Canon 55 200 Usm Views
The Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 USM lens was originally built to complement the Canon EF 22-55mm f/4-5.6 USM lens that came as a kit on the Canon EOS IX Lite APS film camera. For the smaller, 1.25x magnification APS sensor, the wider focal length helps fit more scene into the photograph frame. When digital SLR cameras made the even smaller 1.6x magnification sensor popular, these wider lenses became almost necessary.
Despite enjoying the older sibling, the Canon EF 75-300m f/4-5.6 USM lens (see my review elsewhere on this site), I had since then moved onto professional grade telephoto zoom lenses. Therefore, I didn't bother looking into this lens until years later, when BtH tried to clear this lens out for $85 (it normally costs around $200), in anticipation of the newer Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM lens. The value was a little too good to pass up, plus I had a chance to put an inexpensive telephoto lens to good use (see my article on the Virtues of Cheap Equipment ). So I promptly ordered one.
The Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM features 55-200mm at focal length with maximum aperture of f/4.5-5.6. The lens construction has 13 elements in 13 groups and has diagonal angle of view at 43 degrees. Focus adjustment: Front group rotating extension system with Micromotor, Closest focusing distance at 1.2m/3.9 ft and has a filter size of 52mm. The Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM lens weighs 310g and it measures 2.8 inches in diameter and 3.8 inches long.
Lenstip reviews the Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM and writes; t“The Canon 55-200, especially in the 55 mm to 100 mm focal lengths, corrects coma very well at the edges of the frame. This is a result of the very small differences in MTF50 value measurements in the center and at the edges of the frame.r” rating: N/A
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