

Riding The Tube
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5494523957_d2f88345ae_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5494523957/)

trevert2

4th of March 2011 (Fri), 17:24

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5178/5483528765_fef299bded.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpowell/5483528765/)
Portugal 2009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpowell/5483528765/) by Trevor Powell (http://www.flickr.com/people/trevorpowell/), on Flickr

trevert2

4th of March 2011 (Fri), 17:25

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5484123150_6586dc6e3b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpowell/5484123150/)
Portugal 2009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpowell/5484123150/) by Trevor Powell (http://www.flickr.com/people/trevorpowell/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5483741183_11037656d5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpowell/5483741183/)
Portugal 2009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpowell/5483741183/) by Trevor Powell (http://www.flickr.com/people/trevorpowell/), on Flickr

MikeFairbanks

5th of March 2011 (Sat), 16:50

This lens is USM?

garryknight

5th of March 2011 (Sat), 18:58

Depends... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF-S_18-55mm_lens

nikesupremedunk

8th of March 2011 (Tue), 23:20

hmm up until now i thought the kit lens was junk..but this thread is very inspirational and made me realize it's not the lens that is junk it's the photographer..lesson learned, thanks guys.

orange02camaro

18th of March 2011 (Fri), 07:30

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/redsoxsstink/IMG_0666.jpg
lambo driver in town, in a middle/lower middle class town this was a awesome sight to see
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/redsoxsstink/IMG_0431.jpg
just an emblem my car

both shots were taken the day after i got my dslr and taught myself the basics. spent a while practicing panning shots and this lambo passes, thankfully i got a pretty decent shot of it :)

catalanus

21st of March 2011 (Mon), 11:38

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5546581500_d9ee5ccd14_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/catalink/5546581500/)
Zen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/catalink/5546581500/) by Cătă (http://www.flickr.com/people/catalink/), on Flickr

noori

23rd of March 2011 (Wed), 15:25

Despite a paucity of my use of this lens, but I find beautiful lens, and a lot of wonderful pictures here to prove it.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5536879635_407af1c601_z.jpg

noori

23rd of March 2011 (Wed), 15:26

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5536507817_a5f2f3e60d_z.jpg

noori

23rd of March 2011 (Wed), 15:27

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5546407934_f2cacabf46_z.jpg

garryknight

23rd of March 2011 (Wed), 19:08

Noori, I think you could get wonderful pictures using *any* lens.

noori

24th of March 2011 (Thu), 06:46

garryknight,Thank you.:oops:

zoommy

24th of March 2011 (Thu), 09:03

450D + Kit with 430EX Flash:)

BlackRainbow

12th of April 2011 (Tue), 14:34

http://cs4274.vkontakte.ru/u9124801/110533947/y_5b41dd2b.jpg

sudipto_roy

16th of April 2011 (Sat), 10:50

A traditional Bhutanese bridge on the way to Paro from Thimphu, Bhutan.

XCroSs

16th of April 2011 (Sat), 14:23

my first pic on this forum taken with 1000D + kit (only resized // exif included)

MTguy

16th of April 2011 (Sat), 14:44

A couple recent "kit" pics.

sudipto_roy

16th of April 2011 (Sat), 19:24

That's a lovely hut MTGuy

MTguy

17th of April 2011 (Sun), 21:23

Thanks

Vj023

21st of April 2011 (Thu), 07:19

18-55mm F3.5-5.6

Jon Foster

26th of April 2011 (Tue), 21:17

I've taken a lot of decent shots with this lens...

http://www.pbase.com/jfoster/image/89331627.jpg

Jon.

ravickanth

1st of May 2011 (Sun), 00:55

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5674912234_8d83858338_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravickanth/5674912234/)
Enchanting Sikkim (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravickanth/5674912234/) by Ravick@nth (http://www.flickr.com/people/ravickanth/), on Flickr

shot @ 18mm

killwilly

26th of May 2011 (Thu), 02:44

Just to resurrect this thread.:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/5760668421_72b6606064_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/killwilly/5760668421/)
IMG_1579 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/killwilly/5760668421/) by killwilly (http://www.flickr.com/people/killwilly/), on Flickr

snapshot2011

26th of May 2011 (Thu), 10:39

WOW......I was ready to give up on the little tacker!!!!!

With all the negative comments I get form pros who bag the crappers out of the 18-55mm....this thread really does show that in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing that some really impressive images can be taken.

I must admit if I didn't know from the title, I would swear that some of the images came from a $2000 L SERIES attached to a 1D

Absolutely great work people, you have made me change my mind in ditching the little lens and working with it more now.

