Advantages: Fabulous build quality, internal focusing, sheer optical quality Disadvantages: Difficult to find genuine UK stock of latest model.
...been upgrading my entry level Canon EOS300 35mm camera and this was the ideal choice of lens. It is wide enough at the bottom and has a decent zoom range making it the perfect "walkaround" lens. I did struggle to find it in stock in the UK from sources that would guarantee it was a UK model and not a grey import. In the end I ordered it from Jessops online and had them deliver it to their Winchester branch, so that I could collect it on the day of ... ...I also bought the matching Canon lens hood, which while not cheap (£16) is of course a perfect fit. I topped this all off with a Hoya UV filter so I know the lens has been protected from day one. All in all, this is a great lens and is a perfect step up from the kit lenses of the current crop of prosumer Canon SLRs without cost the earth like the L series. It's a shame that Canon don't do a 55-250mm lens of an equivalent quality as that really would ...
cherry_chariot 01.08.2008
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