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Upgrade lens (from kit lens) for 300D

Started Apr 4, 2015 | Discussions thread
Spotted Cow Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
Re: Upgrade lens (from kit lens) for 300D

Jim Cassatt wrote:

You might think of updating the camera. I too bought the 300D when it first cane out. The newer models have much better performance in low light and the auto white balance is better. With kit lens it is selling for $499 and comes with the latest version of the kit lens, a lens that is much better than the original kit lens. Add the highly regarded 55-250 STM and the whole thing is $648. Another possibility is the highly regarded 18-200 STM.

Just so you know, there is no such lens as the 18-200mm STM lens. I'm assuming Jim's talking about the 18-135mm STM lens and that is a highly regarded lens, although I've never used it. All the STM lenses have gotten very good reviews. My 55-250mm STM lens is much better than the previous version of the same lens - sharpness, color, and contrast. I also enjoy the 10-18mm STM lens, as well as the 24mm STM lens. I have the 18-55mm STM lens that I got with my SL1, but haven't used it much at all, so I can't comment on that.

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