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Potential problem with the 55-250mm

Started Jan 11, 2013 | Questions thread
photonius Veteran Member • Posts: 6,895
Re: Potential problem with the 55-250mm

amosf wrote:

Yeah. The 55-250 has a noisier, more resistive feel in manual focus compared to the 18-55 or the 50 1.8. I often have to check that it actually in manual focus mode

Seems to be normal for this lens, although I have only owned the one copy of it (from new).

In my post I said it's about similar to the 18-55 IS.  This is not meant to contradict you, because of the bigger mass it feels perhaps a bit more resistive than the 18-55 IS, but compared to say USM, they are quite similar. The 18-55 IS has also a bit of noise like the 55-250IS, again perhaps a bit less, because of the smaller mass.

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