It's a great all around lens. Very sharp. Well built, but kind of noisy on the focus. Works well for most of photography project.

* Sharp, * 18-200mm Good range, * Comes with a hood; I use to be a Canon user and most of the lens hood came separate

Focus could be a faster; Bit noisy on the focus; but you can't beat the shutter sound from the camera

Having tried the 18-70mm and 75-300mm lenses this should be an excellent compromise lens . However Compromise you will definetly do. The lens operates in the same way using a middle ring to zoom in and out and a front ring to focus manually.

An almost all in one; reduce lens swapping

not good in mid range

The appeal of superzooms is obvious. A single lens like this, which covers a focal range equivalent to 27-300mm, can replace two or even three ordinary zooms. You don't have to worry about carrying round separate lenses, you don't have to waste time swapping from one to the other and there's also...

This lens is amazing. Cost me my wallet but definately impressed me. Once you take this thing outta the box you'll be throw by the quality compared to other brands. You can actually put standard UV filters on and don't require the proprietary filters sony has on the 16mm and 18-55mm.

Zoom and quality

It does not turn objects into gold

It covers an impressive focal range, but is this the ideal Alpha lens?

The Sony lens features a basically silent linear AF micro-motor for focusing. The AF speed is pretty good for a contrast detection system but it's certainly not a speed demon from a conventional DSLR perspective. DMF ("direct manual focusing") in single shot AF mode is also supported.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Accuate; Compact Design; Easy To Use; Excellent Image Quality; Improves Picture Quality; Quick responce

More lens than camera

The lens is compact and retains to small image of the camera package

After a three month back-order, I finally took delivery of Sony's SEL18200 E-Mount lens.

Shockingly good image quality; coupled with superior build quality and great in-lens stabilization

Expensive; but easily one of those you get what you pay for situations

This is a great multi-purpose lens. I wouldn't say it's a must have but it is certainly cover a wide range of focal length, allowing a photographer (namely me) to capture anything from landscape to portrait to macro without a need of switching lenses.

Durable; Lightweight; Strong Construction