Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Review

Canon's EF-S telephoto lens is probably one does it's job amazingly well for its price. I have access to Canon's more expensive L series of telephotos (70-200mm f2.8) and this lens does an amazing job comparing up with the more expensive lens. In daylight, it is hard for me to tell any difference between both of them. The color for the 55-250mm lens seems a bit faded compared to other lenses I've used. In indoors conditions with low light, the performance of this lens starts to falter.
Get this lens for shooting outdoors on a budget; don't expect any strong performance in low lighting conditions.

IS works as advertised. However, as other reviewers have noticed, IS makes a clicking noise that got me worried about the lens.

Pros:
1. Low cost for a high quality telephoto zoom
2. Image stabilization works wonderfully
3. Small and light
4. Works wonderfully for getting good pictures

Con:
1. Cheapish build; made out of plastic. Feels flimsy
2. Slow focus in low light conditions, sometimes failure to focus. (Take this with a grain of salt, I'm usually shooting with Canon's USM lenses so it just may seem slow to me.)
3. Lack of inner focus makes the front end of the lens moves in and out during any focusing. This sometimes causes me to need to recompose my shots. And you need to keep your hand off the focus ring when it focuses.
4. Color rendition off, skin tone seems grayish and everything seems faded (Not much of a con, easily fixed in post.)

If you intend to shoot in good lighting conditions, this is lens great!