I've had this lens for about a month. I've used it for some landscape, some street pictures around town and some shots of flower gardens and macro photos of flowers. I've used it on a 50D body and a T3i body about equally.

Lightweight; Wide Focal Length Range

Lens Creep; Poor image quality; Poor in Low Light

Worth the investment with extended warranty...

18-200 means it covers most situations from portraits and indoor shooting to sports fields. Great for travelling as it fits on-camera in most camera cases. Canon cameras with the 1.5x CCD such as the 500D mean this is really shooting 27 - 300mm. Very versatile.

This is a very nice lens I am happy to have found it, the clarity is very good and the image clarity is very good, love this lens very good price here at homeshop.

This lens is cheap. Both in price and construction. With that in mind, it is a good product. Pictures are sharp, as the glass is of the typically great quality. The vr works adequately.

I purchased this lense because I trust the quality of Canon products. I especially like the image stabilizing function on it. My camera and this lense are a perfect pair.

Durable; Good Value; High Quality

Expensive

Meets my expectations with ease.

Solid; it has a stabilization feature; allows a degree...

No issues

A great walkabout and travel lens at a very useful focal length range, this one produces amazing pictures, needless to say. The zoom range is exceptional too. It also features a built-in Optical Image Stabilizer with automatic panning detection feature. A class Canon lens.

A really good all-around lens. If I had to take only one lens on vacation, this would be it. The combination of wide angle and zoom make it very versatile. Some reviewers have complained of lens creep - the model I received had a manual lock that prevented creep, but you have to unlock it every time...

The IS function works good as long as you're not over-caffeinated, I imagine a system built into the camera body works better though; Decent focusing speed and low-light performance; Great zoom and wide angle.

Heavy; Obvious vignetting; Obvious spherical aberration, Power consumption is high with the IS switched on, and ***the IS does not seem to shut off when you turn the camera off!*** I have to shut off the IS independently; of the camera power.

Its been almost 1 year since I have been using this lense. Its been an amazing experience. If you are just a hobbyist photographer and don't get paid for clicking and neither you are a millionaire who can spend on 3-4 prime lenses for different focal lenghts, then this is the ONE lense for you (If...