Guvwrote:Hi WillHow much PP did you do on these?Very little to be honest. They were shot a few months ago but I seem to recall that all I did was tweak the levels a little.I think they're quite nice and might just be the tipping point for me to jump on this lens.I'm sure that you won't regret it if you do; mine is on my 40D most of the time now.Will O

Thanks for all the advice!I went the cheap route and picked up the Tamron 75-300mm for 101.75 from Amazon. Not as nice as the canon 55-250mm IS, but a bunch cheaper and it works pretty good.

There is no such a thing as an amateur lens. Most of the people here are amateurs and therefore they could be very interested in this lens.And Jon, one more thing. You seem to believe that much higher price inevitably leads to much better quality and IQ. You can't imagine how wrong you are.

ynoty3kwrote:I cant really be the first one to point this out, but the 55-250 is an EF-S lens, meaning its built for the Crop body. Thats exactly 55-250mm FL. Now, all 70-300's are EF lenses, meaning, and since your posting in the 40D-10D Forum, you have a crop body and any FL on that 70-300 lens is effectively 1.6x longer. Your same 70-300 is actually a 112-480mm eFL lens now. What do you want in focal length(FL) I hear that the 70-300 IS USM is very nice, Id just go with that if you need the distance, which it sounds like you do. If you just want a little more reach, go with the 55-250, but know it will be absolutely if the industry every switches away from crop-bodies or you decide to upgrade to FF before then.Just my opinion.P.s. Im waiting till i can get the 70-300 IS USM.A little afterthought, Ive never heard of a 70-300 USM w.o IS, I dont think it exists. Do you mean the 70-300 III? or even II, because you may be able to find those at radio shak for aroun $110us.Are you serious? Theres absolutely NO difference between 250 mm om a EF and a EFS lens.