What does EF-S IS STM mean?
Small sensor
All Canon lenses since 1987 have been EF. -S: “Small sensor,” meaning that this lens ONLY mounts on Canon’s APS-C digital cameras. STM: Stepper-motor focus, which is silent and idea for shooting movies without getting lens focusing noise in your sound.
What is Canon STM lenses?
When you see a Canon lens with STM in the name, it means that it features Canon’s Stepper Motor technology. Canon introduced this motor design to be a quieter and smoother focus system that allows for near-silent focusing during video recording.
What does STM mean camera?
Stepper Motor
STM – Stepper Motor designed to minimize autofocus vibrations and noise during video recording, this autofocus motor has been gradually making its way into budget Canon lenses.
What does STM lens mean?
STM – Stepper Motor designed to minimize autofocus vibrations and noise during video recording, this autofocus motor has been gradually making its way into budget Canon lenses. STM lenses use fly-by-wire focusing, which means turning the focus ring does not physically move the elements, but tells the AF motor to do so.
How does the Canon EF-S 18-55mm F / 3.5.5 IS STM lens work?
The Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens features a 4-stop-rated IS system. With each stop being a 2x change in the amount of light reaching the sensor, 4 stops of assistance means that you can shoot in 1/16th as much light as without IS (1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2). That difference is huge.
What kind of lens is canon 18-55mm?
Canon calls this the CANON ZOOM LENS EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM. EF: “Electronic Focus,” meaning that there is an autofocus motor in the lens itself. All Canon lenses since 1987 have been EF.
Is the Canon EF 55mm a macro lens?
The Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM is not really a macro lens, but the close-focus point is a useful 25cm from the film/sensor plane, and Canon quotes a maximum reproduction ratio of 0.36x for the lens at the 55mm focal length.
How much does canon 18-55mm IS STM cost?
Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS STM. ( 1.6x coverage only, 58mm filters, 7.2 oz./203 g, 0.82’/0.25m close focus, $249 ). enlarge. My biggest source of support is when you use any of these links, especially this link directly to it at Adorama or directly to it at Amazon when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live.