Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS Image Stabilizer Telephoto Zoom Lens – International Version (No Warranty)

Mike Sekaquaptewa says:

Professional Evaluation I have worked with high end equipment from other production outfits. On jobs like those you want the best equipment, usually the firms rent high end equipment as needed. I’m starting my own company now. I invested in this lens because of its price. In the right hands this lens can render great images and video. The minimum aperture of 4.0 @ 55mm is descent, and better than 5.6 on the kit lens (18-55). Just note that the minimum focal distance is 1 meter, you cant focus on subjects closer than 1 meter.This is not an inner focus lens, or weather sealed, or has metal construction. I knew that. but for $120, it has a long zoom range, image stabilization, and better bokeh than most camcorders.My purpose for this lens is build a portfolio and serve as a workhorse for my first few paid gigs. The return on the investment will be quick, with that investing on better glass will be sooner rather than later. Just put a hood/matte box over it and the clients wont…

Second Options says:

IS helps marvelously unless your hands belong to robocop. Outstanding lens for the price, minimal distortion, sharpness, IS,Zoom Light for its class, Image stabilization which normally raises many lens prices up by 120-300, the very low distortion, and sharpness for this price range is wonderful. IF you aren’t bothered by the plastic construction and the sharpness falling off at the 250mm range, you will love this lens. However for expectations for a sub 300 dollar lens, this lens will mostly like soar past your expectations.I recommend even though it has IS, a tripod because lets face it, who doesn’t find themselves wanting a tripod with a telephoto lens. Unless your hands belong to RoboCOP, you soon find that without zooming out at a low shutter around say 1/5-1/30 that IS doesn’t quite cut it, especially if your aiming for the highest quality image possible. And RAW processing does not fix out of focus/blurry images. Of course if your budget for lenses is past 400-700, you better just spend your money on better lenses, because with that much money your expectations are too high for a low…