Customer Reviews:
 Who needs f2.8? August 10, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great lens. Nice, small, light, and very sharp.
With IS and fantastic ISO 800/1600 performance from Canon dSLR cameras, I personally see no need to spend $1000 on a f2.8 lens. If I were a pro selling images or routinely making huge enlargements, sure. But for the price, the lens is excellent.
Many will complain that the lens housing is plastic. Get over it. Plastic is a fine material ;-)
 Nice lens August 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nice lens. A little slow to focus in AF mode when you run the lens out to the focal length limit. Other than that, the performance is great.
Great value overall value August 1, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a lens designed by Canon out of necessity to fill a void in the moderately priced image stabilized zoom lens market. Covering the 55 - 250 mm range takes it to ~ 400 mm, about as long a lens as one can use effectively hand-held. Nikon covers a similar range but at materially greater pricing. The image quality is excellent. The lens is NOT bulky/heavy and travels easily.
A Great Value Lens July 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Really happy with this lens. It is small and light, inexpensive, and has given me some great photos. The image stabilizer has let me get some great shots in relatively low light for the f-stop capabilities of this lens. No complaints whatsoever - for the price and size/weight it cannot be beat!
Excellent lens for the price July 29, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I never thought this lens would take great pictures especially for the price. Great lens with great sharpness. This lens would easily beat canon 70-300 lens. Good for wildlife, zoo and bird pictures. I would strongly recommend this lens if you dont want to spend over 1000 dollars.
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