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Roosta
15-06-2011, 3:07pm
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1106/11061304canon55_200_ISII.asp


MOD EDIT: link is for - a " cosmetically refreshed version" of the cheap but unlovely EF-S 55-250 IS kit lens. :D
Tannin
15-06-2011, 3:12pm
It might help to say what the link is for - it's a " cosmetically refreshed version" of the cheap but unlovely EF-S 55-250 IS kit lens.
ameerat42
15-06-2011, 3:15pm
They (DPR) haven't even tested it yet it's
"– the ideal telephoto lens for aspiring photographers"

I wonder what that means? Hopefully it will be a good one.
Am.
Roosta
15-06-2011, 3:16pm
Yeap sorry boys, thought of that after I hit the go buttom, maybe a mod would be so kind.
andylo
15-06-2011, 3:21pm
same lens, same spec - just cheaper to manufacture so Canon can $$ in more :)
ameerat42
15-06-2011, 3:22pm
Not at all, Roosta. You let us know about it. Am.

PS. Just saw andylo's post. Did the earlier one have ULD glass elements in it too?
A fiend is after just such a lens and I sort of steered him away from "kit" lenses.
andylo
15-06-2011, 3:44pm
Yes, it always has the UD elements. Following is from Canon website:

http://www.canon-europe.com/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/EF_Lenses/EF-S/EF-S_55-250mm_f4-5.6_IS/

Features

Affordable telephoto zoom lens
88-400mm equivalent focal length
4-stop Image Stabilizer with automatic panning detection
UD element
Super Spectra coatings
Circular diaphram
Tannin
15-06-2011, 3:48pm
They don't seem to be promising anything aside from the cosmetic changes, Ameerat, so it's a pretty safe bet that it will be pretty similar. I am familiar with the old model. It's a pretty fair companion to the 18-55 IS - i.e, sharp enough and really quite remarkable at the price, but very light, flimsy, terrible baby concrete mixer pretending to be a focus motor .... all things that are acceptable in a $100 kit lens, but harder to live with in something belonging to this focal length class, where accurate focus becomes critical.

Surely Sigma or Tamron or someone have something better and not too dear.
andylo
15-06-2011, 3:57pm
So long story short - if you already have one, don't bother to "upgrade". Chances are you are actually downgrading!

Not sure if you guys know about it, but the 18-55 IS also have a mkII. Exactly the same thing - same spec and everything, but cheaper to produce.

The following I am not 100% sure:
The mk1's of 18-55 IS and 55-250 IS are make in Japan. But the mkII's are all make in Taiwan.

My 18-55IS and 55-250IS (both I have sold) were made in Japan.