Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS - Nifty Two-Fifty

mine1 are you using an extension tube on your 55-250 for macro

nope. it has a good magnification at minimum focus distancen. (.31x) u have to be right on or with an inch or 2 of minimum to get the macro like affect

and that is cropped in a fair bit.

here is the original size

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These guys love eating our undersize fish…

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mine1 wrote in post #16723189
nope. it has a good magnification at minimum focus distancen. (.31x) u have to be right on or with an inch or 2 of minimum to get the macro like affect

mine1 wrote in post #16723208
and that is cropped in a fair bit.

Thanks for responding, This has to be one of the best bang for the buck lenses..
Bought one for my Daughter...

Can you tell me are you using the 18-135 and 55-200 STM or ver's II

version II, U I would love to have the stm's but for the price U can almost get the 15-85

I have been thinking of trying out some extension tubes on it. I would love to be able to get closer to .5x magnification (which would probably be good enough for me).

Putting together an inexpensive beginner kit for my mom. Got an XTi + 18-55 IS kit for $60 (!), the lens was broken (internal AF ribbon failure), fixed it for $3.55

Then I picked up a nice used 55-250 IS here on POTN for $100.

Here's the result. I'm a bird photographer, so these results may not be typical, I'm not sure my mom will be able to replicate these any time soon (well, they don't have juncos in central Europe anyway)

XTi + 55-250 IS

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Wow, Gabe! Fantastic captures! I don't think I've ever gotten anything remotely that sharp out of my Two-Fifty... How much (if any) post processing did you do? The clarity you got is absolutely brilliant.

Here is a duck. Thankfully they do not move very fast.

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South of Nowhere wrote in post #16732832
Wow, Gabe! Fantastic captures! I don't think I've ever gotten anything remotely that sharp out of my Two-Fifty... How much (if any) post processing did you do? The clarity you got is absolutely brilliant.

thanks.

Well, first of all I'm a bird photographer, that's what I do best.

So naturally, I have a setup in my back yard. Feeders, and next to them a "fake" tree (basically a sawed off tree branch turned vertically and placed in a tube on the ground. It stands like a tree )

So I'm shooting these juncos from about 12-15 feet. Nice light too.
Then I crop the 10mp XTi file to about 3-4 mp, then do my usual processing.

So basically, the key is that I shoot from a close distance.

from 55-250 IS old one

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gabebalazs wrote in post #16732659
Putting together an inexpensive beginner kit for my mom. Got an XTi + 18-55 IS kit for $60 (!), the lens was broken (internal AF ribbon failure), fixed it for $3.55

Then I picked up a nice used 55-250 IS here on POTN for $100.

Here's the result. I'm a bird photographer, so these results may not be typical, I'm not sure my mom will be able to replicate these any time soon (well, they don't have juncos in central Europe anyway)

XTi + 55-250 IS

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Junco XTi 55-250 IS 3 by gabebalazs, on Flickr

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Junco XTi 55-250 IS 4 by gabebalazs, on Flickr

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Junco XTi 55-250 IS 1 by gabebalazs, on Flickr

great photos Gabe
means a lot to me
the good photographer not the good gear

I love this lens. Affordable and sharp
here is some panning test

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