Canon 18-200mm Lens Review

Canon 18-200mm Lens ReviewThe Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens will definitely lighten your camera bag, since it covers a large magnification range, and keeps you from packing multiple lenses. What stands out in the majority of reviews about this standard zoom lens is that it is the perfect “all in one” lens for travelers and spectators. Our Canon Rebel XS came with a 18-55mm lens, so after reading all the 18-200mm lens reviews, I was definitely interested in purchasing one.

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Fast Auto-Focus

The key element in todays world is “fast”, which brings this feature on the Canon 18-200mm lens under review. So, after looking on the Canon website at the 36 reviews, the term “fast auto-focus” was used the most. After all, this is a big necessity when taking pictures at games, wildlife, races, etc…   I’m sure this coincides with “super-sharp images”, which is the 3rd most used term in their reviews.

Superior Build Quality

Being constructed of 16 elements in 12 groups, with UD-glass and aspherical lens definitely helps the “Superior Build Quality” term being the second most used term in their reviews. The focal adjustment is gear driven by a DC motor. The weight of the lens is complained about a few times, but I think that the quality of this lens overcomes this factor with the majority of the people.

Features and Specifications:

  • Standard Zoom Lens at 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6
  • Optical Image Stabilizer located in the lens
  • 3.1″ x 6.4″ at maximum length
  • Weighs 20.99 ouncess
  • The Canon 18-200mm lens fits all of these Canon cameras: EOS 50D, 40D, 30D, 20D, 20Da, Rebel XSi/XS, Digital Rebel XTi/XT and Digital Rebel.

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Customer Reviews and Scores

The Canon 18-200mm Lens is a very versatile and needed lens in the field of photographers. As I stated above, a couple of the reviews complained about the weight, but a lot of them emphasized on how they could pack lightly since they didn’t have to carry multiple lenses in their camera bag. I also noticed that a lot of the reviewers mentioned that they purchased this with the 50D kit.

With 36 reviews on the Canon site, this lens scored 4 stars out of 5.  Rating: ★★★★☆

After 91 reviews on Amazon, the Canon 18-200mm lens scored 4.5 stars out of 5.  Rating: ★★★★½

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