Customer Ratings & Reviews

I’m a beginner at photography so I brought this as a budget friendly lens. For what I do works great . Works well with my new canon rebel T8i. Took some great shots of the moon. No photo-shop.

I purchased this lens to replace the lens that came with the T6i kit. It takes clear crisp photos (in proper lighting of course) you can also get a little bokeh if you distance yourself correctly. Only reason I gave it 4 stars is because of the heaviness of the lens (durable build I must say) and also it's pretty noisey and slower at auto focusing. Quick review, but I hope this helps.

I bought this lens for high school marching band pictures and it performs like a champ. Sharp pictures with great blurred backgrounds.

Love the quality shoots the best pictures and is super easy to learn. Great for indoor/outdoor photography.

This is used mainly for photographing items for online selling and is perfect! Jewelry is one of the most difficult items to photograph and this makes it easy. It also is perfect for landscape, candid and portraits. The autofocus is quick and the stabilization make it the go to lens.

Cannon offers great lenses for all occasions. So far I have 3

They are right on! Excellent lens. I couldn't wait to try it out, and I was pleasantly surprised. This lens will not disappoint you.

They gave me a deal I couldn't refuse. Half off this stellar lens. It has a stabilization features that is great. It's the perfect compliment to my new Canon t6s

Lens works great for taking zoom shots check my photos below.

Such an amazing lens. Takes great pictures with good quality

It is a good product. I used it in my vacation it took good picture from up close.

Actually I'm looking for 18-125 but mistakenly I brought wrong one so there's any ways to exchange this lens

I purchased mine brand new in the box. PROs: 1. Affordable - can't beat the price for what it does. 2. Flexible - great for family photos, portraits, wildlife/nature, sports... 3. Accurate - whether taking a shot at 55mm or 250mm, the clarity and sharpness is the same (excellent)! 4. Weight - since it's mostly plastic, it's very light and great to take with you on a hike. CONs: 1. Quality - the only feature I do not like about this lens is the mounting ring, which is plastic! It should be metal, and it wouldn't add much to the expense of this otherwise, great lens. 2. The stabilizer works just "OK" - not great, but not bad either. I never use it. 3. The manual ring is a nice size, but it's sticky - not as smooth as I would expect from Canon.

I wanted a reasonable telephoto lens to supplement the normal lens that was supplied with the Canon EOS T5i. This one links easily to the auto focus function on the camera. Easy to zoom, enables me to do distance shots of the surfers on the waves as well as enlarged "close ups" (really from far away - a sort of imitation macro) that are sharp and clear with ability to do my depth of field arsy stuff with a sharp large flower in a soft background. This lens will let me do all sorts of creative shots. I'm glad I bought it. Expensive but well worth the cost.

I'm just an amateur and beginner in nature/wildlife photography. I recently bought the Canon Rebel T7 bundle that came with the Canon 75-300mm lens, and wanted to upgrade to a better lens. The 55-250mm is much better in my opinion. My pictures look sharper, less grainy, and blurry. The built-in stability will really help with little shakes. It's also affordable and won't break the bank. I would definitely purchase again.

There isn't much to say about Canon's updated 55-250. The step motor is super quiet. I mean you can't hear a thing which is great for shooting video. The range is spectacular and it's sharp at all focal lengths. Shooting outdoors is a no brainer with this glass. It's great for nature and landscapes. Upgrade to this lens over the previous model, it has a sharper glass and the step motor is worth the upgrade.

This is my first Canon DSLR telephoto lens, and I couldn't be more pleased. The images are very sharp, it is light weight, easy to use, and fast in focusing. I recommend you get a telephoto with Image Stabilization, (IS), it makes a big difference. A great lens for people who enjoy taking photographs.

Highly recommend this for anybody using a non full frame camera. This actually produces higher image quality on our sensors than the $4000 options. I actually have 2 just because i was able to save so much money so one can be used for harsher conditions

This consumer-grade lens is designed for use in Canon's APS-sensor based DSLRs (For instance, the Rebel product line). By itself, it normally sells for $300, but as of summer 2017 the lens is selling for only $150 if bundled with buying a new camera. Some might consider the fact that this zoom lens is pretty much all plastic (Barrel, Mount, etc.) as sign of lesser quality. However, one has to keep the price tag in mind. Furthermore, the plastic parts help to keep the total weight of the lens fairly low (13.3 oz./ 377g). The EF-S 55-250mm IS STM is a fast and silent focusing (Stepping Motor) sharp lens with Image Stabilization. Any amateur photographer looking for an affordable zoom lens with great capability should be happy with this one.

The lens works great, the images are good. I'm more comfortable with manual focus and the manual focus feature on this lens is clumsy and slow. Even in manual mode it tries to focus for you. Sometimes that's helpful if it gets it at least close. It doesn't focus quickly and won't focus at all if the camera is not turned on (maybe that's okay). If you don''t use manual focus a lot it's a great lens. The lens is a really good value for what you get.