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The Canon 55-250 IS lens is not a good beginner lens

Started May 8, 2013 | Discussions thread
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The Canon 55-250mm IS lens is excellent

The Canon 55-250 IS lens is excellent, that is good for both beginners and advanced photographers.  Advanced photographers may like it for its relatively lightweight and smaller size, producing sharp images, especially when using it within the sweet spots.

There...I fixed the OP's intent of what was meant to be said, to demonstrate that the Canon 55-250mm IS lens is not just for beginners.   I know that this topic has been brought up before (or somewhat similar for this inexpensive lens), but it's nice to see it again.

Here's some of my recent photos that I've taken with this lens:

This was taken on a cloudy day.

Here's one of my white egret pictures also under cloudy conditions.

A sea lion before the sun came completely up, early one morning.

It's good for people photography too...and again no sunshine.

More people and again no sun in the Portland, Oregon area.

OK, sometimes we get sun.

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