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<blockquote data-quote="Mycenius" data-source="post: 166171" data-attributes="member: 14714">This is a great general purpose lens and excellent walk around option. It's been my primary lens for several years (I bought the Mk.1 model when they first came out) and its only just being supplanted now as I've now got a Nikkor 17-55mm as my main walk around lens and may replace my 18-200 with a 70-300 or 70-200 in coming months for zoom work... Even then I may still keep the 18-200 for travel and such when I just want one lens to cover wide range of focal lengths.Note the 18-200's only weakness (and not a critical one) is the extreme ends, i.e. at 18mm &amp; 200mm. Shooting around 70mm to 105mm is considered the sweet spot on this lens by the pros IIRC. Check out Thomas Hogan's &amp; Ken Rockwell's websites for more on that... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mycenius, post: 166171, member: 14714"] This is a great general purpose lens and excellent walk around option. It's been my primary lens for several years (I bought the Mk.1 model when they first came out) and its only just being supplanted now as I've now got a Nikkor 17-55mm as my main walk around lens and may replace my 18-200 with a 70-300 or 70-200 in coming months for zoom work... Even then I may still keep the 18-200 for travel and such when I just want one lens to cover wide range of focal lengths. Note the 18-200's only weakness (and not a critical one) is the extreme ends, i.e. at 18mm & 200mm. Shooting around 70mm to 105mm is considered the sweet spot on this lens by the pros IIRC. Check out Thomas Hogan's & Ken Rockwell's websites for more on that... :) [/QUOTE]

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