I bought this lens last summer and have taken well over 1000 pics with it. My demands are high as I photograph small birds which can be difficult at best. I take most pics at about 5 - 20 meters in dense brush. I use AF centre selection to focus directly on the tiny bird.

Its great lenses and would recommend for starting out telephotos. I mean It can't compare to an "L" series lenses from canon but sure does the job.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Lightweight

Slow Focus

Lens works great, I already had a 18 - 55 mm, this is a good companion. Because I have to change lens quite often, I considered other options that covered the 18 to 300 mm range, but they were to expensive.

Great Lens

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Took some action shots at my son's hockey game and both the auto focus and image stabilization were fantastic. Even with the hockey glass in the way, the resulting pictures came out incredible. This is a Great product. And the price was right with the best buy sale.

Lens works great, I already had a 18 - 55 mm, this is a good companion. Because I have to change lens quite often, I considered other options that covered the 18 to 300 mm range, but they were to expensive.

Great Lens

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This is an excellent zoom lens and even better it was compatible with my Cannon 650D SLR. The lens is lightweight and simple to use with "Image Stablizer". Thie lens represents great value for money.

I always carry a P&S camera with a fast f/1.8 lens and 3X zoom. But, for more distant subjects I use the Canon 55-250mm on a Canon T3i camera - and it does a great job.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Lightweight

When i first got into taking photos more seriously, i went out, after some research, and purchased t

Light; small; high optical quality; image stabilization

Somewhat of a plastic feel

It is built for capturing long distance view with it's great especialized stabilizer you will captured a great photo. I am very greatful to have this as my first choice of my lenses. Thank you so much KandCo for giving me the chance to get it because you put it in your sale last this month.

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...

Price; Quality