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Old 20-11-10, 21:08
robski robski is offline
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A General word of warning about super zoom lens (x10). They are intended to be a one lens solution to get the subject in the frame. Often referred to as a travel lens. It will get you an image of that once in a life time experience. If your enlargements are postcard sized your be happy enough with the results.

If you intend to enlarge to A4 or A3 sized prints the poor image quality will show and your find few suitable for the wall. Most zoom lens have a zoom range of x3 and that is to minimize the design compromises at either end of the zoom range.

Photozone don't give too many prizes for the ef-s 18-200 lens

http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/40...n_18200_3556is

Poor image quality and colour fringing on the edges of the frame especially at the wide end. Also the barrel distortion is very heavy at 18mm which can be very annoying when photographing buildings. So if you only used the centre part of the frame for your images the results will look great.

£360 for a lens that only scores 2/5 may not be such a bargain if you doing large prints.
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