Sigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR Only
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Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the new 18-200 F3.5-6.3 DC OS lens. This high ratio zoom lens incorporates Sigma’s original OS (Optical Stabilizer) function and exclusively designed for digital SLR cameras. It is perfectly suitable for low light conditions indoors at dusk and telephoto range. SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass and aspherical glass provide excellent correction for all types of aberrations. This lens has a minimum focusing distance of 45cm (17.7″) throughout the entire zoom range and has a maximum magnification of 1:3.9. The inner focusing system is suitable for using a petal-type lens hood supplied and also circular polarizing filters.—-Features: —– Exclusively designed for use with digital SLR cameras featuring APS-C size image sensor. — High zoom ratio 11:1. — Compact Lightweight and Durable construction with diameter of 79mm (3.1″) length of 100mm (3.9″) and weight of 610g./21.5oz. — Lens has Metal Mount. — Minimum focusing di… more >>
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Review by Daniel Ferak for Sigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR Only
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I spent hours and days reading reviews and comparing features and prices of all zoom lenses on the market for my Canon EOS300D. I wanted a lens replacing my old Canon 18-55 kit lens which is … well simply a kit lens. I’ve decided for this Sigma 18-200 all around zoom with OS (optical stabilisation) which is Sigma’s version of Canon’s IS and Nikon’s VR. And I can’t be more happy with my decision! OS works like advertised helping me get sharp images even in the bad light conditions and using long focal lengths. Image quality is superb comparing to my old lens. Of course you can’t expect Canon “L” lens but who cares for such a price? Build quality is perfect and as a side effect of using quality materials lens is quite heavy. I really recommend this lens for everybody who want solid quality and don’t want to change lens every 5 minutes.
Review by Mr. M. J. Gilligan for Sigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR Only
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Bought this some months ago from a small independent before it was generally available in Nikon fit with the HSM. Purchased to be able to have a lens that I could just fit to my D40 SLR and do away with all the faffing about changing lenses. Having had a previous bad ‘dust on the sensor’ experience with a previously owned D50 I wanted to be sure that I needed to swap lenses as few times as possible.
Since the day I bought it it has been fitted and never removed as it has suited all the photo opportunities I have encountered.
The 18-55 Kit lens has been in the box ever since and never used – simply no need – apart from size/weight which I will come onto later.
I have been very happy with the image quality the in built OS is a god send at the far end of the zoom range (note the picture does ‘jump and judder’ for a milli-second while the OS kicks in but this is normal).
If this lens has a down size it is it’s size and bulk. Given the optics required to create the zoom range this should not be a surprise but understand this is a heavy and quite sizeable piece of kit.
I mention this because the D40 is marketed by Nikon on the strength of its weight and size – being a very easy to carry SLR – when you fit this lens you lose this advantage.
We are off to Florida shortly and for the theme parks I plan to use the kit lens just to make i that bit easier to carry – any zooming I will do ‘post production’ with Paint Shop pro.
Other issues – I also sometimes find the zoom ring a bit stiff, thought it might have been faulty at first but this was either down to the newness or I have got used to it.
It comes with everything you need, front and rear caps and a very nice ‘petal’ type lens hood.
For my money this is very good value when comparing with the Nikon equivalent – it cost just about the same as I paid at the time for my D40 – didn’t want to lash out much more than the price of the camera, just for a lens – so settled on this.
Review by P. H. Cartwright for Sigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR Only
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I was introduced to the joy of super-zoom lenses when I bought from Amazon a Fuji FinePics S5700 as a pocketable back-up to my Nikon D40 SLR. The Fuji had a built-in 10-to-1 zoom lens, which made it very versatile. The Nikon D40 has a standard 18-55 mm kit lens, which is excellent and very sharp but its limited zoom range left me rather frustrated at missing too many shots at longer ranges. I wanted the image quality of the Nikon with the versatility of the Fuji and decided to buy an 18-200 super-zoom lens for the D40.
A review in “What Digital Camera” magazine gave the Sigma 18-200 super-zoom lens a higher rating than the Nikon equivalent, which is also considerably more expensive. I bought the Sigma for my D40 and it has definitely become my lens of choice for general photography. I recently took it to Lake Garda in Italy (a marvellous location for photography incidentally) and took some landscape photographs of considerably higher quality than my hereto somewhat feeble efforts.
Other reviewers have remarked on the bulk and weight of this lens, which is particularly noticeable on a lightweight camera like the D40, but I believe it to be a price worth paying for the increased functionality over the standard lens. The optical stabilisation feature seems to work very well and long-range shots are usually very sharp and free from camera shake.
I have nothing but praise for this lens and am happy to recommend it to other Nikon SLR users.
Review by Sn Baines for Sigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR Only
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Purchased this on impulse as Jessops selling very cheap at the moment about £150 less the the Nikon !
Very impressed with the build quality and has a zoom lock to stop zoom creep altho i don,t think it will happen as zoom quite stiff which brings me to the only negative i can think of ,the zoom is rather stiff hoping it will loosen up a bit but the positive is no zoom creep at all and any angle unlike the Nikon version.
I,ve tested the optics compared to the lens i have at the moment which is the Nikon 18-55mm VR and 55-200mm VR lens, the long end is MUCH sharper then the Nikon 55-200mm VR and provides better contrast as well and at the wide end compares very well to the Nikon 18-55mm VR lens.
Really not that heavy bearing in mind what it covers and seems well balanced either on my D300 or D40.
HSM focusing is quite and quick even in gloomy light and i know that some people are concerned at how slow at the long end the lens is but ive had no problems focusing quickly enough in most conditions.
Summary lens is a complete bargain and you won,t go wrong buying it, build is superb and optical performance very impressive indeed.
Focusing is nice and quick altho the OS is quite noisy esp compared to Nikon VR.
Review by Senior Consultant for Sigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR Only
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I got this lens to replace the 18-55mm kit lens that came with my Canon 450D. I wanted something with more zoom. Basically a general lens I can just leave at my camera when I’m just out and shooting. I figured with this I don’t have to change lenses all the time (which was true).
Now the lens itself is sturdy. It feels like it could take some beating and survive it (which it has). Of course this kind of sturdiness and zoom comes with a cost in portability. It is quite heavy and big. When I attach it to my 450D, the camera doubles in weight and size.
Optics wise I’m still a bit unsure about the lens. Sometimes I get the feeling that the images aren’t as sharp as they should be. And I’m getting more overexposed shots than with my other lenses, but that’s easy to fix afterwards when you shoot RAW. The optical stabilizer on the lens seems actually very good compared to the 18-55 kit lens. I noticed I could start to use slightly longer exposure times and still get a sharp image. The optics on the lens are its biggest problem. And personally I don’t like the bokeh (blurred background) it creates, though with f/3.5 you don’t really blur backgrounds that much.
I wouldn’t recommend this lens to everybody outright. Really think what you want to use your lens for. Would something with less zoom be enough (you could get a lighter lens and better optics), maybe something along 18-70mm. And then perhaps a separate zoom lens, say 70-300mm if you need it.
I still am not 100% comfortable with this lens, and thinking of buying maybe something shorter, with a little bigger price tag. After using this lens for some 6 months now I do understand finally that you can’t get a great 18-200mm lens for meager £300. Good lenses cost money. And with long zoom range you always lose on the quality of optics.
For the price, it is a decent lens (value for money), but don’t expect it to be great. For general use, like holiday photos it is actually pretty good because of the zoom range and price tag.