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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM (Retail Box) Lens
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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM (Retail Box) Lens
Item details:
Brand new in retail box
Sold by VAT registered UK company
We are a high rated retailer with a track record of excellent service
We only sell high quality products
Product code | CA40579 |
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Barcode | 4960999979373 |
Barcode2 | 0013803220742 |
Weight | 1 |
Brand | Canon |
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Lauren Phillips –
Amazing value for money.
Mike Lee –
Best budget telephoto lens you can buy!
Sandra K. –
Good halitosis for the money. Very pleased.
Mark Gray @ Lockwood Uk Ltd –
This review is made as an Amateur photographer with no professional experience. It’s aimed at the audience that will likely be purchasing this kind of lens, rather than an experienced photographer. As such, I will not be covering very small and in-depth details which a professional may care about..This is the zooming version of the very similar 18-55mm STM kit lens you get with mid range Canon cameras.As an amateur photographer I’m massively impressed with the zoom capabilities, clarity and price to performance of this lens.To break up my review I’ll go into each of these separately and have included sample images of min (55mm) and max (250mm) focal lengths and also a cropped image of one of the 250mm photo to demonstrate an even closer look and potential capture when using editing software.Camera: Canon 200D (mid range Amateur DSLR camera)Zoom – Please note that I’m using a Canon 200D which as far as I’m aware will boost the “zoom” effect by 1.6 (i.e its more like 88-400mm lens with this camera, I don’t know the technicalities of this though as I’m quite new to photography)I went to the zoo a few days ago with the standard 18-55mm kit lens and while I managed to get some great up close and personal shots, unfortunately when the subject is a little further away, 55mm is just not quite enough. This is where I decided that my next lens has to have a bigger focal length. The 250mm gives FAR more zoom and lets you get in close and personal with what you’re taking a photo of.Clarity – Absolutely fantastic. The images below are taken on a bright but semi cloudy day and I noticed no issues with the clarity or blurriness. The image stabilisation and auto zoom were doing really well even at 250mm and this would be even better once you get your hands on a tripod.Price to performance: I purchased it at £135. This is one of the cheapest branded lenses I have seen online and probably only beaten in price by the 50mm “nifty fifty” from both canon and Yongnuo. While it may not be the most important lens for some photographers, it’ll give you unbelievable value (especially when you can get your hands on it at around £125. It seems to jump between £125-£155Get this lens for photography at distance of 1metre+ and for capturing photos of shy subjects (human or otherwise) from further away.Hope this review has been helpful for you.
richcity10 –
Improved on previous model
carole baldwin –
Image Quality: For the price, you honestly can’t beat it as you can see with some of the images I’ve provided, its incredibly sharp and crisp. It works very well with sports and wildlife photography especially as I go to a lot of air shows but can’t afford the big expensive lenses, this does the job perfectly for me and it’ll no doubt be used for many years to come.Speed: The lens is very fast at auto-focusing on a subject although sometimes it has been temperamental and I’ve had to zoom out and then zoom back in on a subject for it to focus properly. It can take some time to focus on a small object, such as a bird in a hedge but with time it will eventually focus on the subject you want. But for larger objects such as jets, cars, large birds, people, it’s simply flawless.This lens is incredibly light-weight so there is no need to worry about lugging around a heavy telephoto lens, and the fact that it’s 55-250mm gives you a huge focal range to play with and is especially useful when doing portrait shots as you can go from 55mm to 85mm in an instant and lose no quality in image. Even at 250mm the lens doesn’t suffer with poor quality and is crisp.I’d recommend this lens to anyone starting out with photography as a must have providing you’re using a camera with an EF-S mount due to having a CMOS sensor as it won’t fit an EF mount.
Thundermoor –
This lens is actually a part of Canon EOS 200D. The seller is selling it separately. So if you are thinking that this is a good deal then you are wrong. The lens which comes with Canon EOS 200D costs about Rs 12000. You may compare the price of 200D single lens and double lens. So the seller is fooling us by saying that it is a separate lens which actual price is about 24000. The lens also comes in an ordinary box. The seller has attached a tag containing the Canon symbol on the box so that it looks like an original one. Moreover the seller has also printed the fake price of 26000 to make us believe. You will not get any warranty. I tried to register it in the Canon website but it keeps on saying that the invoice number is invalid.Now coming to the performane of the lens. This lens is a real beast. Its auto focus is damn fast and super silent. It is much better than IS II. The focus ring is very smooth.
SLxx –
I’ve seen some mixed reviews for this, and given the price I was expecting average performance at best. Having tested this at both the longest and shortest lengths, and from wide open to minimum aperture, I’m more than a little impressed; no noticeable softness anywhere, chromatic aberration almost zero, nicely balanced and quiet and quick on focus, I can’t really fault it. I edit on a 27 inch 4K screen, so I’m seeing the results at the highest quality possible, and I’m not finding any issues.Image stabilisation is a bonus, works beautifully. Sure, this isn’t equal to the Canon EF L lenses (I’ve tried those for comparison), but at £136, the price is much more manageable and the physical proportions much less intrusive for those of us not shooting pro shots at Wimbledon, and the quality for most will exceed expectations.Would recommend to anyone.
Oxana –
Great lens
ipw –
The seller is fooling us