Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 AF DC II Lens for all Nikon DSLR Cameras

18-200 mm. f/3.5-6.3D IF DC Sigma. You can’t have it All., May 23, 2010

Price paid: $ 420 (local equivalent).

Date bought: Oct 2008.

Available in a following AF-mounts: Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Sony/Minolta, Sigma.

For starters, anybody who expects stellar visual opening from a 400 dollar 11,1x zoom, improved stop celebration of a mass right now. It is not starting to happen, not with this one, nor with a Nikkor, even if it costs $ 300 more.

Summary:

I got this lens in a hurry, since we indispensable an all-purpose lens to cover a spur-of-the-moment patron event. At a time, this was a usually 18-200 mm. accessible in Santiago.

I additionally took a demeanour during a (now discontinued) 18-125 mm. f/3.5-5.6D Sigma, nonetheless motionless opposite it since it lacked a built-in concentration engine compulsory upon a Nikon D40, my aim camera.

Tamron offers a identical lens, as good as so does Nikon: a AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED comes with visual stabilization (VR in Nikon speak) as good as a built-in Silent Wave Motor (the S in AF-S), which currently streets for about $ 700 during Amazon.

I approaching this Sigma to concentration delayed compared to my HSM as good as AF-S lenses, nonetheless it’s surprisingly quick upon a D40, a usually camera I’m regulating it on. Build peculiarity is additionally suddenly good, with a steel (instead of plastic) F-Mount, a to a little extent steel physique as good as a good – EX sort – wrinkle finish.

The AF/MF switch is placed where we need it to be, as good as a lens additionally includes an anti-creep symbol which thatch it in a eighteen mm. upon all sides for trouble-free transport.

Thanks to what Sigma calls “inner focus” a front finish does not rotate, facilitating a operate of a petal-shaped lens metal cover (included), polarizers as good as alternative march supportive filters such as grads.

However, it is critical to indicate out which this “inner focusing system” is not a same as IF, as it is delayed compared to AF-S or HSM as good as a bit noisy, whilst a front finish extends intensely – creation it demeanour a bit “amateur” during a prolonged focal finish (see image).

At eighteen mm., this lens suffers from conspicuous tub exaggeration as good as vignetting (wide open), nonetheless produces really good to glorious core sharpness, total with good ill temper during a extremes.

At 35 – 85 mm., a core is still really good, nonetheless a borders humour during vast (if we can call f/5.6-6.3 “large”) apertures.

However, stop down usually a little, as good as limit peculiarity reaches again really important levels.

From 100 mm. on, a lens is flattering good stopped down to f/8, nonetheless interestingly, testers found which fortitude (MTF) starts dropping off as shortly as f/11.

You’d wish to be intensely carefull with your orifice preference to get optimal results.

I have found myself avoiding a 200 mm. end, where my representation is decidedly soft, even stopped down. Lay off a little, nonetheless – to 150-180 mm. – as good as a complaint is gone.

Because of it’s rsther than difficult visual construction, this lens suffers (as expected) from assuage chromatic misconception via it’s focal range.

On a alternative hand, it’s not as bad as other, even some-more expensive, lenses of allied focal range.

In short, flattering decent for a bill 11,1 times zoom, which seems to strech a sweet-spot early on: usually 1 to 1,5 stops down from a f/max. via a complete focal range.

People who have been destroying this lens (and others identical to it) in their critiques, appear to dont think about which for a little purposes – identical to amicable events, weddings as good as ubiquitous light ride – an all-purpose 11x 400-dollar-zoom-lens comes in intensely handy, as good as therefore, ought to be forgiven for a little of a weaker points.

Lest of course, we have been rebuilt to mislay *the* shot whilst becoming different lenses behind as good as onward (which we am not) or have been formulation to mountain it upon a 8.000 dollar D3x, which is plain out stupid.

Lets face it, this Sigma creates for a sincerely campact & light package, which, total with any half decent DSLR blows a pants (plus underwear) off of any 10x wizz P&S camera out there.

Strengths:

* Solid set up peculiarity & finish, good concentration speed as good as accuracy.

* Overall flattering decent visual performance, solely during a really prolonged finish (in my sample).

* Pretty unimportant inner focus, no rotating front-end. You can operate petal done lens hoods, polarizers as good as grad filters though problems.

* Quite heavy, in all compared to a D40′s (very good) 18-55 mm. AF-S cosmetic kit-lens. But, compress sufficient to be good offset as good as not overly complicated – it is a lightest in in between a peers; we can operate it hand-held as good as though chastisement down to 1/125 or even 1/60 sec..

