Canon RF-S18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Canon

Canon RF-S18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

📏 18-45mm 💡 f/4.5-6.3 🔌 Canon RF Mount 🔍 Zoom ⚖️ 130g 📷 IS
MSRP $299

📖 Overview

The Canon RF-S 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM is a compact and lightweight kit lens for Canon's APS-C RF-mount cameras, featured in its 453 SampleShots. It's designed for portability and general photography. The slow aperture limits its use in low light, and image quality is basic.

📸 Browse 454 real-world sample photos taken with this lens by photographers worldwide on SampleShots.

📋 Specifications

Focal Length 18-45mm
Max Aperture f/4.5-6.3
Min Aperture f/22-32
Lens Type Zoom
Mount Canon RF
AF Motor STM
Image Stabilization Yes
Autofocus Yes
Weather Sealed No
Min Focus Distance 20.0 cm
Max Magnification 0.26x
Elements / Groups 7 elements in 7 groups
Aperture Blades 7
Filter Diameter 49mm
Weight 130g
Dimensions 69.0 x 44.3mm
Release Year 2022
MSRP $299

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🖼️ Sample Photos

Real-world photos taken with the Canon RF-S18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM, sourced from SampleShots.

Cricket players in white on a green field with a row of white campus buildings and a clock tower in the background, under a bright blue sky. Sponsor logos appear along the bottom edge.
Wynberg Media
Student in burgundy polo rings a brass bell with a blue rope on a sunlit campus lawn; other students in maroon shirts nearby, with a 185th anniversary crest in the bottom-left corner.
Wynberg Media
Man in a dark suit shakes hands with two Grade 8 students in maroon polo shirts on a sunny school quad; other students and a brick building in background; 185-year crest visible in lower left.
Wynberg Media
Two Wynberg Boys' High School students in maroon polo shirts stand together outdoors during orientation, with a lush garden backdrop and an 185-year anniversary crest in the lower-left corner.
Wynberg Media
Grade 8 student in maroon polo rings a hanging school bell with a rope during Wynberg Week orientation, with a matric buddy nearby on a sunlit campus lawn and flowering shrubs in the background.
Wynberg Media
Official in a dark suit shakes hands with Hawthornden Grade 8 student in maroon uniform on a sunny school field; background shows peers with backpacks and a WBHS crest in the lower-left.
Wynberg Media
Outdoor scene of two students in maroon polo shirts ringing a bronze school bell; one pulls the rope while the other watches, with greenery and a campus crest visible in the foreground.
Wynberg Media
Two Wynberg Boys' High School students in maroon polo shirts ring a bronze bell with a blue rope outdoors, with lush trees and hills behind them.
Wynberg Media
Handshake between a staff member in a dark suit and Hawthornden Grade 8 student in maroon polo after a hike, with peers nearby and an '185 Years' WBHS logo in the lower-left.
Wynberg Media
Two Wynberg Boys' High School students in maroon polo shirts ring a large bronze bell outdoors, with green lawns and distant hills in the background; the 185-year crest is visible in the lower-left.
Wynberg Media
Two WBHS students in maroon polo shirts ring a bell hanging from a tree, with a matric buddy nearby, on a sunlit campus lawn and hills in the background; 185th anniversary emblem bottom-left.
Wynberg Media
Sunny outdoor scene of Hawthornden Grade 8 students in maroon polo shirts approaching a suited administrator to ring the school bell, accompanied by matric buddies; backpacks and a timber building in the background, with a circular 185-year crest bottom-left.
Wynberg Media
Two Grade 8 students in maroon polo shirts pose with their matric buddy outdoors; a blue school bell rope hangs in the left foreground, and a staff member stands smiling in the background.
Wynberg Media
Two WBHS students in maroon polo shirts stand in a sunlit park during Wynberg Week; one holds a blue rope attached to outdoor equipment; green trees behind; crests on shirts and the 185-year emblem visible in the lower-left corner.
Wynberg Media
Two Wynberg students in maroon polo shirts ring a bell during orientation on a sunny campus, with green lawns and trees in the background; school crest visible on shirts.
Wynberg Media
Two WBHS students in maroon polo shirts ring a hanging school bell outdoors, with a green park and flowering shrubs in the background.
Wynberg Media
Two students in maroon WBHS polo shirts outdoors; one holds the bell rope as a matric buddy looks on, with a WBHS 185-year emblem in the lower-left.
Wynberg Media
Two Wynberg Boys' High School students in maroon polo shirts stand outdoors with arms around each other, smiling at the camera; a bell rope hangs on the left and a staff member is in the background; 185-year crest is visible in the lower-left corner.
Wynberg Media

View all 454 sample photos on SampleShots →

📷 Compatible Cameras

Native Mount

Canon EOS R

Canon EOS R

2018
 Canon EOS R6

Canon EOS R6

2020
 Canon EOS R5

Canon EOS R5

2020
 Canon EOS RP

Canon EOS RP

2019
 Canon EOS R10

Canon EOS R10

2022
 Canon EOS R5 Mark II

Canon EOS R5 Mark II

2024
 Canon EOS R7

Canon EOS R7

2022
 Canon EOS R100

Canon EOS R100

2023
 Canon EOS R3

Canon EOS R3

2021
 Canon EOS R5 C

Canon EOS R5 C

2022
 Canon EOS R1

Canon EOS R1

2024
 Canon EOS R6 III

Canon EOS R6 III

2025

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