Thanks

killwilly

27th of May 2011 (Fri), 00:40

sjyap

27th of May 2011 (Fri), 00:51

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5387922870_e535f8f48d_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5387317935_bc534a804d_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5211/5384278507_49cb5e2116_b.jpg

using my gf 550D +18-55 kit to take this few pic :)
EXIF can see here :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49266319@N08/5387317935/meta/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49266319@N08/5387922870/meta/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49266319@N08/5384278507/meta/

DTBaan

27th of May 2011 (Fri), 02:55

wow! didn't know this lens was so great. I no longer own the lens though :(

Here's one from when I first got my canon xs.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/5763868709_90659cd1d5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtbaan/5763868709/)

FSUnoles

27th of May 2011 (Fri), 03:24

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/250273_10100771304965513_5205334_69220018_209389_n .jpg

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/250265_10100771262500613_5205334_69219543_3790165_ n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228289_10100767072272863_5205334_69165130_5436412_ n.jpg

killwilly

27th of May 2011 (Fri), 04:10

This one was from the same trip to France as post #1835, but using a CP filter.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5764005013_013f76a8df_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/killwilly/5764005013/)
IMG_1576 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/killwilly/5764005013/) by killwilly (http://www.flickr.com/people/killwilly/), on Flickr

korie83

28th of May 2011 (Sat), 20:32

Even though this is far from my favorite lens, it did get me one of my favorite pictures from my trip to Peru:

Wife and some locals...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5770070272_5164c56869_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/korie83/5770070272/)
IMG_5038-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/korie83/5770070272/) by korie83 (http://www.flickr.com/people/korie83/), on Flickr

dre jones

29th of May 2011 (Sun), 22:21

Heres mine guys
535722

Bennis

10th of June 2011 (Fri), 09:13

Here are some shots I took back when I got my first DSLR Kit.

The settings are all over the place (as I was a noob using the auto settings at the time) but the pictures turned out 'ok-ish'

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2017/5818236764_512dace77b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5818236764/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5818236764/) by Ben Isaac (http://www.flickr.com/people/phenom37/), on Flickr

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/5818237368_f3db818f77_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5818237368/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5818237368/) by Ben Isaac (http://www.flickr.com/people/phenom37/), on Flickr

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/5818241960_aaaac70d0b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5818241960/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5818241960/) by Ben Isaac (http://www.flickr.com/people/phenom37/), on Flickr

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/5817678041_4fca949f46_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5817678041/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/5817678041/) by Ben Isaac (http://www.flickr.com/people/phenom37/), on Flickr

Many more can be found on my Flickr ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenom37/sets/72157626929092444/with/5817678041/

xcuter

11th of June 2011 (Sat), 00:47

ruelcortez

14th of June 2011 (Tue), 08:13

What was your setup on these?

Hi this indeed great image quality, was there any post-processing you have made. Did you use photoshop and trick you may share for a newbie like me.

thanks a lot.:)

jakovmarkovic

15th of June 2011 (Wed), 16:10

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/5836345418_6f6b0c88ae_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakovmarkovic/5836345418/)

This set is an oldie, but I just opened the flickr, and am posting things one by one.

fauge

23rd of July 2011 (Sat), 18:29

Here are a couple I took the other day.
1/500 @ F/8

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5943828799_5500165788_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankauge/5943828799/)
GuthrieHeli-16 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankauge/5943828799/) by FrankAuge (http://www.flickr.com/people/frankauge/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5943834887_3f68aa0e46_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankauge/5943834887/)
GuthrieHeli-19 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankauge/5943834887/) by FrankAuge (http://www.flickr.com/people/frankauge/), on Flickr

JoeyBowman

24th of July 2011 (Sun), 01:40

http://www.joeybowman.net/photos/i-sd4mQgt/0/XL/i-sd4mQgt-XL.jpg

N23

24th of July 2011 (Sun), 03:04

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/nmosqueda/San%20Francisco%202011/A43.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/nmosqueda/San%20Francisco%202011/A42.jpg

N23

24th of July 2011 (Sun), 03:06

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/nmosqueda/San%20Francisco%202011/A31.jpg

CanonGrl01

27th of July 2011 (Wed), 17:21

love this lens!!

seattlite

16th of August 2011 (Tue), 13:04

I found one I took a few years ago with an XTI and the 18-55(non-IS) kit lens:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gZ2V6bVPhrw/TknmsHP89CI/AAAAAAAAM4Y/icpmaJetE9U/s800/IMG_3885_DPP.JPG

garryknight

16th of August 2011 (Tue), 15:13

Some late evening shots from Brighton, England:

Stand on Stanchions
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6046955693_7f308d6d18_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6046955693/in/photostream)

Passacaglia
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6047518666_9119a576e9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6047518666/in/photostream)

