Customer Reviews:
 Decent Price to Value Ratio July 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a decent lens for the money. Not nearly as fast or as smooth as the IS USM lenses, but it is significantly less expensive while producing nice, sharp images with adequate image stabilization under many different conditions. I'm using it on the 40D.
Great Zoom Lens July 27, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been very pleased with the images produced by this lens. Image stabilizer works well. A bit heavy.
Worth the Money! July 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was very happy with the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS. I have the Canon 75-300mm that came with the kit. But my pictures weren't crystal clear. I wanted an affordable lens that wasn't going to break the bank. This is definitely the lens for you if you are looking for a reasonable price IS lens. I will definitely recommend this to others.
 Worth the money July 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was originally debating between the 18-135mm and this lens. I chose this one because of the extra focal length, weight and price. I have the lens kit that comes with the XTI (18-55mm) and a 50mm lens and find that I use this lens most often, especially outdoors. The IS is definetly helpful in the 200-250 range, but I dont always notice a difference in the lower ranges. The price is great for someone like myself just starting out.
very nice long-range affordable telephoto July 21, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I mainly use prime lenses but my longest lens maxes out at 85mm. So when I saw this lens 250mm (similar to 400mm on full-frame) with a reasonable price, I grabbed it.
The colors are rendered well, the IS works like a charm.
Note - this is an EF-S lens so you won't be able to use it on a full-sensor camera body later - only on the cropped-sensor cameras like the Rebel XTi.
My reason for not giving it 5 stars is that it occasionally gets confused while focusing. (I use spot-focus mostly - perhaps that has something to do with it.) If it happens, I zoom back to 55mm, focus, and then re-zoom, focus and it's all set.
While I haven't had it for long yet, I was able to get some very nice photos with this lens - one close-up shot all the way down a church aisle of someone performing at the other end in front of the church at night, close-up shots of bees in flight, dragonflies, etc.
The front element rotates but I would never think of using a polarizer on a zoom lens like this since you've already lost a lot of light.
Am I happy I bought it? Absolutely.
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