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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Lens
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Wow one thing shipping was super fast and packed very safe in the box .. FIRST THOUGHTS OF THE LENS IT BETTER WORK GOOD LOL Well its AWESOME ! Just the right kind of lens i was looking for .. I was glad i went with this lens then the 70- 300 .. a lot of people said get the Ef- S stm lens it will be much better u may lose a little range but the quality is much better with the 55- 250.mm and they were right about it .. The Auto focus works super nice and quite.. I also use the Manual setting . But wanted to test out the auto focus as well .. u can get some realy good distance with ... I wanted this lens for nature and birds .. and most of all when im at the beach surfing.. My Girlfriend will have no problem snapping pictures of me now lol ... OVER ALL THE LENS WORKS AWESOME BEST $140.00 I EVER SPENT .. I EVENT TESTED IT IN LOW LIGHT ABOUT A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE SUN WENT DOWN .. STILL LOOKING GOOD ... THE LENS IS ON MY " Canon Rebel t6i " Also know as the 750D .. hope this review helps some one that want a 55- 250mm lens Read full review
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I think it's a "must be" lens for every Canon DSLR (APS-C size) owner. It's not the excellent lens, but a very good one to have in my bag, by the side of a 18-55mm or a 17-85mm, to cover almost everything I like to take a photo. Not heavy as a 70-300mm, with IS, quick and accurate in most cases focusing and good to very good image quality. I have also the EF55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM, a good lens, without IS. The 55-250mm has almost the same picture quality, it's the same light and small, in addition has 50mm (50x1,6=80mm) more Tele and the IS facility, but it's not suitable for full frame cameras. Not for miracles, but a very good "general purpose" lens, in a low price.
This lens performs on a level well above what its price suggests. Resolution is excellent even at the longest focal length. It is light, easy to handle and the Image Stabilization works well. I bought this to give to my grandson to use with his Canon digital Rebel, but I took it with me on a trip to Alaska and got some great musk ox, moose and reindeer shots. The only thing I have found about this lens that keeps it from being a candidate for serious photographers is that the external focus allows the front of the lens to rotate. This makes it a nuisance to deal with when using a polarizer. Also, the dedicated petal lens hood rotates which may not be a serious problem once the lens is zoomed from its minimum focal length, but must be checked when the lens is racked clear in to be sure there is no corner vignetting. One would also hope for a bit closer focus capability, but at the price, that might be expecting a bit too much. The lens ranks better in imaging quality than it's more professional and pricier ef-s counterpart in testing by Popular Photography magazine.Read full review
Great lens for the standard Canon EOS cameras. The Stabilizer works great for slow shutters, but ultimately a tripod or mono-pod should be used. The Auto Focus works pretty good, but a the real value of this lens comes in the manual focus option. The rubberized ring around the lens for both adjusting focal length and focusing ring, are pretty well built for this standard lens. The photo quality is relatively good, being it as a kit lens. I would recommend this lens for anyone who needs a little more telephoto than the standard 200mm, but not breaking the bank either. So, final verdict, I give it a 5/5 rating for the basics and design. Photo quality is good, and operation is ergonomic.
Being quite experienced photographer (over 35 years) I quite recently became aware, that Canon can do very decent pieces. I have had many, many cameras - Leica M3, Olympus Pen, Praktica Super most notable cameras of pre-digital time and a row of digital cameras - Olympuses, Sonys, Fujis, Panasonics. My previous DSLR was Sony Alpha A200 and I must say that kit - DT 18-70 was better then Canon kit 18-55 I'd used for Canon 350D. But I'm tired of Sony cameras - just to see what cameras they produce now - A230, A330 - the worst DSLR cameras I've ever seen... (it is my very subjective opinion). It happens for me to buy used Canon 20D, despite lower resolution it has much, much better images then I had taken from Sony A200 and I decide to buy a cheap lens in addition to main 28-135. While I can't compare it with 28-135 as latest more expensive, I can compare it with Sony DT18-70. 1) Construction. Sony lens seems very, VERY plastic, even the glass seems as it made from plastic. 2) Building quality. Canon lens built well what I can't say about Sony lens. 3) Focus speed. Canon lens focuses in 0.1-0.2 seconds always, Sony lens focuses in 0.1-0.4 seconds, depends of light condition. 4) Image quality. Sony lens needs a closed apperture for sharp images, 2-3 steps from open, Canon lens is sharper then Sony lens from a open aperture. Start with focus range 55 mm DT 15-70 becames very, very muddy. 5) Bokeh - both lens is not great in this area. 6) Filters - both lens make it impossible to use polarized filters because of rotating front lens. 7) Canon IS technology much, much better than Sony Steady shot - I easily could make sharp pictures with 1/5 seconds (EFR 80), compared with 1/15 seconds (EFR 80). I must say, Canon did an excelent job to replace its previous 18-55 kit lens. Must have lens despite its cost.Read full review
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