I bought this lens as a walkabout companion for my Sony NEX-7, with the intention of using it when I don't want to carry my complete kit around with me.So far I've used it on a couple of outings, one around a National Park, and one around a Country Garden.I have found it to be both responsive to

Durable; Quick Focus; Sharp Focus; Strong Construction

Expensive; Heavy

I was really happy to make this purchase. I had 2 kits lens that I was happy to make this purchase to replace them with. However the focus on this lens is pretty slow. I find myself using manual focus more often then not.

actually i saw the reviews in the internet about this lens & i thought i have to buy it to try it myself, & really i was impressed about the results...

Took this lens on nature trip to photograph whales. The time it took to focus, if ever, was abysmally slow and amazing moments were completely lost. It's just not up to par with what is promised. Very disappointed.

well made

Very slow lens

I was amazed to get blur free handheld shots at 200mm shooting at 1/20s in the rain holding an umbrella (£5mm equiv 300mm). Not one off but shot 100s and very few rejects that morning. Also good for stable hand held video.

Good IQ; great stabilisation; great for video

lens will self extend if hanging vertically and not locked at 18mm

I was amazed to get blur free handheld shots at 200mm shooting at 1/20s in the rain holding an umbrella (￡5mm equiv 300mm). Not one off but shot 100s and very few rejects that morning. Also good for stable hand held video.

Good IQ; great stabilisation; great for video

lens will self extend if hanging vertically and not locked at 18mm

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the Sony SEL P 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lens designed for use with Sony NEX system cameras.

Excellent optical performance for a superzoom lens; Solid build; Servo zoom useful for video recording; Effective optical stabiliser

Expensive; Bulky

"A good zoom lens for video or photography. I got this lens with my FS100 but now use it for my A6000 for photography and as a backup camera lens. I replaced it with a 18-200 lens with power zoom because I mostly do video. The zoom range is versatile and the image quality is great.

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BE AWARE - Used item with serial number 1983023 from ViMoo is defected! I ordered this item as used from ViMoo, item had a sign of external damage which was not shown in photos it was promoted as fully working, but sometimes lens started shaking inside, making strange noise and introduced very big...