Does anyone own this lens and if so I'd appreciate your impressions.
Thanks so much.
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.
Don
I have the G 'VR' version, not the GII. The G has an issue with lens creep if handled with the lens pointing down. A rubber band around the barrel solved that.
A far as I know fixing the lens creep was the only difference. The G lens I own came with a D300. The camera is gone but the lens is still with me. Like Don pointed out, it is a great combo with the D7200. It is a very versatile combination, with a small built in flash on the body.
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PAR4DCR wrote:
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.
Don
Thanks so much for your reply.
SX2002
Loc: Adelaide, South Australia
I have the VR11 version, a great every day walk around lens.
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
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.
SX2002
Loc: Adelaide, South Australia
DirtFarmer wrote:
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.
I got that lens for my first DSLR, a D200. I used ... (
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The VR11 had this problem corrected...
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
I gave away the D200 and the lens to a kid who was interested in photography about 10 years ago.
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
theehmann wrote:
Does anyone own this lens and if so I'd appreciate your impressions.
Thanks so much.
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.
When I had a D7200 I also had that lens. Like you it was on most of the time. Great lens.
Own it. Use it. Love it. On my D7000. I’ve found it to be extremely versatile.
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