Question - Second Hand Cannon EFS 18 -55 mm

I saw a Second Hand Cannon EFS 18 -55 mm f/4.5 -5.611 usm lens for sale. It was £50

Is this a good buy and will it fit a Cannon EOS 1200D?

Also could i use it for Airshows?

Thanks :)

It's an old kit lens without Image Stabilization and here in the Netherlands it sells for about € 40,00.

When you bought the 1200D didn't it come with a lens?

For airshows you can use the kitlens for static display, but for flying aircrafts people use a telephoto lens. Maybe other people can tell you more about that.

Only the price is wrong. It should be no more than GBP 25 for the NON-IS version.

50 GBP should get you the image-stabilized version which is much improved.

Mind you, the original still has a not-so-bad use value, nothwithstanding its price.

If it is the version 1 with no IS it's an old kit lens. I think it is the same one that came with my old Rebel XT (a 8 MP camera) in 2005. It is a basic kit lens for someone just starting out, nothing exceptional. On higher resolution cameras it may seem a little soft as far as sharpness goes.

£50 is about $62 US which is about the price I have seen the version II going for. I recall a local shop I talked to about mine said my version 1 was worth about $25 and they did not even want to bother buying it. You may be able to find one cheaper. I decided to keep my old version 1 and if I would sell it with my 40D I would throw it in just so someone would have a lens to use with the camera until they started getting lenses.

. . . Second Hand Cannon EFS 18 -55 mm f/4.5 -5.611 usm lens for sale. It was £50. Is this a good buy and will it fit a Cannon EOS 1200D? Also could i use it for Airshows?

As mentioned that model is an older version without Image Stabilization. I would not pay £50 for that Lens as IMO that is not value for money when for a little more money and some dedicated searching you should be able to get better. <br><br>

Yes, the lens will fit (mount to and work on) an EOS 1200D. Any Canon Lens with the prefixed nomenclature "EF" or "EF-S" will work on your 1200D.<br><br>

Not a lens suitable for airshows (for the 'planes flying in the air), because it can only zoom to 55mm, for 'planes in flight something nearer 300mm~500mm would be better; but yes suitable for the 'planes on the ground, if you can move about them and get close enough.<br><br>

WW

If that "11" you typed is actually supposed to be a "II" (two I's, not ones), then it is a type II that does have image stabilization. I have one of these lenses that came with my EOS XS (1000D for European markets). I found my copy to be impressively sharp. I haven't checked on the price recently but typically it sold as clean used examples for about $100.

As for using it at airshows, for taking pics of static displays, at the 18mm setting it will work as a decent wide angle, which is usually what you need. But for birds in the air, usually you will need something in the range of 300mm. I have an EF 75-300 zoom, a type II, an earlier model that still has a metal lens mount, and I've found it to work very well for airshows.

http://michaelmcbroom.com/images/aircraft/blueangels09a.jpg

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Also check out the

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-EF-S-18-55mm-3-5-5-6-Zoom/dp/B00BXVR97M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487869744&sr=8-1&keywords=canon+18-55+stm

which has some pretty good reviews.