http://www.cyberward.net/blog/2009/08/the-compromise-lens/ The Drive Failures and Shutter Clicks of Christopher Ward Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cyberward.net/blog/2009/08/the-compromise-lens/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 Joe Federer Photography Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:29:57 +0000 http://www.cyberward.net/blog/?p=1465#comment-2746 Agreed - complain all they want about the CA and 'zoom creep' when you point the camera down -- this lens bests them all when it comes to just being a good 'one-size-fits-all' lens. It goes along with what you said - the best camera is the one you have. I often found myself leaving the camera at home when I had to bring a 'big expensive' lens... now, the 18-200 is my go-to on a DX sensor, for sure. I do all my traveling with just that lens on a D300 (http://www.federerphotography.com/blog/?s=south+america) ... seriously, it's an amazing lens... I'm sure you'll just learn to love it more and more as time goes on. Agreed – complain all they want about the CA and ‘zoom creep’ when you point the camera down — this lens bests them all when it comes to just being a good ‘one-size-fits-all’ lens. It goes along with what you said – the best camera is the one you have. I often found myself leaving the camera at home when I had to bring a ‘big expensive’ lens… now, the 18-200 is my go-to on a DX sensor, for sure.
I do all my traveling with just that lens on a D300 (http://www.federerphotography.com/blog/?s=south+america) … seriously, it’s an amazing lens… I’m sure you’ll just learn to love it more and more as time goes on.

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