Canon 55-250mm focal range seems off zoomed out at 250mm

5 years 2 weeks ago #637823 by Jerrid
Let me say first, the only beef I have with this lens is the 250mm side of the claimed focal length.  I have a friend who has the nikon 28-200mm and it's what he uses for his walk around lens.  Something which I needed.  So I saw the good reviews on this inexpensive lens and bought it.  

But what Ive noticed here is that the 250mm zoom, doesn't seem like 250mm.  My friend with his 28-200mm get's nearly has much zoom at 200mm as I do with my 250mm.  We are talking about 50mm difference.  

Shouldn't there be a larger difference when looking at photos taken from both lenses?  


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5 years 4 days ago #639967 by Tim Dordeck
What camera bodies are being used here?  Al full frame?  

BTW are you talking about 18-200mm?  There is a 28-300mm for full frame cameras and there is a 18-200mm for crop cameras. 

I want to say 28-200mm is an older lens.  If 18-200mm and your friend is using a crop camera (that's an APS-C) and if you are using a Full frame camera, that's what is happening.  His 200mm is really a 320mm focal length (1.6x crop) vs your 250mm on your full frame. 


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