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Message: <blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 56935" data-attributes="member: 9187">I had the 18-200 on hire a year ago for a family event, and whilst the pics were great (small prints and online viewing) I did feel by the end of the weekend that I'd done myself some hand injury carrying that beast around all day!!There were certain advantages of the long zoom like being able to capture family who were camera shy from a discrete location, but looking at most of my shots they were mostly under the 100mm range, and the close ups around the 40-90 range.Luckily it was a hire lens, so could afford to give it back so to speak, as at full price its quite costly.I have the 18-55 VR and the 55-200 VR at the moment and still find the former is my more walk about lens, though I do wish sometimes I had gone for the 18-105 purely for ease of use.Windows 7 is great as it lets me have a column for focal length so I'll be checking that on some recent holiday pics to see which is the range I use the most - looking for a prime now so want to know what's better, 35 or 50mmAs for your options - well the 18-200 is a great fit once forget forever lens, as you cover everything you need with it, but bear in mind the weight.  No doubt as you get into the whole photography scene(!) you'll want to add to that with primes etc, but that's where for me having a range of lenses is better then a all in one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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