Canon EF-S 55-250mm F4-5.6 Lens

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The EF-S 55-250 4-5.6 IS STM is a petite and ultra lightweight 4.5x telezoom aimed at hobbyists and light packers. It’s an EF-S lens and thus compatible only with APS-C (1.6x crop) DSLRs such as Rebels, 70D, 80D, etc.

BUILD is light duty and, at a slender 2.8” x 4.4,” similar in size to a typical Micro Four Thirds telezoom. Fit and finish are very good with quality plastics, sturdy switches, smooth turning rings and a wobble-free nested barrel. The weak point is probably the plastic mount.

OPTICAL QUALITY: This lens is sharp across the frame and compares well to my EF 70-200 4L IS USM, a four times more expensive lens! Yes, it exhibits slightly more light falloff and flares more easily than the L zoom, but is impressive nonetheless.

FOCUS: A rear element focusing group is driven by a stepping motor (STM) and is peppy, accurate and sure-footed on my 70D and 80D. However, it’s less sure-footed on my SL1 in low light due to the lessor AF system of the Rebel (only one cross point). The front element doesn’t rotate or extend during focusing, allowing easy use of polarizing filters.

This zoom was designed with video in mind and the STM drive is silky smooth, just the right focus speed and perfect for pulls and movie servo. Focus is silent to camera mics as is the image stabilization (IS). The focus-by-wire manual focus (MF) works without switching out of AF mode: grip and turn the ring with the shutter button half depressed.

ZOOM: The zoom ring is large, covered with ribbed rubber, well damped and doesn’t creep. It’s also very smooth when rotated. A nested barrel extends considerably—adding about 2 inches in length–when racked out to 250 mm.

IMAGE STABILIZATION: Because this lens is so light, it’s tricky to hold steady compared to my EF 70-200 4L IS USM. Nevertheless, the IS feature insures I almost always get a sharp picture, even three stops below my normal hand held shutter speed at 55mm, e.g., 1/15 sec. At 250mm I can only squeeze out two extra stops, e.g., 1/60 sec. I do a stop or two better with my heavier EF 70-200 4L IS USM due to less bobbing around!

LENS HOOD: Use a hood to protect this lens from stray light, doggie noses and raindrops. A hood is not included but the optional Canon 

ET-63 Lens Hood

 is pricey at 25 shekels.

FINAL BLURB: This an ideal telezoom for travel and weekend sports shooters. Considering the cost and performance ratio, this is a truly excellent telezoom. I love the petite size, zoom range, AF speed/smoothness and sharpness of this lens. Coupled with my 80D, it makes a wonderfully versatile, nimble and lightweight travel combo. I feel confident to shoot in most situations and bring back sharp images and videos.

Just bought this lens to up my photography game. I love the image stabilizing built in. Easy to connect and use. The quality and performance are very impressive. I love the color profile it give my photos. I highly recommend.

For the price, owners of APS-C sensor Canon cameras really can’t beat this lens. As most reviews mention, you’ll need good light to shoot anything that’s moving – anything below f/8, you won’t get sharp action, and really f/10 is the sweet spot. But as an entry level telephoto, it produces excellent (even outstanding) results. As a bit of a side bonus, it does pretty decent macros all the way out at 250mm.

I’ve been using mine for almost a year now. It’s incredibly versatile with it being an 88-400mm equivalent on crop sensors (which is the only place this works – won’t match up with a full frame). I use it for long-throw landscapes, wildlife, macros, you name it. Auto focus is fast and nearly silent, as with all the new STM lenses.

Cons: Sharp action shots are off the table in anything less than full light. With experience, you can compensate a bit, but it’s a tough proposition. Also, barrel creep may be a problem over time. After 10 months, mine will slowly extend out on its own when I walk around with it for a while. That’s about the worst thing I can say about this lens.

Pros: Excellent sharpness in good light. Fast and easy to use, smooth action. IS will help those with less steady hands. Price is fantastic for what you get. Light. Travels well. Extremely versatile with a lot of reach.

First let’s review the seller: the product arrived quickly and and well packaged, it was in a very good shape, but it annoy me that the seller said the product was, and I quote: “in mint condition”, but that was ot true, it was in “near mint” condition, so, because that, shame on you seller.

Now, lets review that lens itself: the lens was bougth to be used in a canon 40D, the quick answer is, and exellent choice if you want a tele zoom lens for a very veeery cheap price

all the test were done in a canon 40D

Autofocus: despite the canon 40D does not have dual pixel auto focus system, the lens is quicker than the USM micro-motor (non USM ring type) lenses like the EF-S 18-55 f3.5 / 5.6 USM (micromotor) IS kit lens (non stm version), the auto focus most of the time (like 90% or more) was accurate, for the price is a very reliable focus system.

Zoom: the zoom is very well done, no zoom creep at all, the inner barrel is firmly attached to the outer barrel, is not flimsy like other lenses. for some user the zoom ring may be a little stiff, but i think is ok just as it is, the front element does not rotate when focusing or zooming which is a very good thing, something I really HATE of this lenses is that, does not have internal zooming like the 70-200, i guess i’m asking too much for the price

Mount ring: plastic, it does not bother me, but for some people may be an issue

Construction: considering is a VERY cheap lens, I think is well done, it feels solid, plastic solid… nothing near to the 70-200s.. but again, its a very cheap lens, better made than the 18-55 with USM micromotor

Sharpness: this lens is very sharp, to be a non L lens, it has a great quality-price relationship, totally recomended!, i’m very VERY happy with the quality this lens delivers, is indeed very sharp, I tell you guys, I work in daylight events with this lens!, and no problems at all, but at night… is another story… you will need that extra couple stops of light during night events.

Picture quality: very good, no complaints at all.

Final thougts: if you are expecting a 70-200 performance…. if you want the absolute best, save some more money and go for an L lens, this lens is great because it is so cheap, and the quality so good for that price, non of my clients have ever said anything negative of the images taken with this piece of equipment, they all are very happy with the results, so am I.