Timeline for What advantages does the Canon EF-S 18-55mm III have over the IS II version?
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| Jan 7, 2014 at 4:01 | comment | added | Michael C | OK, maybe it was just discontinued in the U.S. I haven't seen it with anything but early 1000D kits. Those may have been grey market in the U.S. | |
| Jan 6, 2014 at 21:48 | comment | added | Philip Kendall♦ | I don't know if the lens is actually in production or not, but at least in the UK, you can buy the 100D (aka SL1) with the 18-55 III lens. You can also buy it with the 18-55 IS STM if you'd prefer (for non-trivially more money). | |
| Jan 6, 2014 at 17:37 | comment | added | Michael C | They were both introduced in 2011. The III was not made for very long, as apparently Canon chose to only keep the IS version in production. It was probably an inventory simplification as much as anything else. | |
| Jan 6, 2014 at 15:01 | vote | accept | Creator13 | ||
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| Jan 6, 2014 at 14:15 | history | answered | AJ Henderson♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |