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WOW impressed with EF-S 55-250 IS STM, can 70-300L get sharper than this?

Started Mar 28, 2016 | Discussions thread
Timbukto Veteran Member • Posts: 4,988
Re: WOW impressed with EF-S 55-250 IS STM, can 70-300L get sharper than this?
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Easy to get spoiled with the 55-250 STM. Yes L series telephotos can be better (remember by virtue of being complicated tele zooms, sample variation also might matter, etc). That said the Nikon, Sony, and Pentax consumer teles are kind of...crap in comparison?

The 55-250 IS STM is good enough to the point that I see really little point of buying a Sony APS-C + the more expensive Sony 70-200 f4 which is over priced, and likes to snap in half like so -

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2R8K71AZMG1QV/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00I8BICEO

With the Canon 80D sporting improved DR, I see myself going back to Canon APS-C soon enough.

IMO only Canon, Fuji, and Pentax give APS-C lens mount any real love...and only Canon and Pentax does so at relatively good prices, but only Canon does so at good prices *and* good resale (without screw drive AF).

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