01-25-2011, 10:47 AM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1295872933' post='5728']
Are you serious? the 18-200... It is not sharp at all at 200mm, and 18mm is not wide enough. Weird, very weird recommendation. 16-85mm VR i would have understood.
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16-85mm VR is definitely sharper. But when it comes to a travel combo, 18-200mm zoom range would do it I suppose. I personally don't believe in the idea of "magic combo for all purposes". To me it sounds like "I want to shoot with a flexible zoom range not to miss anything, and the optical/image quality has the second priority"... Thus the recommendation... Think of a nice bird you missed to capture because of a shorther FL, would you say "ok I missed it but it was going to be softer with this lens than my 85mm"
Serkan
Are you serious? the 18-200... It is not sharp at all at 200mm, and 18mm is not wide enough. Weird, very weird recommendation. 16-85mm VR i would have understood.
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16-85mm VR is definitely sharper. But when it comes to a travel combo, 18-200mm zoom range would do it I suppose. I personally don't believe in the idea of "magic combo for all purposes". To me it sounds like "I want to shoot with a flexible zoom range not to miss anything, and the optical/image quality has the second priority"... Thus the recommendation... Think of a nice bird you missed to capture because of a shorther FL, would you say "ok I missed it but it was going to be softer with this lens than my 85mm"
Serkan