Buy Sigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR OnlySigma AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Optical Stabilizer Lens for Selected Canon Digital SLR Only Product Description:
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Product Description
- Optical stabilisation to compensate for camera shake
- One SLD and three aspherical elements for excellent correction of all types of abberations
- Multi-layer coating optimises quality for digital photography
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112 of 113 people found the following review helpful.
Great Product
By Daniel Ferak
I spent hours and days reading reviews and comparing features and prices of all zoom lenses on the market for my Canon EOS300D. I wanted a lens replacing my old Canon 18-55 kit lens which is ... well simply a kit lens. I've decided for this Sigma 18-200 all around zoom with OS (optical stabilisation) which is Sigma's version of Canon's IS and Nikon's VR. And I can't be more happy with my decision! OS works like advertised helping me get sharp images even in the bad light conditions and using long focal lengths. Image quality is superb comparing to my old lens. Of course you can't expect Canon "L" lens but who cares for such a price? Build quality is perfect and as a side effect of using quality materials lens is quite heavy. I really recommend this lens for everybody who want solid quality and don't want to change lens every 5 minutes.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.Spot on, covers every base incrdibly well, but dwarfs my 350d :)
By Mr. T. Potts
Got this lens as a birthday gift off the good lady this year. And i must say it is superb! For me its a replacement for the standard plastic tube that comes with the lower end canon cameras.The zoom on this is everything most people will want, and for those who want more, im sure they will be able to live with it knowing that this lens also goes wide enough to shoot indoors and get everyone in the shot.Shots across the whole zoom range are great, even at full 200 and wide 18 the lens performs well.Some reviews have spoke about the lens being a bit slow, and i suppose maybe it is, but ive taken shots indoors with this lens at 80mm and no flash and got the exposure levels right using a slow shutter speed, while im guessing the OS did the hard work of keeping everything a bit steadier. So far i cant complain about the speed.All the good bits aside there are some faults. This lens will make your camera look like a toy if you have the smaller 350d size models. Its also heavy (but as can be expected from a lens its size) so if you plan to use this as a walk around lens put your camera strap back on.And the final beef ive got, is that if you like using the flash, then unless you have a hotshoe mount flash or your willing to bounce the onboard flash then expect this lens to cast a shadow over all of your flash pics when you use the onboard flash.Bottom line is - this is an awesome tube filled with glass.However, Ive not tried the non OS model, but ive used this without OS and i find it excellent even then, so check your pennies and make up your mind.
52 of 54 people found the following review helpful.
budge lens for someone looking for wide zoom range (e.g. for holidays)
By Arctic Nomad
I got this lens to replace the 18-55mm kit lens that came with my Canon 450D. I wanted something with more zoom. Basically a general lens I can just leave at my camera when I'm just out and shooting. I figured with this I don't have to change lenses all the time (which was true).Now the lens itself is sturdy. It feels like it could take some beating and survive it (which it has). Of course this kind of sturdiness and zoom comes with a cost in portability. It is quite heavy and big. When I attach it to my 450D, the camera doubles in weight and size.Optics wise I'm still a bit unsure about the lens. Sometimes I get the feeling that the images aren't as sharp as they should be. And I'm getting more overexposed shots than with my other lenses, but that's easy to fix afterwards when you shoot RAW. The optical stabilizer on the lens seems actually very good compared to the 18-55 kit lens. I noticed I could start to use slightly longer exposure times and still get a sharp image. The optics on the lens are its biggest problem. And personally I don't like the bokeh (blurred background) it creates, though with f/3.5 you don't really blur backgrounds that much.I wouldn't recommend this lens to everybody outright. Really think what you want to use your lens for. Would something with less zoom be enough (you could get a lighter lens and better optics), maybe something along 18-70mm. And then perhaps a separate zoom lens, say 70-300mm if you need it.I still am not 100% comfortable with this lens, and thinking of buying maybe something shorter, with a little bigger price tag. After using this lens for some 6 months now I do understand finally that you can't get a great 18-200mm lens for meager £300. Good lenses cost money. And with long zoom range you always lose on the quality of optics.For the price, it is a decent lens (value for money), but don't expect it to be great. For general use, like holiday photos it is actually pretty good because of the zoom range and price tag.
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