07-29-2014 06:43 PM - edited 07-29-2014 07:36 PM
I have an EFS 18-55m lens that came with an old Canon Rebel XTi (from 2006?) I am looking to upgrade to a new body, but I am not sure if I need to/should upgrade the lens too.
My main concern is if this old lens has image stabilization, and/or if the newer lenses have much better image stabilization (enough to warrant an upgrade to a new lens.) Does anyone know?
Thanks in advance!!
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07-30-2014 09:45 AM
The reason that IS is valuable on this focal length is, it is so slow that anybody hand holding is going to need all the help they can get. They are OK for daylight but go indoors and a slow lens needs help.
I would buy the new version of the EF-S 18-55mm STM with IS. Especially in the kit as it is a good deal. Not only a quicker lens when focusing, the optics are better, too.
07-29-2014 09:20 PM - edited 07-29-2014 09:40 PM
07-30-2014 09:45 AM
The reason that IS is valuable on this focal length is, it is so slow that anybody hand holding is going to need all the help they can get. They are OK for daylight but go indoors and a slow lens needs help.
I would buy the new version of the EF-S 18-55mm STM with IS. Especially in the kit as it is a good deal. Not only a quicker lens when focusing, the optics are better, too.
07-30-2014 11:44 AM
Thanks you! This is what I was looking to find out 🙂
07-30-2014 07:31 AM
@ajblove wrote:I have an EFS 18-55m lens that came with an old Canon Rebel XTi (from 2006?) I am looking to upgrade to a new body, but I am not sure if I need to/should upgrade the lens too.
My main concern is if this old lens has image stabilization, and/or if the newer lenses have much better image stabilization (enough to warrant an upgrade to a new lens.) Does anyone know?
Thanks in advance!!
Your lens is not stabilized unless it was a later add-on to the camera. When the XTi was current, the stabilized version of the 18-55 wasn't out yet. If it is stabilized, it should say "IS" on it somewhere.
If you're going to buy another crop-frame camera (e.g., a T5i), you can leave the decision regarding a new lens until after you've had a chance to try your current lens on it. If you're happy with the result, you don't need a new lens. If you aren't, you have a wide choice of affordable lenses in the same zoom range. Probably the best is the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8, an image-stabilized, constant-aperture zoom, for about $900. But the stabilized version of the 18-55 is said to be pretty good, and there are various third-party lenses available at a variety of prices.
If you're the newbie you seem to be, there is absolutely no reason for you to buy any prime lenses of any focal length. You don't need them and probably wouldn't use them much. Zoom lenses are now so good that nobody below the level of advanced amateur needs any primes. (Just my opinion, of course, but a strongly held one.)
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