CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

As stated by others - wide-angle can be your friend.
I keep the 18-140 lens on my camera and keep it set at 18mm. When I first bring it up to my eye the 18mm view is first - then I'll zoom in if appropriate.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

If you need to ask that question then you are not yet a photographer.

ELNikkor

Just put the 18-55 on for a week of walk-arounds; you may never want to take it off...

zug55 Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas

If you don't know what you you are missing I guess you aren't missing anything. If you still have that nagging feeling just strap your at 18-55 on your camera for a day and leave the other lenses at home. See what that does for you and your photography.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

18-54 mm.

machia Loc: NJ

I personally like a bit more range so I bought an 18-135mm, ( 28.8-216mm ).
Have a f1.8 50mm ( 80mm ) if I need something fast and a 10-18mm ( 16-28.8mm ) for landscapes.
The 18-55mm ( 28.8-88mm ) covers a very useful range however. Give it a try. Wider angle shots can be interesting.
Have fun !

LEGALDR Loc: Southern California

I have the same Canon package. I also added the 50mm to the bag. The 18-55 is just another paintbrush in the box. All lenses are tools. Use the lense and see what it can do and what you can do with it. Sometimes you will like it and sometimes another lense may be to your liking.

agillot

you miss creativity , the 18/55 make you spend some time composing , also hand focusing , it force you to look at what you are doing .

Waxhouse Loc: Tampa Via Philadelphia

I have a Fuji X-T2 with the kit 18x55. Finest kit lens I ever received.

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

As said many other times, WIDE ANGLE!

One style can be wonderful here and there, although I feel you'll never expand as a photographer.

For an example:
"I only drive an auto on expressways. When I aproach a city my wife takes over." Sound pretty crazy?

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

If you are looking long term and growing with photography I would try to stay away from "S" lenses. as they are for cooped cameras and if you go to full frame you will be replacing the "S" lenses as they don't work on full frame. The non S works on both.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

What a silly question. What you are missing is the wider field-of-view in the 18 to 50mm range. Which, with a crop-sensor body could be useful. 50mm lens = 80mm field of view.
But if you don't ever want a wider field of view than what an 80mm lens provides, you're not missing anything!

HardworkingGal

Just started photography in late November, purchased a Canon t6 bundle, came with the 2 kit lenses. Shot in auto mode for a month to practice the composition rules only using the 18-55 (the "longer" lens just gave me totally out of focus shots-more about that later). Switched to aperture priority started getting more of what I was looking for but not quite, so purchased a nifty-fifty (everyone was saying I needed one), played with it a little; then while on a trip of a lifetime I had an opportunity to encounter a National Geographic photographer, spoke with him about me being a newbie-he asked to see my equipment, stated that I didn't have the best but I should be able to capture some wonderful shots and then invited me to spend the next day with him....I started the day with my 50mm for some shot of breakfast and people just around the area; we went out and I switched to my 18-55 using it for our boat journey out to our ultimate destination for our shoot, taking shots of the surrounding landscape and shots of the captain, birds etc (the pro periodically asked to see my shots and showed me setting adjustments for different situations-not that they were sinking in at the moment-I was to excited to remember much). Upon arrival at our destination he switched up his lens and we started shooting he asked me why I wasn't using the long lens and I stated that every time I've used it all the shots are out of focus; he said put it on and set up, he then, before I even took a shot, took my camera and looked at my settings...stated that I had the wrong setting needed to go shutter priority and increase the shutter speed. After this opportunity of being shown I could get good captures with proper set-up even with kit equipment I, at the moment, have no desire to purchase any more lens and have been doing nothing but shooting with what I have, as annoying as it is, I take all three lens out with me and will find subjects/scenes and shot with all 3 lens and when I get back I review/compare the results taking note which lens (and settings) is giving me the best results; in the beginning very time consuming and lots of bad shots do to bad settings, now getting much better with settings so learning more about what the lens can do and finding that I'm getting better at knowing what setting to use with what lens and which lens to use for each situation, finding I'm using the 18-55 more than the other 2 because of its versatility. This past weekend I just hit 5000 shots taken (in just 5 months). Well where I'm going is every lens has a purpose, depending on what your shooting so just keep practicing and trying new things, use all you have and you will find if you need it or not.

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

Thanks, G, and others. I am probably not going to buy any more lenses or different camera, and have no illusions of being a pro.
I probably short-changed my kit lens by shooting on autofocus before switching to my 50mm. With Tulip Time coming up and a Wisconsin Dells vacation shortly after, I'll be out exploring lakes and flowerbeds locally with more purposeful shooting in 18mm and in 50mm, assuming the forecast is right and the days of rain are finally ended, hopefully tomorrow.

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

Missing? Only about 90% of photography. 50mm on a crop camera is a short telephoto. So by only using the 50 to 250 range, (80 - 400) you have been doing exclusively telephotography, missing the entire range of wide and normal perspective. A little like only reading the final two chapters of every book, or walking around with binoculars strapped to your face.