Is Canon EOS 300D and Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5,6 IS compatible?
Below you will find your chosen camera and lens. Click on the product name for more information.
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Canon EOS 300D
Released: 2003 Type: Digital SLR Sensor: APS-C (1.6x) 6,3 Megapixels 3072 x 2048 pixels |
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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5,6 IS
Released: 2007 Telephoto Lens (zoom) Suited for cameras with APS-C sensors Focal Length: 55-250 mm Aperture: f/4-5,6 |
Can you combine these two?
Last updated: September 2023
This is the short answer:
The camera and lens you have chosen can be used together. Here is a longer answer:
Canon all the way
The possibility to combine these two products is great since both Canon EOS 300D and Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5,6 IS are manufactured by Canon.
Optimized for each other
Some lenses are optimized for a smaller APS-C sensor. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5,6 IS is such a lens, requiring an APS-C sensor, and this is exactly the sensor you will find inside Canon EOS 300D.
Focal Length
The Canon camera has a sensor of type APS-C, a smaller version compared to a Full frame sensor, which means that your experienced Focal length will be multiplied by 1.6x.
Actual Focal Length for this lens:
55-250 mm
Experienced Focal Length with this camera:
88-400 mm
Read more about Crop factor on Canon cameras
Total weight
When you are looking at a combination of a camera and a lens you must always consider the total weight. Each product weighs in at:
Canon EOS 300D
645 gram
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5,6 IS
390 gram
Together they have a total weight of 1035 gram (equal to 2,28 lb).
