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Is it worth upgrading to to 55-250 IS STM for stills?

Started Mar 24, 2016 | Questions thread
crashpc Veteran Member • Posts: 7,237
Re: Is it worth upgrading to to 55-250 IS STM for stills?

StevenSHH wrote:

I would recommend skip minor upgrade like this one and get something like

Ehm, wrong. It is not really minor upgrade, if we look at the price.

70-200mm,

Simply too short

70-300mm,

Inferior in terms of sharpness, absolutely not comparable, unless you mean L for very different money.

or 100-400mm L lens for APS-C

STM is little fraction in price. It is not really comparable. I don´t know anybody who would decide between 55-250 STM and 100-400 L IS USM II...

, gets much better range and sharpness for wildlife and landscape.

True. Good one to point out for somebody who looks for long reach lens. No problem with it.

Just my 2 cents.

Difference between II and STM is mostly design. STM motor is quite and smooth for video and AF, but it will really help you if you have a better lense like 70-200mm. I recommend IS models for all of them.

No. Or yes - design. Even the optical desingn, which does world of difference. Here you can compare. Mouseover to see old one...

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=856&Camera=963&Sample=0&FLI=5&API=1&LensComp=777&CameraComp=736&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=5&APIComp=0

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