I have to say that I LOVE my 55-250mm. It hardly comes off the camera. While you can not get the wide angle, I find that is outweighted by the zoom and clarity of the lens at maximum ends of the length.
I would not be without it now. To me it is just so versatile, it's fab and I couldn't recommend it highly enough.
Its a very good lens. But on a 1.6 crop it maybe lacking in the wide side of things, but thats down to personal preference.
still a cracking bit of glass, and 38- 170 is still a brilliant range
still a cracking bit of glass, and 38- 170 is still a brilliant range