I was really looking forward to getting this lens and now I am sorry I have. although it's very light, the construction is flimsy and the mount is plastic, not sure how durable it's going to be. Auto focus indoors is hopeless, it hunts and never really settles down.

Lightweight; Simple Controls

Flimsy Construction; Inadequate Features

"First, thank you Henry's for providing this product with speed and accuracy that no one in the USA could and Canon USA wouldn't!! Received my lens today after placing the order 5 days prior to delivery. The lens was well packaged and worked as expected.

Is the Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens right for you? Learn all you need to know in The-Digital-Picture.com's review!

Mirrorless camera bodies are often quite compact, but when you attach a longer lens to them that size advantage is diminished. The Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM ($349.99) is one of the smaller telezooms available for APS-C mirrorless systems.

Good center sharpness; Compact design; Image stabilization

Plastic lens mount; Some edge softness; Pincushion distortion when zoomed in; Dim corners when shooting Raw; Narrow aperture

Canon EF-M 55-200mm f4.5-6.3 is a Variable aperture Auto Focus (AF) Telephoto Zoom lens with Optical Image stabilization and APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with EF-M Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Canon EF-M 55-200mm f4.5-6.3 lens good for?

Optical Image Stabilization, Autofocus, Full-time Manual Focusing, Hood is not supplied, Lens Extends while zooming, Slow Aperture at Wide end, Slow Aperture at Tele end, Variable Aperture

Optical Image Stabilization, Autofocus, Full-time Manual Focusing, Hood is not supplied, Lens Extends while zooming, Slow Aperture at Wide end, Slow Aperture at Tele end, Variable Aperture

Canon's EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM telephoto zoom lens was first announced in June 2014 as a companion for the Canon EOS M camera that was released roughly two years previously.

The compact size requirements of lenses dedicated to the EOS M series of cameras mean large aperture, super speed lenses just aren't in the recipe. Despite this short-coming, my EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM knocks my socks off! Tack-sharp and beautiful color rendition. Just hold it rock steady ...

The lens arrived early and was well packaged and protected. It is exactly as described and certainly enhances the capabilities of the Canon M3 at a reasonable price.

I have been using this lens to pull in images I had been wanting to get. From remote farm houses in scenic valleys, to herds of elk. I am very pleased with this lens.

Canon EOS M owners aren't exactly blessed with choices. If you are interested in tele-zoom lenses, there is exactly one - the Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 STM IS. Seems as if Canon wants to give you a communist feeling here. It is quite affordable but, consequently, also quite slow.