Canon EF-S 18-200mm IS f3.5-5.6 IS lens review at CameraLabs

From the review:

The Canon EF-S 18-200mm IS was announced in August 2008 alongside the EOS 50D DSLR. One of the most-requested Canon lenses in recent times, it equips EF-S compatible bodies with a long 11.1x super-zoom range that’s equivalent to 29-320mm. So at one moment you could be shooting a wide-angle landscape, before quickly zooming-in to grab a photo of an unusual bird perched on a branch.

This degree of flexibility is what lenses like the EF-S 18-200mm IS are all about. They allow you to avoid carrying multiple lenses, the time wasted when changing them, and the risk of dust entering the body when you do so. Indeed for many Canon owners, the EF-S 18-200mm IS could end up fulfilling all their requirements. That’s certainly what’s happened with its arch rival Nikon and the massively popular Nikkor DX 18-200mm VR.

Like that lens, the Canon version also sports optical Image Stabilisation to counteract camera-shake. As an optical system, the stabilising effect is seen through the viewfinder which is very reassuring when composing at longer focal lengths.

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Read the full review here.