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Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 AF DC II Lens for all Nikon DSLR Cameras
Price: $299.00
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| The built-in motor is capable of auto focusing with all Nikon DSLR cameras |
| Two SLD (Special Low Dispersion) lenses and two Aspherical glass elements provide excellent correction for all types of aberration. |
| Sigma's super multi-layer coating reduces flare and ghosting and provides high image quality throughout the zoom range. |
| This lens has a minimum focusing distance of 45cm (17.7¿) and a maximum magnification of 1:4.4. |
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Customers Reviews
2010-02-03
perfect for a large range
I had this lens for one week, and it is perfect for travel,
and when you don t know what where you are going to take pictures,
the built quality is excellent (as sigma does usual)
and it is very compact and light for a large range lens.
just not very sharp pictures at 18mm,
but with this kind of lens it is well known
and it is still better than the kit-lenses 18-55mm that I have.
if you see the concurrence : bigger, more bulky,
sometime the telephoto-lens increase by itself if you chose the wrong position...
and it can resist if you want to change focal between 18 and 200mmm,
with this one: you have NOT these problems !!!
of course there you can find more rage (18-270 for example),
but for me 18-200 is enough and also it is more compact,
there is no stabilization and ultra-sonic focus but,
first, the stab is not needed if you have a Pentax SLR,
and second, the ultrasonic-focus is more expensive
and not always needed and increase the size of the lens.
for me this lens is excellent with my Pentax K10D and my Pentax k-x
.... and by the way, this lens is not expensive at all.
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2010-01-27
Easy for a beginner to use
I am very new to digital SLR photography, and I got this lens just a few days before going on a trip overseas. Even with virtually no practice with this lens and little experience with SLRs at all, I ended up getting really great pictures. The zoom was powerful (for the money) and it also gave me good detail and texture shots close up. I brought another lens on the trip, but after the second day it stayed in the hotel and I used this one exclusively. It was easy to learn and simple to use right away, and I'm looking forward to learning more about its capabilities as I gain more experience with SLR photography. It was a fantastic purchase for me, and I'd get it again with no hesitation.
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2010-01-06
Sigma 18-200, One of Several Very Good, All Purpose, Walkabout Lenses
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so, I think, is one's opinion of a camera lens. I've learned over the years that lens reviews are helpful, but they are just opinions. Yes, for sure, you generally get better optics with more expensive lenses, but it's certainly not a guarantee. And for reasons one can only wonder about, oftentimes two copies of the same lens will produce very different results. For example, my friend Sara, who is as nuts about buying (we're like compulsive buyers) and using Canon lenses as I am about buying and using Nikon ones, has a Canon EF-S 18-55 kit lens that produces images so tack sharp through its whole range that would make you cry.
And so it goes with super zooms, these wonderful lenses that go from pretty wide to very long. If you look at the reviews of any of them, some people claim horrible results, while others scratch their heads, because they're just loving them to death.
My first superzoom was a Sigma 18-200 which I got about five years ago and I was blown away with what I could do with just one lens. Plus my shots were pretty darn sharp. The lens was more expensive then, than it is now. It's still a good lens, it weighs a couple ounces less than a pound and if I only could have been satisfied, I'd have saved a bundle of money. Ah well. Anyway, I had an opportunity to try out the Tamron 18-200 as well back then, but I decided on the Sigma. It was a coin toss. At the time I thought both lenses would be good general, all purpose, walkabout lenses. They wouldn't be as sharp or fast as primes and wouldn't be as light as shorter zooms, but heck, one lens which went all the way from 18 to 200mm (okay 27 to 350mm in the real world), such a deal.
Both lenses were five star lenses as far as I was concerned, both still are, because they are what they are, a very good compromise. If you're expecting a lens that will reach out across a dark night and grab a shot of lovers making out by the beach, then you don't want these lenses, but if you're looking for a good general walkabout lens, both will suit you and they won't break your bank.
But they don't have image stabilization and when Sigma came out with it, I had to have it. So I shelved the Sigma zoom I had, (thankfully I didn't sell it) and bought the Sigma 18-200 OS and Sigma's Optical Stabilizer worked great. I got sharper handheld shots in lower light, but they came at a price, almost half a pound. It doesn't sound like much, eight ounces (7.6 to be exact), but try carrying it around on your shoulder all day long. I really noticed the difference, especially when I was shooting.