Sunset Over Brighton
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6046972177_c3e279eef0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6046972177/in/photostream)

garryknight

17th of August 2011 (Wed), 11:36

Eye of the Storm
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6053386486_095c1d1ee8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6053386486/in/photostream)

garryknight

23rd of August 2011 (Tue), 15:28

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6074411838_5fb10606dc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6074411838/in/photostream)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6074412816_73dd03b951_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6074412816/in/photostream)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6074414400_033841e00c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6074414400/in/photostream)

garryknight

23rd of August 2011 (Tue), 15:29

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6074423478_c96a23b977_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6074423478/in/photostream)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6073885743_fd39cdb602_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6073885743/in/photostream)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6074437118_ec0a43e904_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/6074437118/in/photostream)

Hippari

21st of September 2011 (Wed), 10:37

A few months back, my camera took a tumble with the kit lens attached and well, the kit lens didn't make it out of that one so pretty. Yesterday, I got the idea to chop it to pieces and turn it into a Macro lens since I've never really tried out macro to be honest.

No PP other than some cropping. Still getting used to it, but the thing jams at anything other than wide open so all shots are at f3.5.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6169102475_f2ece0d5b1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hafadai/6169102475/)
Homemade Macro 01 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hafadai/6169102475/) by JinxyBoi (http://www.flickr.com/people/hafadai/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6169102175_a813c6c937_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hafadai/6169102175/)
Homemade Macro 02 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hafadai/6169102175/) by JinxyBoi (http://www.flickr.com/people/hafadai/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6169635480_5e68795888_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hafadai/6169635480/)
Homemade Macro 05 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hafadai/6169635480/) by JinxyBoi (http://www.flickr.com/people/hafadai/), on Flickr

Hybrid140

24th of September 2011 (Sat), 18:29

557468

hasweL

13th of October 2011 (Thu), 01:12

New photographer here -- just got a Rebel XT with this lens about a month ago. Here are my favorite shots so far:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6113/6222166476_3527fa8c1a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68417064@N06/6222166476/)
Lifeguard Station - Zumba Beach - Malibu, CA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68417064@N06/6222166476/) by hasweL (http://www.flickr.com/people/68417064@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6238956381_63b2391f7f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68417064@N06/6238956381/)
Autumn Ale (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68417064@N06/6238956381/) by hasweL (http://www.flickr.com/people/68417064@N06/), on Flickr

Nikro

20th of November 2011 (Sun), 18:41

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6225/6373052907_445b427106.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66372464@N04/6373052907/)
Honda Civic Fifth generation (1992–1995) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66372464@N04/6373052907/) by Hambálek Marek (http://www.flickr.com/people/66372464@N04/), on Flickr

tomcat7886

20th of November 2011 (Sun), 19:20

Don't understand why my kit lense can't produce these excellent images. :(

kaunis hetki photography

21st of November 2011 (Mon), 06:37

unless there is something wrong with your lens (which is unlikely), your lens can produce the same images...This lens needs lots of light -meaning it is going to produce the best images outside in good daylight. That said, this lens can do nice work in low light or even at night (as you can see in this thread) but you really need to know what you're doing. Finally, as a daily user of Photoshop, I can tell you that a good deal of the photos in here have post processing (vignette, sharpening, etc). I use this lens professionally since it's my only wide angle lens (my others are primes or tele)

CanonGrl01

22nd of November 2011 (Tue), 10:22

Ditto to all that

wolfdog54

16th of January 2012 (Mon), 20:15

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6711839553_e14e61b1a0_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfdogphotog/6711839553/ For the link

wolfdog54

16th of January 2012 (Mon), 22:09

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6712424111_655e53654b_b.jpg

wolfdog54

17th of January 2012 (Tue), 21:17

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6716862503_5103e08a50_b.jpg

MPCman

15th of February 2012 (Wed), 00:04

Le Mont Blanc with 400D and non-IS, non-USM kitlens :)

Vamplegends

18th of February 2012 (Sat), 17:05

Hey Mike, just wanted to give you the thumbs up for starting this thread. While many of us have moved on to "better" lenses than the kit, it's inspiring to see what can be done with the right talent.

With musical instruments (guitar from my experience) a great musician can make a pawn shop guitar sound just as good as a $3000 instrument, it's all in the hands. :)
Yes, I second that. I did not get my camera yet (it's on the way) and I got it with the kit lens and also got the 50 mm f1.8 II. It might be a while until I can afford to get better lenses and those I will award myself with only if I can take good shots with the lens kits.
It is good to see that is not impossible to take good pictures with Kit glass.

meeko031

18th of February 2012 (Sat), 17:09

Don't understand why my kit lense can't produce these excellent images. :(

...maybe the lens cap is still on? :D:D:D

tomcat7886

20th of February 2012 (Mon), 01:53