Review on Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens: Perfect for Canon DSLR Cameras by Kiyoshi Tada ᠌

Name: Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens: Perfect for Canon DSLR Cameras
Item: Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens: Perfect for Canon DSLR Cameras
Rating: 5

September 13, 2022

The quality is top notch, be sure to try it.

I myself have been doing semi-professional photography for about 5 years. A year ago, I switched to 2 lenses of different ranges (wide / portrait + telephoto). Such a combination is, of course, much higher than 18-200 in quality (and I&#39;m not going to sell it), BUT! only for unhurried, pre-planned shooting. As soon as it comes to reportage and other diverse shooting in nature, on trips, at competitions that happen to me with enviable regularity at work, the process of photographing turns into an equilibrium of “have time to shoot a frame by changing a lens in 10 seconds”. At the same time, not to drop something and not to pick up dust in the carcass is not a trivial task.

I decided for myself that a number of shortcomings in the optics of the subject I can quite fix with software. But it is difficult to return the lost frames and damaged equipment (I am silent about the nerves), especially in the absence of a normal photographic equipment service, as in our city.

Pros

1. Focal lengths. 2. The quality of the image is at its best when compared with ultrasonics from competitors (sigma, tamron). Unless Nikon 18-200 can lose a little. As for the optical resolution, for an 18 megapixel matrix it is quite enough, in my opinion. Of course, not 15-85 and not 17-55, but still ... 3. Price for used - took for 13,000. Shot around the world, a small back focus on 18 mm, the rest was on target. 4. Stabilizer. Not the strongest, weaker than the same Canon EF 70-300, but not so voracious either. 2-3 steps gives. On imported resources, they write about him that he seems to be intellectual: i. E. unlike the mentioned 70-300, where it is 2-mode (1 - normal, 2 - for shooting in wiring), at 18-200 the stabilizer itself determines when to work in which mode. 5. Good design. 6. Fast autofocus. 7. There are few deviations in the quality of specimens, in contrast to the same sigmas, which must be chosen very carefully. For the cropped Canon, at the moment, it's probably the best choice if you need ultrazoom. By the way, maybe it’s important to someone))) The lens is quite large, larger than the Nikon 18-200, and it looks very solid on the carcass))) With such a weight, you can only hold the lens, you will get tired quickly by the carcass.

Cons

Decently chromated at 18 mm at the corners, giving wide colored halos. This is really easy to treat programmatically already on your computer. A small aperture, common for all budget lenses, is no longer a disadvantage on the 600D carcass, given the working ISO6400.