I probably wouldn't have gone to that auction site with my fairly new lens, if it hadn't been for Tamron. They came out with their Tamron 18-250 and I had to have it. A bigger reach, the heck with image stabilization. Not only could I go all the way from 27 to 375mm in the real world, but I got back a bit over six ounces, the lens was lighter. So now I had two super zooms, which was good, because I go out people shooting with my sister a lot.
So one would think I'd be satisfied, but when the Nikon 18-200 came out, well Nikon optics in a superzoom. I had to have it, so the Tamron went up for auction (because I just loved the Sigma, even though it didn't reach as far). The Nikon lens focused faster, but not that much faster then the other two, had image stabilization and was faster at the long end and it took great shots, but it weighed more than the other lenses, coming in at a whopping 20 ounces and it was creepy, creepy, creepy and with no zoom lock. The other lenses had almost no zoom creep and they had a zoom lock, which I never used. Very annoying the zoom creep was, still, great shots from a great lens.
Satisfied, well for awhile, then came 2008 and the Tamron 18-270 with their VC version of image stabilization and up for auction went my expensive Nikkor lens. Yeah, I still hung on the my first super zoom, the Sigma. For sure the Nikkor was a five star lens, but a girl can't justify more than two super zooms at any one time.
The Tamron lens actually weighed a fraction less than the Nikkor it replaced. It was a bit slower on the long end, was a bit stiff in the zooming, but easy to get used to and almost no, sometimes no, zoom creep and it has a lock. It's just simply one heck of a lens. Sometimes it's a bit slow to autofocus in lowlight, but still I think it finds its focus faster than I would, but not as fast as the Nikkor.
I should add here that Nikon has upgraded their 18-200 adding a zoom lock. I've played with one and not only have they added that zoom lock, but it doesn't seem to creep nearly as much, but that could just be the copy I used. I should also mention that Sigma has come out with their Sigma 18-250 OS which I was lucky enough to use for a month. That is just one super fine lens. It focuses fast and I think it finds its focus better in low light than the Tamron 18-270. Also this new Sigma has a super quiet motor, though I've never really been bothered by the sound of a focusing lens.
By reading other reviews of these lenses, I've learned that they are all subject to zoom creep, so I suppose in the main, I've been lucky. All of these lenses are very good, at least all of the copies I've used. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend any of them. However, if you go with Nikon, you're going to be paying an awful lot more. You get a slightly faster lens on the long end and you get Nikon quality, but Sigma and Tamron give quality as well and Tamron warranties their lenses for six years, so they're pretty confident that they're building a great product (and now they're part of Sony).
So through my whole super zoom experience, which one do I wind up using the most? You guessed it, that Sigma I bought five years ago. Like the proverbial Timax, "It takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'." If the day is bright and I'm going people shooting it's the one I put on my camera, because it's light and it's images are true.
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2009-12-07
Great everyday lens
This is an excellent lens to use on an everyday shoot. This is the lens I have attached to my camera about 98% of the time. It has good DOF great lighting capability, sturdy, and great for portraits. I would be careful about using the 150-200mm range without a tripod. The lens tends to move in your hand at this range and the picture comes out blurred. If you absolutely cannot travel with a tripod, I would go the extra $200 and purchase the image stable lens in this rang that Sigma also offers. If you don't want to spend that much more for the lens, use a tripod for the telephoto, or try to hold the lens while supporting your arm on something stable. Otherwise, it's an excellent all encompassing lens.
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2009-12-07
Good Lens
I have the Sony/Minolta compatible version of this lens, so the lack of image stabilization in the lens itself does not affect its performance. Despite the common perception that super-zoom lenses give up too much image quality in order to achieve their flexibility, I found this lens to be quite usable. The only quirk of this lens I have seen is that focusing affects the zoom. As you focus on a nearby object, the lens also appears to zooms out a bit.
Pros
- Solid construction for a non-EX Sigma lens
- Light weight
- Good center sharpness
- Lens does not extend when focusing
- Supports ADI flash units
Cons
- Corners are soft until F8
- Visible chromatic aberration away from center, even stopped down
- Focus hunts when subject is close
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Nippon Kogaku K.K., or Japanese Optical Society (afterwards became known as Nikon Corporation) was formed at July 25, 1917 as a result of merging of three firms: Tokyo Keiki Seisaku-sho's optical division, Iwaki Glass Seisaku-sho ?? Fujii Lens Seizo-sho. The new company was aimed at manufacturing high-quality optics for Imperial Japanese Navy. And up to 1945 it actually was their main goal that determined the company’s philosophy and traditions. The first president of Nippon Kogaku was Yoshihira Wada.
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