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    So Richard, apart from the convenience, how do you find the quality of the lens, both build and pictures produced. Are the pictures nice and sharp at both ends? Do you ever find yourself wanting a little bit more or a little bit less range?

    Also, just what sort of pics and conditions do you usually shoot?

    Thanks for everyones responses.

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    I haven't had any troubles with any part of the lens range. All the zoom measurements on these lenses is x1.6, so the 200 is actually 320mm which is really plenty far enough. The image stabilisation must do a pretty good job, as I can easily hand hold a 200mm zoom photo at 1/30 sec.

    I have shot in full daylight down to night, and mainly of people, and I find the lens fantastic. Pictures are always sharp, but I am comparing to point and shoot cameras in general. We have an Olympus 7MP 18x optical zoom that was our 'big' camera before the SLR, and I liked the photo quality of that, but the SLR is awesome! We also have a Canon A2000 10MP, 6x optical that my wife keeps in her handbag, but it is ridiculously slow when a flash photo is taken before it is ready to take another. The SLR is quick at focussing and being able to take multiple images, which I do have the camera always set on.

    The lens takes fantastic macro shots, set the camera on AV, set the aperture to 5.6, and full zoom, and it will give a really shallow depth of field for photos of flowers etc. If I had some photos uploaded, I'd link them for you but I don't.
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    You can see the IS working
    look into the eye piece, then half press and IS will turn on
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    Got my new 18-200mm yesterday. I decided to go with the canon after chatting to a photographer friend of mine. The reality is that you should always go for better glass as you can always keep it when you upgrade your camera.
    The lens itself is really quite beautiful, it has a nice wide shot at the 18mm end and is still sharp at full zoom. The only thing I am finding is that at 440g it is almost as heavy as the 550D itself.
    It is quick to focus and snaps off shots pretty fast. The build quality feels a million times better than the standard kit lenses, and I think I am in love.

    Unfortunately it is a birthday present so it has gone into the GFs hiding spot till the end of feb for our NZ trip, but I can honestly say that if I had the money initially I would have gotten the 550D body and this lens. No question.

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    OpelAus Forum Regular cdti's Avatar
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by dub_sri Click here to enlarge
    The only thing I am finding is that at 440g it is almost as heavy as the 550D itself.
    Yeah, it's not something you would put in your pocket!
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    That was one of the highest lens I used to sell
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by cdti Click here to enlarge
    Yeah, it's not something you would put in your pocket!
    I looked and it's actually 595g...

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    hahahaha don't worry about weight.
    Once you start buying top end lenses, weight doesn't matter.
    50D - 730g
    24-70 2.8L - 950g
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by PaulyJ Click here to enlarge
    hahahaha don't worry about weight.
    Once you start buying top end lenses, weight doesn't matter.
    50D - 730g
    24-70 2.8L - 950g
    Do the maths Click here to enlarge
    Much easier to say 'heavy as shit'.

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    Add to that the battery pack and 430 flash... over 2kg there...
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