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Advice about telephoto lens for Canon Rebel

Started Jan 3, 2018 | Discussions thread
patticake Senior Member • Posts: 1,308
Re: Advice about telephoto lens for Canon Rebel

PaulPortland wrote:

Hello all, and apologies if this is posted in the wrong forum and for mistakes that I'll make below.

I'm trying to purchase a lens for my teenage daughter's camera, a Canon EOS Rebel T5. She treated her telephoto lens poorly and has asked for a replacement for an upcoming birthday. She's sent me a WalMart link (see below) but I'd appreciate a bit of guidance about what I'm looking at and whether I might want to look at an upgrade. I don't know enough about lenses to be able to understand how these lenses differ.

  1. The WalMart link $106
    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-EF-75-300mm-Telephoto-Zoom-Lens-for-Canon-SLR-Cameras-Filters-More/105100808?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=4831&adid=22222222227057023931&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=s&wl2=c&wl3=161536350210&wl4=pla-270251588618&wl5=9061081&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=113719839&wl11=online&wl12=105100808&wl13=&veh=sem
  2. I think this is the same kit at Amazon for $99
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E0C9ZSG/ref=psdc_173565_t1_B00ZQ0W818
  3. There's a local camera store in Portland that sells used inventory. Is a CANON EFS 55-250MM IS for $125.
    Is this a significant upgrade (because of the image stabilization)?
    http://prophotosupply.com/shop/used-inventory/
  4. It seems like the lens listed above has been discontinued by Canon, and I can get a new version of the same lens for $150
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011NVMO8/ref=psdc_173565_t1_B00EFILVQU

Sorry if I went on too long and hope someone can point me in the right direction.

the last one you listed is the only one i'd go with.  for one thing, stabilization makes a lot of shots possible that would otherwise be blurry.  if you can put together the money, the 55-250 STM is sharper and focuses a bit faster.  my son has the one in your list, i have the STM version, and after using mine, he's planning to get the STM version.

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