My experience with Canon's lenses over the past 15 years have been nothing but excellence. And, they keep on improving their lenses, as well.

Light; Image Stabilizer(off or on); quick and responsive; FAST! Wide and Zoom

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Bundled often as a kit with the Canon EOS 7D and 50D, this APS-C format zoom ($450, street) is for shooters who want more than a bare-bones 18–55mm kit lens without paying $575 (street) for the extra reach of Canon's 18–200mm IS superzoom.

Canons EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is the company's new kit lens for up-market bodies, or those wanting to upgrade from the basic EF-S 18-55mm IS to something longer without breaking the bank.

Flexible 7.5x range zooms 2.5x closer than basic kit lens; Effective Stabilisation with 3 stops in our tests; Metal lens mount and non-rotating filter mount; Affordable step-up from basic kit lens

Soft in extreme corners; especially at larger apertures; Noticeable vignetting and geometric distortion; Loud AF motor; and MF ring rotates during AF; Some creep between 20 and 85mm (actual)

Lens was purchased as a gift for my wife and she loves it. Good quality lens for the price. Would recomend this lens.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Quick Focus

The Canon EF-S 18-135/3.5-5.6 IS is a wide to telephoto zoom and gives the same angle of view range as a 28-216mm lens would on a full frame 35mm camera. This range covers a lot of applications from landscapes at the 18mm wide end, through portrait shots in the 50-80mm range and on to sports and...

The Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens is designed as a step up from the standard-at-review-time 18-55mm IS kit lens. The 18-135's most attractive features are a wide (7.5x) focal length range , a low price , a relatively light weight/small package, and a very nice IS (Image Stabilization)...

Announced at the beginning of September, this new Canon standard zoom lens was designed to complement the EOS 7D body on which we tested it. Providing a focal length range equivalent to 29-216mm in 35mm format, the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS covers both wide enough angles for landscape photography...

The build quality of the Canon lens is slightly better compared to the typical low-end/"budget" class zoom lenses by Canon. The plastic quality is quite decent and the lens feels pretty "tight" in terms of build tolerances. The mount is made of metal.