What is a 18-135mm lens used for?

What is a 18-135mm lens used for?

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 and is narrow enough for portraiture and sports photography. It’s an excellent step-up from the standard kit lens for buyers who would like a longer zoom range.

Is 18-135mm lens good for portraits?

PORTRAITS. The Canon EF-S 18-135mm lens is an excellent portrait lens. Whether it’s a few candid snapshots or a posed portrait, like this high school senior, the 18 to 135mm zoom range gives you the flexibility to shoot a wide or a narrow angle of view.

Which one is better STM or USM?

USM vs STM USM lenses are much faster than STM lenses, which makes USM a better choice for action photographers, street photographers, and wildlife photographers. USM lenses also offer smoother manual focusing, given the mechanical connection between the focus ring and the focusing mechanism.

What does STM mean lens?

Stepper Motor
STM stands for Stepper Motor. In June 2012 Canon introduced a new lens motor design to address the issue of lens noise when shooting movies with an EOS DSLR camera. Called a Stepper Motor, it converts digital pulses into mechanical rotation.

What is the difference between 18 55mm and 18 135mm lens?

The EF-S 18-55 IS II is the old lens. The newer EF-S 18-55 STM is much better at videography because with the newer stepping motor STM, it autofocuses AF’s much more smoothly and quietly. The 18-135 mm is a 7.5x long zoom range. Much bigger, longer and heavier too.

Does Canon 18 135mm have image stabilization?

Thanks to a newly enhanced Image Stabilizer system that features a more rigid mechanical structure and the incorporation of faster algorithms, the EF-S 18–135mm f/3.5–5.6 IS USM’s Image Stabilizer effect has been improved from 3.5 stops to 4* stops for better performance in even more challenging situations.

What is the difference between STM and USM lenses?

An STM lens uses one type of autofocus system, while a USM lens uses another type of autofocus system. These designations have nothing to do with optics, and the image quality of an STM lens vs a USM lens will be completely unaffected.

How far does an 18 135mm lens zoom?

It’s an E-mount lens designed for Sony’s APS-C sensor cameras like the a6400 or a6500. If you convert the focal ranges to 35mm equivalent (i.e., to what they would be on a full-frame sensor camera), it comes out to 27mm to 202.5mm, which spans from medium wide-angle through a decent telephoto zoom.

Is 18 55mm better than 18 135mm?

The 18-55 is worse than the 18-135 wide open at 18mm, but there’s not much difference between all three at 55mm. By 135mm the 55-250mm is significantly better than the 18-135mm in terms of C.A.

Is STM lens better?

Conclusion. USM lenses are more professional-grade and better for shooting photos, while STM lenses are geared more towards amateurs and better for video. The STM lenses really are almost silent, as they were built with video in mind.

IS STM vs USM?

What does USM mean on Canon lenses?

Ultrasonic Motor
USM (Ultrasonic Motor) is the most widely used AF motor type in the Canon EF lens range to date. Common to all USM motors is the fact that that they convert ultrasonic vibration energy into rotational force to move the lens.

Is Nano USM better than STM?

USM lenses are much faster than STM lenses, which makes USM a better choice for action photographers, street photographers, and wildlife photographers. USM lenses also offer smoother manual focusing, given the mechanical connection between the focus ring and the focusing mechanism.