Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
Customer Review: Good lens ... but what is wrong with Amazon.com?
Summary: 5 Stars
Most of us shop here because we hate the hassle of shopping at Best Buy or other overpriced stores but... I bought this Canon lens a couple of days ago from Amazon.com for 255 dollars. Two days later I saw the same lens for 237 on sale from Amazon.com. I understand that they would not match other competitors prices, but they do not match even their own price a couple of days after the original purchase. I was told by a costumer representative that they have stopped price matching their own products in 2008. It seems very cheesy that a big company like Amazon.com would instruct me to buy the lens with the new price and to return the old lens, instead of price matching their own product. Yes I am NOT talking about the same product from a different seller, but their own online store. I am NOT talking about a price match after 30 days, but after 2 days . Even Best Buy has a 15-30 day price matching policy.Cheesy if you ask me.
Update 03-08-2010. In fairness this is a great lens.
Customer Review: Just Wow
Summary: 5 Stars
All I can say is wow. This lens just came in today so lots left to discover but wow. I have had my xt for three years now and had given up hope of taking the pics I really wanted. I took this lens outside and got some flower pictures, then went inside and took some more pics. I have the kit lens 18-55mm and also the 75-300usm, and the 50mm lens thats so popular, I have never been able to get pics like the ones I snapped today! This lens puts off a new camera body for a long while, in short it is nothing less than great. This is what I bought the Rebel XT to do. The color, contrast, clarity is suddenly all there. I bet alot of you bought a dslr to take great pics, or much better than a point and shoot, well this lens puts you there. I notice that the newer consumer dslr bodies come with an IS lens and this is no coinsidence as its the lens that is making your pictures so much better. I highly recommend it as it is the best purchase I've made in a long time even in auto mode!Customer Review: Great Purchase for the $$$
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this lens because:
--> It's affordable.
--> It takes great, sharp pictures throughout all apertures, throughout all focal lengths. I find myself using this lens a lot at 55mm, and 250mm, with no worries.
--> Quick focusing compared to the cheaper Tamron/Sigma lenses I've demo'd
--> Superb optical image stabilization, especially at 250mm
--> Solid feel (for being light).
--> Precise, and responds accurately to input
I considered the Tamron 18-270 (and other 18-200's/250's), but after reading a lot of reviews and speaking with experts, quickly realized that there are no 'miracle' all-in-one lenses, and changing lenses in the field is a necessary evil. I'm glad I didn't sacrifice image quality for laziness.
I highly recommend this lens to beginners, but only being an f/4, I sometimes find it a bit 'slow'.
Customer Review: Works for me
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree with most of the reviews that I have read on this product. It is well worth the money. I don't have a bunch of lenses lying around so I can't compare it to any other lens. For the basic user (like me) here is what I found:
1) the basic lens that comes with the Canon cameras goes up to 55mm. This is not very much but I did notice when using this new lens that we had a hard time zooming out so we could get everything inside a room. I don't know as any lens can do it all but you will want to keep your old lens.
2) if you get a zoom lens, you will want IS. I talked to a couple of friends that went the cheap rout because they didn't know why the IS lens cost so much. They said that unless you are outside on a very sunny day, the non-IS lens is worthless.
3) If your wife wants it for Christmas (like mine) you will score major points with this lens :-)
Customer Review: Great Non-Professional Lens
Summary: 5 Stars
This telephoto lens by Canon is really nice. Let me say first, I am not a professional photogragher, so I do not need the performance that one may require. However, for the price, I get wonderful high quality photos with this lens. If you take your picture quality seriously, this lens will get the job done.
I recently migrated from my old Canon A1 SLR camera to my current DSLR. The lens I have with my A1, which by the way still look and operate like new, are all high quality 1.2, 1.4 on my wide angle and my 50mm and 2.8 on my telephoto. My new DSLR lens are no where near the quality, nor do they haave anywhere near the speed of my old lenses. And what I paid years back is far less than these lower quality lenses sell for.
That said, I am totally satisfied with the ease of function, quality and performance of my new Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens. I rate this lens 5-Stars.