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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras

  • Focal Length & Maximum Aperture – 55-250mm f/4-5.6
  • Lens Construction – 12 elements in 10 groups, including one UD-glass element
  • Diagonal Angle of View – 27 50′- 6 15′ (with APS-C image sensors)
  • Focus Adjustment – DC motor, gear-driven (front focusing design)
  • Closest Focusing Distance – 3.6 ft./1.1m (maximum close-up magnification 0.31x)

Product Description
This telephoto zoom lens is designed with Canon’s Optical Image Stabilizer technology while retaining compactness and lightness, in response to demands of photographers. This high zoom ratio lens is equivalent to a focal length of 88-400mm in the 35mm format (when used on Canon EOS cameras compatible with EF-S lenses), and the image stabilizer effect equivalent to a shutter speed about 4 stops faster than the same size lens without Image Stabilizer. In other words, if the slowest shutter speed you could formerly hold a 250mm lens steadily was 1/250th of a second, with Canon’s 4-stop stabilization correction, you could hand-hold at shutter speeds as slow as 1/15th of a second. It also uses a UD-glass lens element to correct chromatic aberration for excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. This new EF-S telephoto lens with great features delivers excellent performance at an affordable price for all photographers.Amazon.com Product Description
Incorporating Canon’s Optical Image Stabilizer technology, this Canon 55-250mm telephoto zoom lens captures long distance, low-light shots far better than many comparable lenses, helping you photograph the far-off action of athletes or zoom in for an intimate portrait with a blurred background. The high-zoom-ratio lens is equivalent to a focal length of 88-400mm in the 35mm format (when used on Canon EOS cameras compatible with EF-S lenses). More significantly, the image stabilizer effect creates an equivalent shutter speed of roughly four stops faster than the same size lens without an image stabilizer. In other words, if the slowest shutter speed you can hold a 250mm lens steadily is normally 1/250th of a second, this Canon lens will let you hand-hold shutter speeds as slow as 1/15th of a second. The lens also boasts a UD-glass lens element to correct chromatic aberration to create excellent image quality throughout the zoom range. Delivering an excellent performance at an affordable price for all photographers, the 55-250mm lens carries a one-year warranty.

Specifications

  • Focal length: 55-250mm
  • Maximum aperture: f/4 to f/5.6
  • Lens construction: 12 elements in 10 groups, including one UD-glass element
  • Diagonal angle of view: 27 degrees (at 50 feet) to 6 degrees (at 15 feet), with APS-C image sensors
  • Focus adjustment: DC motor, gear-driven (front focusing design)
  • Closest focusing distance: 3.6 feet (0.31x maximum close-up magnification)
  • Filter size: 58mm
  • Dimensions: 2.8 inches in diameter and 4.3 inches long
  • Weight: 13.8 ounces
  • Warranty: 1 year

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras

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5 Comments

I never thought Amazon could have such bad service. I ordered the lens and payed for ONE DAY SHIPPING. When four days passed and it hadn’t arrived I contacted Amazon and they sent another lens. The SECOND lens didn’t arrive either. So my money was returned.

I’m not sure I I would ever purchase from Amazon again.
Rating: 1 / 5
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras


Unfortunately this lens does NOT fit on the Canon 5D nor on the 1D-Mark II
Rating: 1 / 5
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras


I bought this three weeks ago. But it’s used. I can find a clear sign on the screw to proof it’s used. I even believe it’s a repaired one. I feel like a fool to buy a repaired one with a full price for a new one. However, I need to use it last week for a travel. But it was still a repaired one they sold, pretending as a new one.
Rating: 1 / 5
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras


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.
Rating: 1 / 5
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras


This lens dose what is says, and is a CANON lens. Takes ok pictures outside, but is too slow to shoot inside without a bright lighting, or flash. But is nothing compared to the replacement 70-200 L lens I purchased as a replacement.

You get what you pay for.

Rating: 2 / 5
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras


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