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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

lens · Canon EF-S · released 2011-02-01
Lowest now
$37
Steep discount -81% vs MSRP
Pricing by source ↓
MSRP at launch
$199
Feb 2011
Inventory
28
across 1 source

Typical pricing right now

How we compute this

Today's price sits in the middle of its recent range. The 90-day window runs from $35 to roughly today's $37. 19% of the $199 MSRP. Prices are up 2.8% over the last 30 days.

Lowest now
$37
MSRP
$199
vs MSRP
-81%
90-day low
$35
All-time low
$35 (May 29, 2026)
30-day trend
+2.8%
Observed across 1 source · 77 days of history in last 90 · Methodology

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Specs

Brand
Canon
Family
Canon EF-S
Category
lens
Body type
Mount
Canon EF-S
Sensor
Megapixels
Lens type
zoom
Focal length
18–55mm
Aperture
f/3.5–f/5.6
Weight
200 g
Filter thread
58mm
Length
70 mm
Diameter
68 mm
Construction
all-plastic
Released
2011-02-01
Status
likely discontinued

Notes

manual MSRP: Generic kit lens; multiple revisions over years.

Latest pricing by source

Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.
Source Condition Price Listings Observed Link
mpb
good
→ good
$37 27 Observed yesterday view listing
mpb
excellent
→ excellent
$50 1 Observed yesterday view listing

Price history

One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.

See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.

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Methods

How we compute each section

References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.

1. Price history

#1.1 · Grade buckets
Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set: mint, excellent, good, fair, poor, and unknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping.
#1.2 · Missing days
A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
#1.3 · Color encoding
Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.