I've owned my canon 55-250mm for around 2 years now and its still the first lens I put in my kitbag wherever I go. I purchased my lens from amazon.com for around £180. Which is an absolute bargin. The reason why I looked at this lens was because of a review I had read in digital photographer magazine which rated it a "best buy" award for a budget telephoto lens, which is what I was after because I sold my equivalent sigma 70-300 and this was the replacement I was looking for. At the time when I first bought the lens I owned a canon 400d and now I own a 7D and because of the lenses EF-S mount it was easily compatable with them both. THE ...  Read the complete review

I bought this lens to accompany my Canon EOS 450d and it really has been a brilliant purchase. Pick one up on Amazon for well under £200 which is an absolute bargain. It has very good build quality and you really will notice the picture quality difference between using this lens and using the standard kit lens (18-55). I got this lens just before Christmas and so I have only had it for around a month, but I have been really impressed with its capability. It has the USM (Ultra Sonic Motor) which is exclusive to Canon meaning a fast zoom. Is also has Image Stabalizer (IS) which reduces the blur resulting from any "camera shake". I used this taking ...  Read the complete review

Introduction The Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, to give it its full title, is a relatively new lens designed for Canon's APS-C cameras (e.g. 450D, 500D), so cannot be used on its 'full frame' range (e.g. 5D, 1D). The lens sits at the budget end of Canon's product range and is available for around £220. It is, however, often sold with the Canon 450D and 40D cameras as a two lens package with the 18-55mm kit lens, giving a superbly capable camera and lens combination. Canon's APS-C cameras have a 1.6 times 'crop factor' (because of the camera's sensor, smaller than the 35mm film camera, the focal length of a lens attached to it appears to ...  Read the complete review