it's better to stretch your budgets a little further, so that when it comes to shopping, u will have extra cash to keep/burn. i always do like that when shopping for stuffs. it makes me feel safe.

which IS lens that is good below 1.7k? D:

55-250mm IS! Haha. I still have no idea why this IS lens is selling at only 850. So cheap!!

no USM mah, built quality a bit lower also but not bad, and mount is plastic

hahaha. i think because most people would prefer to go for 18-200 or 70-300?

Haha. USM dun cost alot isn't it? Yeah probably they prefer an all rounder lens like the 18-200. But i can see the the image quality from the 55-250mm IS is great.

ahaha. what is USM? 800 so cheap sure or not..but then mount plastic =_+

USM = Ultra Sonic Motor, a kind of AF motor drive. Less noisy i presume. Cos S5 also using USM with IS! xD

And yes arshad, it is below 1k. Great value for such a good lens. I wun say it is perfect tho.

This post has been edited by csrulez: Jan 24 2008, 03:41 PM

any better is lens than that?

not sure how much USM add to the price, but it does cost more than normal lens

ultrasonic motor, faster and quite autofocusing, dun worry too much about the plastic mount since the lens is light, and the built is pretty good. personally tested it out so it's a good lens for that kind of price, and having IS helps a lot with that kind of zoom range.
but you do lost the wide end if u use this lens though since it start at 55mm

waa start 55m..start start far liao lol.

this one good or not arh? Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

"Hi! 450D user here! Add me to the list please..." - coming soon

Anw, can anyone tell the purpose of AI Servo? Moving Objects? I don't seem to get it.

i only interest the 450D's DIGIC III image processor / 3.0" LCD with Live View shooting / 12.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor only ..other nothing..haha~~

28mm for a 1.6crop dslr is 44mm so not much different with 55, still lose the wide end,

yup for keeping focus on moving object, the cam will try to keep focus on the object as it move

The 55-250mm IS is made to pair up together with the 18-55mm IS lens. So if you've got both of these, it should be enough to cover the range from 18-250mm already. lol.

I'm a future 450D/400D user.

wah just few hours and its alredi few pages..btw, dpreview got state the price for 450D and the body alone cost around USD799 while kit cost around USD899..so would be around 3k here for the kit..this time they have spot metering which 400D dun have..

lol can choose one IS only la. if both mati la no money somemore parents money

Malaysia will probably sell it cheaper than the US. For example the A200 is also selling at around 799USD (RM2.7k+) is US but here in Malaysia, it is only sold at the price of 1999RM. I guess it fully depends on Canon M'sia to decide on the price, but of course there's a minimum price for it, not less that the cost+shipping amount.

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Added on January 24, 2008, 4:01 pm arshad - if both lenses add up together i believe it should be lesser than 1.5k. So why not? Since you have a budget of 1.7k?

This post has been edited by csrulez: Jan 24 2008, 04:02 PM

sure not? lol. which shop i can get both of the lens 1.5k @_@

how come i see some of the 400D pictures got white 400d

This post has been edited by arshad: Jan 24 2008, 04:05 PM

The 18-55mm IS should be selling around 500-600+? And the 55-250mm IS is selling at 850+. So add up together will be around 1450 like that la. Try asking around the forumers here, myjunk has got a 55-250mm IS. lol.