Good lens. I got my first one in a kit with the D7000. Kept it with the D7100. My current walk-around lens on my D7200 is the 16-85mm lens which covers most of my shots quite well, is quite a bit lighter and to my eye is sharper. But the 18-200 is a very good all around lens.
I own the first version of the lens. In my humble opinion the lens is sharp and very versatile. Because it is a variable aperture lens my recommendation is that you stay, except for the 18mm focal length, at around f8 and beyond 200mm stay at around f11 for its best optical qualities. I do not mean you cannot use the lens at other apertures, but those apertures will give you the best results.
When fully extended to 200mm better use or a high ISO setting or a high shutter speed to minimize shake and make the images sharp. If I had to buy the lens again, I will not hesitate a second, that good it has been to my photography.
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I used to shoot that off my D7200 camera, it is a APS-C lens so the field of view would be about 27-300mm. I used it for vacations and travel, liked it a lot, nice range.
I got that lens for my first DSLR, a D200. I used it for a few years until I got a D3. I had to get FX glass then so I sprung for a 70-200.
I found then that the 70-200 was noticeably sharper than the 18-200. But the 18-200 was a nice lens for flexibility and range. I got a 28-300, which the equivalent for FX. It’s great for casual work but for important shots I use the 24-70 or 70-200.
The biggest problem with the 18-200 was creep. I got a rubber band and put it around the lens barrel to minimize the creep.
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I have this lens coupled to my D7200. It stays on that camera 90% of the time. The lens I am speaking about is the 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 GII ED. I find this lens to be very versatile and fairly sharp. Probably 90% of my posts on UHH come from this lens.