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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Disorderly" data-source="post: 74473" data-attributes="member: 10297">As a general statement, the greater the zoom range of a lens, the more of a compromise it is at just about every focal length.  To be more specific, I have the original 18-200mm, which I bought before I became a lens snob.  I hated way too many of my shots, in part because of vignetting at certain focal lengths and lighting situations and in part due to other issues.  A superzoom is convenient, but your pictures will suffer.So my answer would be the 18-55mm and the 55-200mm.  Or spend a lot of money for the 24-70mm F/2.8 and 70-200mm F/2.8 and then get the 10-24mm DX for landscapes.  Unless you're on a full frame sensor; then get the 16-35mm F/4 as your wide angle lens instead of the 10-24mm.  (Mine is on order.)</blockquote>