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

My first Duck shot with this lens.

Hi everybody ..... Just to add my symphaties to this amazing lens. As a freshman, talking about my presence in this extensive forum, I would just like to post one of my photos that was made this summer. Chili hot Any comments are more than welcome. See you around.

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All taken at London Zoo a few weeks ago.

This 1st shot is quite heavily cropped.

Say hi to Kevin Schwantz aboard his 93 500 GP title winning RGV500. No time, will post **** loads of photos over the weekend (hopefully). Its a little overprocessed but I'm squeezing time so left it like that.

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A portrait of my cat Ted! He was very serious!

one of the first few images w/ this lens taken on my T1i

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Can you guys share some menu settings? Shahrpness, etc+

powerslave wrote in post #8566577
Say hi to Kevin Schwantz aboard his 93 500 GP title winning RGV500. No time, will post **** loads of photos over the weekend (hopefully). Its a little overprocessed but I'm squeezing time so left it like that.

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Damn, nice. About how fast do you think he was going there?

powerslave wrote in post #8566577
Say hi to Kevin Schwantz aboard his 93 500 GP title winning RGV500. No time, will post **** loads of photos over the weekend (hopefully). Its a little overprocessed but I'm squeezing time so left it like that.

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Ha, my Uncle used to ride with Kevin. Great guy. His parents own a place down in Texas too -- Their guest house is wicked to stay in!

Good seeing a picture of him, it has been years. Thanks for sharing!

Does this look over-exposed? Or about right? I have my monitor calibrated but have not printed anything...

@250mm, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 200

dsldub wrote in post #8562251
Anyone use a hood with this lens at all?

yeah, it sucks. Due to the design of the hood attachment is is very difficult to install and remove as it applies force to the focus gears. It is also very large and makes the lens hard to place in a bag.

I think if I had to do it over again, I would get a foldable rubber hood rather than the Canon hood.

tkbslc wrote in post #8574075
... is very difficult to install and remove as it applies force to the focus gears.

Grasp the focus ring to prevent rotation when installing the hood. If the hood is in the stored position (reversed on the lens), fully extend the lens with the zoom ring and hold the focus ring when removing the hood. Doable but I agree it's still a pain.

Pic taken in a big park in Paris last december

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oldvultureface wrote in post #8574975
Grasp the focus ring to prevent rotation when installing the hood. If the hood is in the stored position (reversed on the lens), fully extend the lens with the zoom ring and hold the focus ring when removing the hood. Doable but I agree it's still a pain.

tkbslc wrote in post #8574075
yeah, it sucks. Due to the design of the hood attachment is is very difficult to install and remove as it applies force to the focus gears. It is also very large and makes the lens hard to place in a bag.

I think if I had to do it over again, I would get a foldable rubber hood rather than the Canon hood.

Thanks guys for the input, I'll hold off for a bit on a hood. I like the rubber idea.

Here is the very 1st shot I took with the lens (just bought the lens):

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KeKeKumba: Thanks . Not too fast, it was his "exhibition/last" lap + its just out of a corner into another one.

Karizmatik: He definitely seems like a ncie guy. Too bad I can't hang with him