This is the standard kit lens you can get with the camera, it is plastic which makes it feel cheap, and the zoom is not great for video, tends to move in jerks, but the optics are surprisingly good quality, and have had good reviews elsewhere.

Great Picture Quality; Lightweight

Flimsy Construction

This lens is a sleeper. IQ is great for the price. image stabilization seems up to Canon's claimed 4 stop. I've handheld 1/5 sec and have razor sharp images. Vignetting and distortion is easily corrected in post. The 22mm f/2 and 11-22 get all the glory but do not discount this lens.

IS easily 4 stops

vignetting and distortion

Ich nutze dieses Objektiv nun schon seit ca. 3 Jahren. Dieses Objektiv robust verarbeitet und überzeugt mit einer sehr guten Bildqualit?t. Zudem ist es perfekt für Reisen, da die Brennweite vom Breitwinkel bis in den Tele abdeckt. Daher kann ich dieses Objektiv nur weiterempfehlen.

i have had two of these die on me . its a pity you have to give a star rating as these are junk, I cant find any one to fix them so I buy new ones and they break. I cant tell if that just makes me stupid. maybe its great marketing from cannon

Inspired by EOS technology, Canon developed the new EOS M Digital Camera. Canon introduced the market to Full HD video capture with smooth, quiet continuous autofocus made possible by Movie Servo AF and STM lenses, advanced CMOS sensor technology, and the processing power of DIGIC 5.

I bought my EOS M in a kit that included this lens, the EF-M 22mm f/2, and the 90EX flash.Despite the EF-M 22mm being faster, smaller and lighter I ended up using the EF-M 18-55mm a lot more, mainly because of the flexibility of the zoom range.It's fine for general photography, but at times could do...

Small; light; compact; great image quality; effective IS

None really

The last time we tested a Canon EF-M lens was two years ago ... and very little has changed ever since in the Canon EOS M system. While other manufacturers are releasing new mirrorless equipment at an insane pace, Canon takes a slow approach to be polite.

For a small and relatively inexpensive lens, the Canon EF-M 18-55mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 IS STM provides very good results, typically of kit zoom lenses.

The Canon EF-M 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM ($299.99 direct)($74.91 at Amazon) is the standard zoom lens for the EOS M( at Amazon) compact interchangeable lens camera. You can buy the EOS M bundled with it or the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM($249.00 at Amazon), so buying it separately to supplement the prime lens is not out of the question. It features a 3x zoom ratio that covers a 29-88mm (35mm equivalent) field of view. The lens has an all-metal design, so it feels impressively sturdy. The lens is bigger than its 22mm prime counterpart, adding quite a bit of depth to the svelte EOS M. It measures 2.4 by 2.4 inches (HD), weighs 7.4 ounces, and has a standard 52mm filter thread. The lens can focus as close as 9.8 inches through its zoom range. Despite a narrow f/3.5-5.6 aperture range—it's f/3.5 at 18mm, but narrows to f/5.6 at 55mm—you can still create a good amount of background blur when working close to your subject. There is a manual focus ring, but it utilizes an electronic focus design. M...

The Canon EF-M 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM is sharper and better made than many 18-55mm lenses, but shows noticeable distortion at wider angles.

Sharp; Optically stabilized; 3x zoom range; Well built

Small aperture; Noticeable distortion; Electronic manual focus; Hood not included