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EF-S 55-250 STM; worth the upgrade?

Started Apr 8, 2014 | User reviews thread
OP Pritzl Senior Member • Posts: 1,477
Re: EF-S 55-250 STM; worth the upgrade?

fishywisht wrote:

Is the "widening" of the newer lens at closer focus distances... which is focus breathing.

Just wanted to confirm that the shorter effective focal length does indeed appear to be related to focusing distance. It seems to be a side effect of the new internal focusing mechanism. A tad disappointing for my macro shooting @250mm with the DCR-150 (goes from 1.7x to 1.45x) but the sharpness improvement counterbalances that. I might even get the DCR-250 now for >2x magnification.

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