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Comparing EF-S 55-250mm STM vs EF 70-200mm f/4L pictures

Started May 25, 2017 | Discussions thread
ThrillaMozilla Veteran Member • Posts: 7,681
Re: Comparing EF-S 55-250mm STM vs EF 70-200mm f/4L pictures

Gudmundur wrote:

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

For the 55-250 you need to do the Canon lens corrections, especially the chromatic aberration correction. Then you should find the performance much closer.

The 70-200 also performs extremely poorly at 55mm.

Canon Ef-s 55-250 stm is a much better lens than you give it credit for.

I actually wrote that you might be surprised at how good this lens is.

Chromatic aberration correction won't do much for the performance of this lens at all.

It is pretty good for chromatic aberration, but if you look at the posted photos, there is some visible lateral chromatic aberration. Fortunately, it's quite easy to correct for in software or in camera.  If you haven't already done it, it might improve the images further.  For another few hundred dollars the L lens is a heavier but better lens.

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