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

A few shots taken whilst walking in Bear Creek Park, Houston, Texas yesterday.....

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Probably this is the best telezoom lens in the world for low budget. Anything superior is at least $ 350/- dearer. Salute to this lens.

Just capture anything of your choice with it:

sanjeedbd wrote in post #9703840
Probably this is the best telezoom lens in the world for low budget. Anything superior is at least $ 350/- dearer. Salute to this lens.

Just capture anything of your choice with it:

Captured in RAW and pp in Lightroom.

The only thing you won't be able to shoot with this lens is action in low light. For that purpose expensive pro lens is a must.

You are shooting this picture in zoom lense or macro ? it look so nice..

mghong wrote in post #9710938
You are shooting this picture in zoom lense or macro ? it look so nice..

Thank you. I shot that pic with my regular walk-around telezoom lens EF-s 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS. Here's the EXIF:

Date & time: 27Feb10, 10.23 am
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Lens: Canon EF-s 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Focal length: 55mm
Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100

One of my favorite shots from this lens...

Wow, nice bald eagle! You just proved that old saying about how it is not about the gear. Half the 100-400L owners are jealous of that shot!

tkbslc wrote in post #9711309
Wow, nice bald eagle! You just proved that old saying about how it is not about the gear. Half the 100-400L owners are jealous of that shot!

Thank you very much! I'll add this one as well...I gotta admit, I was very surprised by these results .

Jeez, man. Where are you finding these great birds! That one is even better.

I can only seem to catch them if they can't fly

(also with 55-250)

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Taken with my extension tube:

tkbslc wrote in post #9711348
Jeez, man. Where are you finding these great birds! That one is even better.

I can only seem to catch them if they can't fly

Thanks again! These were shot at Lock & Dam 14 along the Mississippi River...They come from all over the country to shoot Eagles here.

Here's a thread dedicated to the site with some great Eagle photos...

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=820444

i haven't gotten the white balance just right yet but here's some attempts at product shots with my xsi:

What kind of extension tubes can we use with this lens? I was under the impression (probably wrong) that extension tubes/lenses can't be used with EF-S lenses. See my sig for my camera.

Paranoidandroid wrote in post #9711908
Taken with my extension tube:

ufauxreal wrote in post #9715492
What kind of extension tubes can we use with this lens? I was under the impression (probably wrong) that extension tubes/lenses can't be used with EF-S lenses. See my sig for my camera.

There are some newer ones that can. I actually prefer the high quality closeup lenses, though. I used a Sony VCL-M3358 with this lens and could get greater than 1:1 mag and retain AF. Similar high quality ones are the Canon 250D and 500D. They just screw onto the front like a UV filter and provide very high quality closeups.

https://photography-on-the.net …hp?p=7994947&po​stcount=20

You can use either of Canon's newer series II EF12mm, or EF25mm extension tubes on EF-S lenses.

EF12
EF25