No lens in this catagory is perfect, you have to accept each lens shortcomings...this lens works best with the canon auto focus system hands down, tamron and others take forever to focus and often frustrate. While not perfect...clearly works better than others.

Consistent Output; Fast / accurate auto-focus

Heavy; Lens Creep

I början var jag väldigt nöjd, bilderna är fortfarande helt OK, men ett stort minus för "slappheten" och vad värre är att det inte går att justera över huvud taget...

Relativt lätt; praktisk "reseobjektiv" med brännvidd 18-200 mm (man slipper transportera en hel uppsättning objektiv); relativt bra skärpa även vid mulet väder; mycket bra i skuggan och så klart priset...

Spärren urholkades efter ca 1 års användning så att objektivet "åker ut" ofrivilligt vid minsta skakning; Trögheten i zoomen försvann också med tiden så glöm Makro fotografering! Lämnade in den hos Canon för justering men ack nej, objektivet saknade "justeringsskruvar" (3 st.

A 29-320mm equivalent on APS-C Canon EOS models, this lens ($700, street) boasts the broadest zoom range of any interchangeable optic from Canon to date: 11X. A high-end kit option for EOS 50D owners, it probably owes its existence to the phenomenal success of Nikon's 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR Nikkor.

This was the kit lens I got with my 60D. I loved it at first but after a few months started to be unimpressed with its sharpness. It is not a bad lens just not great. I would have been disappointed if I paid retail price for it.

Great zoom range, multi purpose lens; will do most anything a beginner photographer would want to do

zoom creeps really really bad I have to keep my hand on the zoom ring to stop it from moving while shooting; May be my lens though as it has got a lot looser since I first started using it; If I point it at the ground it falls down to about 170mm; quite soft, can be slow to focus in lower light

Great lens, awesome Wide Angle & Zoom! Perfect all round lens. Smifu is definitely the cheapest place by far as I did tons of research before I brought it. It also got delivered in 48hours!

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, a popular all-in-one lens covering a massive 11x zoom range.

Good optical performance for a superzoom; Excellent image stabiliser; Decent build quality; Fast focusing

Zoom creep; Barrel distortion at 18mm; No lens hood supplied

Brilliant lens to whoever wants a lens that can perform at wide range of lengths, I would strongly recommend.

Build quality; Image Stabilization; good range of length so know need to change lenses

Weight; movement in the lens because of weight; price

"Covering 18mm to 200mm provides a huge amount of versatility with this lens. If you need to travel light and can only bring one lens, this might be perfect for you because it was for me.

18-200mm Canon lens, it's what you expect from the biggest company. I was very surprised when I got it out of the box, it is a lot heavier than expected, which brings along the problem when you have the lens about halfway and look down or up than it opens or closes under it's own weight which is a...

I love this lens, it is sharp, fast focus and accurate. The best lens ever if we comparative it with Tamron and Sigma. If you are looking for one lens for all purpose this is it. I am very satisfied with this lens.

Fast / accurate auto-focus; Nice Bokeh; Sharp

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