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If you wish to travel light and cover most focal lengths just take the 18-200.
The 18 - 55 is smaller but obviously does not cover the longer focal lengths. I am not familiar with those lenses so cannot say if the 18-55 is better than the 18-200 through the 18 - 55 focal lengths, which is really the only reason you may want to take both. You will find with all zooms that they are sharper/better a certain focal lengths. One zoom (not yours) may be quite good at 200mm and quite poor at 70mm. Edit: Are they both stabilized (or not) - this may affect your decision Also the 18-55 may have a larger aperture (or not) - this may affect your decision Edit2 When I need to shoot wider and do not have the correct lens I just shoot more than one shot and stitch them together in post using pc and software. Last edited by Rocket; 28th December 2016 at 14:03.. |
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Thanks for the information. When you say aperture, what do you mean? Is this the diameter of the forward most lens? If it is, then the 18-200 lens is the widest at 62mm. I went to my friendly(?) local camera shop today, where I bought my lens to get the appropriate cleaning kit for the filter I bought from currys. It was a different guy to that I saw last time. He sold me a cleaning kit and said I could clean it in his shop and fit it. Well, I couldn't clean it for want of trying. He sold me one of his, (same brand) His was just as filthy. He "cleaned" it, it was filthy with dust all over it which I pointed out. He said he couldn't see it and I was so embarrassed I thought it easier to agree and left. I persevered with cleaning and managed to get it as clean as I can, but it has a defect at one edge that I just can't clean off. I think that this defect is outside of the lens focal view though so shouldn't cause an issue, I don't think. I might drop an email to the manufacturer as that is three now that I have handled and they have all been filthy out of the box, which I do not think is acceptable.
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By aperture I was meaning the F number(s) on the lens which is a guide as to how much light the lens will let in. This is a ratio of the lens dia and the focal length of the lens Without getting all technical - A lens with a lower F number will let in more light and could be of more use in dimly lit conditions. (T stop is a truer guide but lets not go there) So lenses with a lower F number will be better at shooting in low light (if set to their widest aperture) and can produce a more pleasing blur to the background. See Wiki for a long explanation and you can see why I tried to be brief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture The 62mm you read is most likely the dia of the thread to take filters. My advice is to just take the 18-200 and concentrate on using the camera. Learn to use all the settings on the camera and understand how and when to adjust things, don't worry too much about lens choice at this stage. The 18-200 will cover most eventualities. My advice for someone going away and wishing to take pics as memories of the trip would be either 1/ Learn all about the camera and photography first (I think a few months minimum) 2/Use the camera mainly on auto if you get to the destination and are unsure of how to set the camera. 3When you have done the trip learn to use the settings on the camera at your leisure on images that do not matter. 4/If you get the bug - buy more lenses and gear Last edited by Rocket; 28th December 2016 at 19:52.. |
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Very little. If you want to travel light, just take the 18-200 which is a great all round lens. This is what I use mostly. 18-200 is a great range. If you're going to get proper into photography, then a wider angle lens is worth considering later on down the field but I really wouldn't worry about it just yet.
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Just and addition to what the others have said about the two lenses. I would recommend using the 18-55mm for family gatherings etc, places where you wont need the distance, but speed of focus may be a factor. It will focus quicker especially in low light. The 18-200mm lenses may hunt through the full range before it locks. For landscapes etc with those particular lenses, you wont notice a great deal of difference between the two in quality, but the 18-200 will be more versatile.
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Thanks for your kind comments! I'm not anywhere near your skill level with photography!! The images you have taken are on a completely different level! I'm happy with my progress on macro, but want to improve really. Especially on the smaller bugs where I'm not getting the results I'd like. I think next will be a nice wide angle prime lens, so I can do landscape, architecture and dog portrait pictures. I was going to buy an Olympus similar to that one last year! The reason I didn't was I was told lenses were harder to find than that of Nikon and Canon. At the time, I was a complete novice and took the advice as gospel. I was going to then get a Nikon, but it was out of stock so went for the Canon, because I was too impatient to wait. All that said, I have played with Nikon and Olympus since and I have to say, the Canon is very easy to use. I couldn't get my head around either Nikon or Olympus. Canon is so easy to use. Congratulations on the new camera. Absolutely beautiful bit of kit. I can't wait to see your pictures! Are you on Flickr?
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I don't really know anything about mirror less cameras, but I can't wait to hear and see how you get on with yours. I've just looked at your Flickr profile. Some great pictures there. You seem to have three followers now.
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