* Very light resistant. we have not seen any in my 4.000 takes with this lens, sofar.

* Well placed AF-MF switch, utilitarian creep-lock symbol for transport.

Weaknesses:

* Chromatic misconception as good as purple fringing upon prominence edges via a focal range, in all far-reaching open. This can, however, be simply prepared in post or even in-camera…

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Great lens during a in accord with price, January 3, 2009

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Earl E. A. Dopter (Louisiana) – See all my reviews

  

Short nonetheless sweet: this superlens is what we need. If we can usually container one, keep this a single trustworthy to your Nikon DSLR as good as leave a others during a house. we own multiform Sigma lenses upon top of this one, as good as there have been positively times when we wish them. The 10-20 (Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras) as good as a Nikon 50mm f1.8 (Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras) being a alternative dual “go-to” lenses which we lift roughly everywhere. But we am anticipating some-more as good as some-more which we can get a shot we wish with a superlens. The peculiarity is outstanding. The front of a lens does not stagger as a lens is focused or zoomed, so we leave a enclosed petal metal cover upon all a time. At full zoom, a lens gets flattering prolonged (impressively so), as good as it’s not a lightest. But it’s full of tall peculiarity optics, as good as all which potion isn’t starting to be lightweight.

Bottom line: For your Nikon (I own a D90) we cannot go wrong with this product instead of a pack lenses which come with a D90. If we have not paid for your Nikon DSLR yet, we indicate starting with a physique usually as good as get a budding lens or dual identical to these Sigmas; we will be many happier with them than a pack lenses.

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Great lens during good price, October 6, 2009

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A. Johnson (Memphis, TN) – See all my reviews

  

I got this lens to reinstate a 2 pack lenses which came with my Nikon D40x. we adore which a involuntary concentration functions upon my camera, since not all lenses with AF will. we ride a lot as good as additionally take a lot of cinema of tiny young kids (who lend towards to pierce around constantly) as good as not becoming different in in between a dual pack lenses is a outrageous as good as as good as good value a income spent. Also, carrying usually a single lens, as good as during this size, is good for carrying around in my bag. we have taken a lot of cinema with this lens in a final month as good as have not had any problems or beheld any hillside in peculiarity from what we had previously. we have not even beheld any vignetting, nonetheless we am not certain how many we have tested a impassioned focal lengths. Agree with alternative posters which is it not a biggest lens for low light photography, nonetheless it is usually as good as what we had before, as good as we didn’t design anything else. My categorical critique of this lens is a shrill autofocus, which we find a bit annoying.

I purchased from Amazon Prime as good as upgraded to overnight delivery, as good as perceived my product as expected.

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Cheap insurance….!, July 27, 2009

When we got my used D700, a prior owners had commissioned a GGS covers upon both of a LCD screens. While we in all have not favourite carrying any of a covers we had seen upon any of my LCD displays upon alternative cameras, etc, a GGS covers have been usually super as good as we am really happy to have found this product.

In a lot of really active print operate of my D700..most of a time regulating a eye-level viewfinder…the back LCD accumulates a lot of skin oils, sweat, dirt, etc. Since we know this GGS shade is simply replaceable during low cost, we do not demur for a notation to operate a T-shirt corner, handkerchief, lens cloth…anything to purify it clean. If we were wiping a tangible LCD surface, we would be a lot some-more wavering to purify it off…and usually ‘live with it’…until we had a time as good as materials to do it with care.

The tall peculiarity of a ‘optical plastic’ is great…I do not notice any genuine plunge of a image..unlike many of a alternative identical products we have seen as good as used… Installing a single of these is good insurance…and income good spent.

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Great! Makes a D700 even closer to perfect!, October 23, 2009

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Ken Elliott “masterofgoingfaster” (Daytona Beach, FL United States) – See all my reviews

  

Pull your cosmetic guardian off as good as demeanour during a shade upon your D700. See how good it looks? Well, which is what it will demeanour identical to with this protector. It functions so good which we paid for a pack for my backup camera. This is a MUST-HAVE appendage for any Nikon D700 owner. You’ll be blissful we got it.

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Effective as good as a bonus, September 19, 2011

I favourite a actuality which it’s visual potion instead of transparent cosmetic (which is what I’m replacing upon my Nikon D700) in further to a actuality which it’s break as good as blemish resistant. It practical simply with no air bubbles. The reward was an one more square for a topside LCD row which was enclosed during no additional charge.

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