Canon 8808A003

Pros: Light weight and low price for a zoom lens.

Cons: Barrel is too loose and build quality is cheap.

The Bottom Line: I recommend this zoom lens for the Canon APS SLR cameras due to it's light weight and low price.

Review: I purchased this lens for my Canon EOS IX APS camera. It's light weight was a perfect match for this camera. The down side to using this lens is that the barrel is too loose.

The build quality is rather cheap. Just letting the camera dangle...

Pros: Excellent integration with digital rebel.

Cons: 52mm diam. means another set of filters and gadgets to buy (oh, well...)

Review: "Standard" lens stops at 55 mm. 55-200 is the next logical step up. Maybe not the $xxxx.xx quality you would expect from a Nikkor, but certainly an affordable and workable lens, perfectly integrated into the digital system without any hiccups. ...

Pros: Cheap

Cons: Cheap

The Bottom Line: Avoid it if you value your money.

Review: I bought this lens a few years ago from an online retailer for about $130. I bought it, because my previous lens, a Tamron 28-200, which was recommended to me by a close friend, ended up giving me a lot of problems. I vowed then to only buy OEM ...

Pros: Inexpensive, good sharpness for the price, fast autofocus.

Cons: Terrible build quality, no manual focus ring, too many aberrations, large minimum aperture, etc.

The Bottom Line: Not recommended due to poor build quality, slow aperture, above average chromatic aberration, and below average ergonomics.

Review: Introduction Although I mostly shoot with professional Nikon gear, I decided to try my luck at a holiday raffle for some Canon gear and if I won, I'd give it to a friend as a gift. I think bad weather kept the raffle participants low and I ...