55-250mm Lenses

A 55-250mm zoom runs from 55mm, which gives a standard field of view close to natural perspective. It works for street, documentary and everyday photography, and is often fast and compact.

At 250mm it reaches a long telephoto field of view, popular for wildlife, sports and distant subjects. One lens covers several classic prime focal lengths in between. On APS-C a 55mm lens frames like about 83mm (Canon APS-C: 88mm) on full frame; on Micro Four Thirds it frames like 110mm.

We list 10 lenses in this range: 0 primes and 10 zooms across 5 mounts, with a fastest aperture of f/4.0.

55-250mm lenses