Recent content by chris.tarry85

This looks a good deal on the Mk1 55-250 Canon lens (as I gather than Mk2 is only cosmetically different?): http://www.buyacamera.co.uk/search.asp?RecId=CANCA843 Has anyone purchased from here before?? Thanks

Following up on this, I am also considering the Canon 55-250 to replace a broken 70-300 Tamron. Does anyone know how big a difference the 50mm reduction in reach will have? Will it be more than made up for by the improved sharpness from IS and a better lens? Chris

OK, I've phoned around and the consensus seems to be that it's not worth getting this fixed. Given this I have been looking around and have come up with a few possible replacements. Obviously these are all budget lenses so are not going to be brilliant but I would welcome any feedback on...

Hi All, I've got a Tamron AF 70-300 which is about three years old and is used with an EOS 450D. Its seems as though the apeture may have become jammed somehow, as once you go past 180mm the lens will only work on the apeture setting of 5.3, anything else will throw up a 001 error on the...