Canon 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 IS

[Bryson]

Abit off topic,
how do we deal with zoom creep?

 

[Yangzw]

Abit off topic,
how do we deal with zoom creep?

U mean when u shoot diagonally down? For me I just hold it.

 

[mpenza]

Can use gaffer tape to hold it in place if u're shooting downwards or upwards

 

[chooz]

Some shots I have taken with this lens on a Canon 500D body. Some of these close-ups were taken with a +2 closeup filter (S$10, single element, noncoated) and pop-up flash.

Opadometa fastigata

Common asystasia

Cannonball tree flower

A dragonlfy

A damselfly

 

[badtzdiana]

Some shots I have taken with this lens on a Canon 500D body. Some of these close-ups were taken with a +2 closeup filter (S$10, single element, noncoated) and pop-up flash

Hi, may i know where u got e closeup filter from??

 

[chooz]

From a seller in this forum. Think the current price is S$16. I got it in Oct last year.

Johny
97763040
ddw666.blogspot.com

You can read about his merchandise in the above website. Please note that it is a single element non-coated lens. So it has high chromatic aberration in high contrast situation. And it is only sharp at the centre of the pic.

Example of chromatic aberration at the side & sharpness in the centre only:

That is a female pond wolf spider with egg sac.

 

[samchong]

Hi hi everyone

3 wks ago, I was a die hard fan of my Tamron17-50, believing I would never trade the IQ & F2.8 for convenience. Now I am a total convert.

Besides, for an amateur like me, the IQ of the 18-200 is more than enough.

Comments and critiques are welcomed

Anson,

Kudos to your dedication to this lens !!! :thumbsup:

Post more photos, they are an inspiration !!

Hi Justintime, you PP your photos in the Photoshop ?? Its look like too sharp to me

 

[Justintime]

Hi Justintime, you PP your photos in the Photoshop ?? Its look like too sharp to me

Hi Hi yup ! PP all my photos. Perhaps overdid it .. looks slightly unatural to me too.

But PP cannot produce a sharp photo if the details was not there in the first place. 18-200IS really is an unrated lens.

Think it appears sharp becos the photos was resized from a 15MP file and the original was already pretty sharp to begin with.

Also shot in RAW & F5.0 so more details are captured in pic

Personally, I begin to understand why Anson is so supportive of this lens. Once stopped down & in the medium focal range, in real life usage, the lens is almost as sharp as the tamron 17-50 ( unless u view 100% at 15MP can't really tell difference)

 

[samchong]

Hi Hi yup ! PP all my photos. Perhaps overdid it .. looks slightly unatural to me too.

But PP cannot produce a sharp photo if the details was not there in the first place. 18-200IS really is an unrated lens.

Think it appears sharp becos the photos was resized from a 15MP file and the original was already pretty sharp to begin with.

Also shot in RAW & F5.0 so more details are captured in pic

Personally, I begin to understand why Anson is so supportive of this lens. Once stopped down & in the medium focal range, in real life usage, the lens is almost as sharp as the tamron 17-50 ( unless u view 100% at 15MP can't really tell difference)

I see thanks for your information

 

[pingkee82]

18-200mm is really a versatile lens.

Hi,r u a reporter?how come u can bring slr go into SHE concert n take their photo?

 

[Cartman2000]

You can easily bring a camera into a SIS concert. Went for one and saw lots of people with DSLRs

 

[NovJoe]

After using the 18-200 lens for 1.5 years, I'm still impress with it's capability.

 

[flightspeed]

After using the 18-200 lens for 1.5 years, I'm still impress with it's capability.

nice .. love taking pictures of clouds but i think i might need to get the polarizing filters to get better effect and color contrast ?

this taken on Friday evening

 

[nathaniel]

Hi Hi yup ! PP all my photos. Perhaps overdid it .. looks slightly unatural to me too.

But PP cannot produce a sharp photo if the details was not there in the first place. 18-200IS really is an unrated lens.

Think it appears sharp becos the photos was resized from a 15MP file and the original was already pretty sharp to begin with.

Also shot in RAW & F5.0 so more details are captured in pic

Personally, I begin to understand why Anson is so supportive of this lens. Once stopped down & in the medium focal range, in real life usage, the lens is almost as sharp as the tamron 17-50 ( unless u view 100% at 15MP can't really tell difference)

so if shooting at 10MP, + sharpening in the in-camera settings, can the 18-200mm be as sharp (for the same focal length range)? or need to go to about 6-7MP? (I don't actually mind shooting at 7-10 MP for travel photos).

 

[Justintime]

so if shooting at 10MP, + sharpening in the in-camera settings, can the 18-200mm be as sharp (for the same focal length range)? or need to go to about 6-7MP? (I don't actually mind shooting at 7-10 MP for travel photos).

Not quite sure if the MP makes a big difference, but generally higher MP have more details so should be sharper. But also comes with more noise. But honestly, 6-8 is more than enough

Aperture & Focal lenght does makes a difference. 18-200IS is sharpest from F5.6-F8.0 and focal lenght 50mm-135mm. Reference :
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_18-200_3p5-5p6_is_c16/page3.asp

+1 sharpening helps if u shoot in Jpeg but noise & jpeg artifacts increase significantly too, esp for 500d. I tried +2, +3, +4. The IQ degrades rapidly. +2 probably would be the limit.

Shooting in raw makes a difference, can fine tune the sharpening & more details are captured.

If you PP, bicubic sharper to resize-> unsharp mask will sharpen the photo nicely. Much more effective than the +1 +2 incamera sharpening.

Still learning too, please feel free to correct if I provided the wrong info :sweat:

 

[NovJoe]

nice .. love taking pictures of clouds but i think i might need to get the polarizing filters to get better effect and color contrast ?

this taken on Friday evening

CPL will help with bright overexposed skies or reflection from waters but GND will be a better choice for landscapes if you can afford.

 

[flightspeed]

CPL will help with bright overexposed skies or reflection from waters but GND will be a better choice for landscapes if you can afford.

thanks NovJoe

can i trouble you to kindly explain whats CPL and GND pls .. really got no clue .. thanks

 

[NovJoe]

thanks NovJoe

can i trouble you to kindly explain whats CPL and GND pls .. really got no clue .. thanks

No problem.

CPL = Circular Polarizer Lens filter. Mainly use for helping to stop down overexposed skies and cut off water reflections. Very useful on a bright day.

GND = Graduated Neutral Density filter. A versatile ND filter with gradient coating which you can used to do a gradual darkening on parts of the shot on the coated area. Mainly use to stop down skies and at the same time retain the exposure on the non coated part.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_filter#Polarizer

 

[badtzdiana]

From a seller in this forum. Think the current price is S$16. I got it in Oct last year.

Johny
97763040
ddw666.blogspot.com

You can read about his merchandise in the above website. Please note that it is a single element non-coated lens. So it has high chromatic aberration in high contrast situation. And it is only sharp at the centre of the pic.

Example of chromatic aberration at the side & sharpness in the centre only:

That is a female pond wolf spider with egg sac.

Thks so much for ur info

 

[parkaveprincess]

we have seen this 18-200mm performs wonderful jobs in day time with bright lights, how about in low light situation such as restaurant with and without flash.
anyone wants to post some pictures to see how well it performs. Thanks.

Am thinking of getting this lense, but am curious how it performs in light situations. Can someone pls post some
pics?