At $280, street, this 55-250mm is by far Canon’s most favorably priced IS tele zoom, with the only glass close to it a 70-300mm IS lens that streets for roughly $550. Not actually paired in a kit with Canon’s 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS starter lens (yet), this is the system’s de facto kit telezoom.4.5x zoom range. Light and compact design. Cons Modest aperture. Plastic lens mount. Lens hood not included. The Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM ($349.99 direct) ($299.00 at Amazon) is With a focal length range of 55 mm and 250 mm, this lens is ideal to capture subjects at a distance and take good portraits too. The lens has maximum aperture of f/4 to 5.6 and a minimum aperture value of f22 to f32 for clicking portraits with excellent shallow depth of field and also sharp scenic pictures. FocalLength. The 55-250mm focal length range multiplied by the 1.6 Canon APS-C crop sensor factor gives a rough equivalent focal length range of 88-400mm, making this lens on a Canon APS-C camera correspond to the range the Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L lens has on a full frame body.
That's $379 cheaper than the 18-200. The Sigma Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM IF is even slower than the Canon 18-200, costs $349 and performs about the same or worse than the Canon 18-200. The-Digital-Picture reviews the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens here, the Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM here, and the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II
Expert news, reviews and videos of the latest digital cameras, lenses, accessories, and phones. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Specs. Announced Jun 13, 2011 •
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