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The Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor was provided in Nov 2005, and easily became a much sought-after relationships for the Nikon shooter's armoury. With its considerably useful 11.1x main length broad variety, 'silent wave' concentrating, and Nikon's second growth move reduce program to fight trembling picture digital photographic camera, this relationships is designed to be the greatest single-lens 'walkaround' solution, which digital digital cameras lovers who wish to trip light can generally keep on the picture digital photographic camera all the time.

Of course the all-in-one 'superzoom' idea isn't new; the first such relationships was Tokina's 35-200mm from 1982, but beginning designs were being affected by extreme sizing, inadequate noticeable amazing, and unacceptably long smallest focus differs. Indeed it wasn't until the mid-1990s that companies Sigma and Tamron provided truly genuine superzooms which considerably overrode these problems, and provided appropriate amazing across the broad variety (for the informal holiday digital cameras at least). Since then, the quick success of computer-aided relationships style has led to ongoing upgrades in noticeable amazing and upgrades in zoom capability ability capability differs, while reducing relationships designs still further, developing the superzoom idea more eye-catching than ever before.

However much of the beginning snobbery around superzooms as low amazing 'snapshot' relationships still goes on, and perhaps as a result the significant picture digital photographic camera producers have obviously been hesitant to add them to their own relationships differs. This makes the Nikon 18-200mm a quite unique monster, as a superzoom designed in-house by a significant player, and such as all their most impressive engineering and know-how. So does this relationships finally enhance the superzoom into the big list of relationships which 'serious' digital digital cameras lovers should be pleased to own and use, or is it still a bad compromise? Research on to find out.

Headline features

• 27-300mm equivalent focal length range; F3.5-5.6 maximum aperture
• VR II optical Vibration Reduction � 4 stops 
• Compact Silent Wave focusing with M/A for rapid switching between auto and manual focus
• F mount for Nikon DX dSLRS only

Angle of view

The pictures below illustrate the focal length range from wide to telephoto. The 18-200mm appears to be just slightly wider at 18mm than the 18-55mm VR.

18mm (27mm equivalent)	200mm (300mm equivalent)

Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR DX specifications

Street price	� US: $680 � UK: �450
Date introduced	November 2005
Maximum format size	DX
Focal length	18-200mm
35mm equivalent focal length(APS-C)	27-300mm
Diagonal Angle of view (APS-C)	78� - 8�
Maximum aperture	F3.5-5.6
Minimum aperture	F22-36
Lens Construction	� 16 elements/12 groups � 2 ED glass elements, 3 aspherical elements
Number of diaphragm blades	7, rounded
Minimum focus	0.5m
Maximum magnification	not specified
AF motor type	� Compact silent-wave motor � M/A mode for rapid switching between Auto and Manual focus
Focus method	Internal
Image stabilization	� VR II, 4 stops � Auto panning detection � 'Active mode' for shooting from moving vehicles (no panning)
Filter thread	� 72mm � Does not rotate on focus
Supplied accessories	� Front and rear caps � Lens Hood HB-35 � Soft Case CL-1018
Optional accessories	72mm filters
Weight	560 g (19.8 oz)
Dimensions	77 mm diameter x 96.5 mm length (3.0 x 3.8 in)
Lens Mount	Nikon F only
Other	Distance information output to camera body

* Supplied accessories may differ in each country or area

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