Canon EF-S 55-250mm F4-5.6 is STM

So far i really love this lens. I do event photography and was hesitant about buying this lens for semi-professional work because its a kit lens, but it works great. Make sure you buy a lens hood, preferably get a reversible bayonet hood for convenience, or you may get bad contrast in your photos if light comes into the lens outside the scene, but that may also be a look you are going for.

I am very satisfied with this purchase. Photographing birds thru the house window & hand-holding the camera, Im able to get nice clear results that can be cropped & are still sharp. Id been trying to use a much more expensive & good Canon lens, but it was too heavy for me to carry & hold steady (Im 77 yrs old) so I had not gotten good photos. This lens is so much lighter in weight & I am thrilled with the quality of the pictures Im now able to get. I have used this lens for only a few weeks, including for some indoor, hand-held, non-flash pictures from a distance that also came out very sharp & bright. I definitely recommend this to anyone needing or wanting a light-weight lens to carry & hand-hold.

As sharp as L glass on a crop sensor.

Best Value!

Great additional lens. The only bad thing is that I still have to swap out lenses to get both up close and distance shots. Thats on me.....not the lens.

Bon achat

My photos have never been better!

Enjoying this lens. Very fast and quiet, decent quality pictures for a lens of this price, slightly soft at 250mm and some vignetting, though the vignette can be mitigated by moving 1 or 2 f-stops.

I captured a photo of the moon with a 2x Teleconverter attached.

Wife adores it....very satisfying purchase.