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Canon - EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Telephoto Zoom Lens - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.3
Rating breakdown 152 reviews
5 Stars
90
4 Stars
37
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
4
1 Star
4
90%of customers recommend this product.
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123 out of
136)
Customer Reviews for Canon - EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Telephoto Zoom Lens - Black
Customer Rating
4
Good for an Amateur
on April 10, 2012
Posted by: Colleen
from Pennsylvania
This lens is a good starter zoom lens. However, after discovering prime lenses, I realized that it is not very sharp. Sure, it zooms in a lot, but the images cannot compare to a prime lens for sharpness. Also, it can't really be used easily indoors because of the minimum 4.0 aperture. Outdoors, it does a decent job in good lighting, but again, the pictures are not as sharp as they could be. I really would recommend this only to an amateur who isn't planning to shoot in manual. If you are planning on moving up the ladder as far as equipment, I wouldn't bother. Get a 50 mm, 85 mm, or 100 mm lens instead. Despite the price, it's just not worth it.
Pros: inexpensive, good for beginners, good zoom
Cons: not sharp, slow autofocus, 4.0 minimum aperture
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Very Good Lens
on December 26, 2009
Posted by: Woody
from Indianapolis
This is a very good everyday lens. Great for touring through vacation sites and general picture taking. Light weight, not bulky, doesn't attract a lot of attention, and takes great pictures.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Superior build quality, Super-sharp images, light weight
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Good Flexible Basic Lens
on January 4, 2010
Posted by: Photografur
from Gaylord, MI
For most shooting, this lens is ideal, it may not do everything but it can do a lot.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Super-sharp images
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great
on December 14, 2009
Posted by: jbird
from Oregon
I am not a pro but with this lens I won a photo contest for the first. I am still learning my rebel XSI digital camera which I love. Also the price on the lens is very good
Thank you Canon.
Thank you Canon.
Pros: Superior build quality, Super-sharp images
Cons: Slow auto-focus
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
good but not great
on December 23, 2009
Posted by: scottso
from pennsy
had this lens for over a year and cycled about 5000 shots. the stabialization broke after about 3000 clicks a cheap lens relatively speaking.I will say this lens was not babied many shots on a monopod and in back pack in the desert south west so it may feel cheap and even though it is plastic it held up and thats what counts
the biggest pain in the patoot is the rotating barrel it makes using polorizer and graduated neutral density filters a time consuming pain to use and those filters are essential and commonly used or should be by all serious photogs.
the image quality is very good.
the biggest pain in the patoot is the rotating barrel it makes using polorizer and graduated neutral density filters a time consuming pain to use and those filters are essential and commonly used or should be by all serious photogs.
the image quality is very good.
Pros: survived in desert, survived in backpack
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
on May 15, 2015
Posted by: Dar
from Florida
I have had this for less then a month so far and I love it!
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Customer Rating
4
Lense noise with auto focus
on October 25, 2012
Posted by: cl
from california
nice lense, however don't like the noise on auto focus when video taping. Very loud. The kit should of came with the better lense with less noise. Other then that great lense
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Super-sharp images
Cons: noise while taping
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
Great, At First
on November 13, 2011
Posted by: wondersueak
I got this lens with my Canon Rebel XS for Christmas last year, and at first it was great, the images were very crisp and the auto-focus worked like a charm. Over time, the auto-focus started to get slower and the images weren't very crisp anymore, and even though I had never taken the lens off the camera body since I got it, somehow a bunch of hairs and dust accumulated on the sensor in my camera so I had to use a can of compressed air to clean it. The auto-focus barely works now and is slow and inaccurate, though it is a good value for its price and the fact it came with my camera, I just wouldn't get it again.
Pros: value, quiet
Cons: durability, Slow auto-focus, non-sharp images
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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