Make sure this fitsby entering your model number. 18-200mm focal length, Closest Focusing Distance : 1.48 ft./0.45m (maximum close-up magnification 0.24x) 28.8-320mm equivalent focal length on Canon APS-C cameras, 72mm filters F3.5-5.6 maximum aperture; F22-38 minimum Micromotor-type AF motor without full-time manual focusing. Image stabilization, 4 stops Canon EF-S mount for APS-C DSLRs
Id love to put a load of money into some nice f/2.8 fixed focus lenses, but Im not a serious enough photographer to justify it. I have a lot of different lenses, but this lens and my f/1.8 50mm are my two main lenses. This lens is a great lens to grab and go when on vacation and want to do some casual shooting; it goes from wide to a decent zoom, when you dont want to take a whole pack full of lenses with you. Ive had the lens 3 years now, and its held up well under regular light duty.
Ken M
5
I am an amateur photographer who prints mainly 4x6 images of family events. I use this lens on a Canon T2i dSLR. Compared to the Canon 18-55mm kit lens, this one is heavy. The kit lens weighs about 7 ounces as compared to 21.5 ounces for this lens. This 18-200 lens is about an inch longer than the kit lens, for me, that makes it easier to use as my hand fits under it better. When mounted, it fits in my camera bag so I no longer need to fret about not carrying my 75-300 EF lens. Im not sure I would want to carry this around mounted with a neck strap all day, it is a bit too heavy for that. For my grab and go camera bag use it is perfect. The image quality, to me is good. I took some hand held shots of a full moon this morning, against a dark sky, with the kit lens and this one. I used various 18-55mm zoom settings, 1/60 - 1/750 s, at various f #s and ISO settings. No matter how I processed the raw images, this 18-200 was always clearer than the 18-55 kit lens. Although not very scientific, that was the only test I needed to convince me about the image quality. It even out performed my lower priced Canon 75-300mm, f4-5.6, EF lens, no surprise. I think the -S made the difference with that test. Conclusion: Although a big expense, for me, I am totally happy with this 18-200 lens. My 18-55 kit lens will only now be used when weight is of importance, as in a day long trip to Disney Land. Even in that case, it would be a hard choice not to carry this lens. :)
FatosYox
5
I bought this lens after months of buying my 450D (Xsi) with the 2 kit lenses 18-55mm and 55-250mm. The kit lenses always look like you have to buy the camera with them on a lot of websites which I dont like, it tricks people especially if they are new and dont know much about the lenses. 18-200 is awesome, good zoom range, awesome photo quality, perfectly clear images. Sometimes photos came out so SHARP I thought about softening them (but I didnt, ofcourse). I suggest everyone I know to buy this 18-200mm lens when they are buying a new dslr. I upgraded to 6D and had to give away my 18-200 becoz its and EF-s and it wont work with a full frame camera.
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