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Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (Model A14E)

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  • Since the lens is designed exclusively for digital SLR photography, it provides high image quality in terms of resolution
  • It employs a new optical system designed to confine the changing angles of incidences of light rays reaching the imager over the entire image field.
  • Peripheral light fall-off is minimized when compared with that of conventional lenses
  • Complicated mechanisms are built in the compact body thanks to new mechanical artifices. The lens is a multi-purpose zoom lens,excellent portability
  • The Zoom Lock prevents unwanted barrel extension when carrying the lens/camera combination
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  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 4.1 x 4.1 inches ; 14.1 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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  • ASIN: B0007WK8MQ
  • Item model number: Canon AF
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (286 customer reviews)
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  • Date first available at Amazon.com: February 24, 2005

Product Description

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From the Manufacturer

Tamron's original development of proprietary core technologies such as Aspherical element production, Multiple Cam Mechanism and Integrated Focus Cam design lend to the creation of the world's lightest, most compact 11x zoom lens made for digital SLR cameras.
AF18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di II
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AF18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di II Highlights

Di II
Lenses are designed for exclusive use on digital cameras with smaller-size imagers and inherit all of the benefits of our Di products. These lenses are not designed for conventional cameras and digital cameras with image sensors larger than 24mm x 16mm.

Extra Refractive Index Glass (XR)
Tamron AF18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di II at Amazon.com
Special glass for better performance and more compact lens designs
Extra Refractive Index (XR) glass can bend light rays at steeper angles, thereby decreasing the physical length of the lens while enhancing imaging performance by minimizing optical aberrations. This has allowed Tamron to develop a line of shorter, smaller-diameter, lighter lenses without sacrificing lens speed, and actually upgrading image quality compared to older designs. XR glass is costlier than conventional glass but it yields enhanced optical power distribution, making possible many of the outstanding and innovative lens designs that bear the XR designation. XR glass, with its superior light-bending power, makes it possible to design a short-barrel lens with the same light-gathering ability (aperture value) as a long-barrel lens—even with a smaller lens diameter. By using this principle Tamron has been able to shorten the length of the entire optical system and produce lighter, more compact lenses of the same speed, and also to provide greater zoom ranges in lenses that are much more convenient to carry by hand.

Low Dispersion (LD)
Low dispersion (LD) glass elements in a lens help reduce chromatic aberration; the tendency of light of different colors to come to different points of focus at the image plane. Chromatic aberration reduces the sharpness of an image, but glass with an extremely lowdispersion index, has less of a tendency to separate (defract) a ray of light into a rainbow of colors. This characteristic allows the lens designer to effectively compensate for chromatic aberration at the center of the field (on axis), a particular problem at long focal lengths (the telephoto end of the zoom range), and for lateral chromatic aberration (towards the edges of the field) that often occurs at short focal lengths (the wide-angle end of the zoom range.)

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Low Dispersion (LD) Glass for Greater Lens Sharpness

Internal Focus (IF)
Internal focusing (IF) provides numerous practical benefits to photographers including a non-rotating front filter ring that facilitates the positioning of polarizing and graduated filters, and more predictable handling because the lens length does not change during focusing. Even more important, Tamron’s Internal Focusing (IF) system provides a much closer minimum focusing distance (MFD) throughout its entire focusing range. In addition, IF improves optical performance by minimizing illumination loss at the corners of the image field, and helps to suppress other aberrations that become more troublesome at different focusing positions.

Zoom Lock
Another original Tamron mechanical engineering concept is the Zoom Lock (ZL), a simple convenience feature that prevents undesired extension of the lens barrel when carrying the camera/lens unit on a neck strap.

Product Description

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
419 of 426 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good value - useful all-in-one lens August 9, 2005
Style Name:Canon
Like a baseball player with a decent batting average, some power, a little bit of speed and fairly good fielding ability, the Tamron 18-200 lens won't be an All-Star any time soon because it does not excel at any one thing. But, like that $500k/year utility infielder, this lens DOES provide a very good all-around value for what it is. Does it compare to a prime lens at either end? Heck, no. Is it a good lens to use when you can't carry a wide choice of lenses with you? Absolutely.

I've been using this lens on my 20D quite a bit and have only a few minor gripes: it tends to hunt for AF (especially as you get closer to 200mm), and it's not the quietest lens I've used.

An earlier reviewer mentioned that it maxed out at about 160mm. My own analysis shows that it is short of 200mm, but not by that large an extent; I found it much closer to 190. Still, there's no doubt that these zoom lenses with extreme ranges like this have a built-in fudge factor.

Another reviewer described the problems he encountered when using two screw-on filters. There aren't too many primes that I've used that will avoid vignetting when using two filters. Heck, my 10-22 can barely handle one extra-slim. As for darkening the image - well, you're adding two more pieces of glass to a highly-complex lens assembly... just asking for trouble.

As for the concern regarding blur at longer focal lengths, I highly recommend the use of a tripod. I noticed the exact same thing - blur and lack of sharpness - at lengths over 100mm. Keep the old rule of thumb in mind - if you're shooting handheld, your shutter speed should be no slower than the inverse of your focal length. A 200mm lens on a 20D (or Rebel XT for that matter), is an effective 320mm - I wouldn't recommend shooting any slower than 1/500 at max zoom with this lens - UNLESS you're using a tripod. When I mounted it firmly, I got great shots with no blur.

Keep in mind that you get what you pay for here: the convenience of a wide-angle, normal, and moderate telephoto lens in one piece. If you're shooting professionally, or need absolutely perfect images, then carry the three or four lenses that this would otherwise replace in your bag. But if you want one easy-to-use, satisfactory lens, go for this one. It's a jack-of-all-trades, ace-of-none kinda deal.
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139 of 141 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Never ceases to amaze June 27, 2006
By mcenut
Style Name:Canon
I have owned this lens for over a year now and it never ceases to amaze me when I see the photos it produces. Over this last year I have come to learn a thing or two about how to use this lens.

1) If you are going to shoot indoors, or in low light, with a long focal length (like 200mm) use a tripod or plenty of ambient light. This lens doesn't have a built in image stabilizer so you are going to steady the lens with the tripod or use a real fast shutter speed to minimize your hand jitter.

2) Use a smaller aperture. I have found that my best photos come from an aperture of 8.0 thru 16. These apertures aren't great for bokeh (background blur) but they sure do allow you to take razor sharp pictures.

Praise.

Focal range. With one lens you are able to take nice wide-angle shots (18mm) and with the twist of zoom ring you have a nice telephoto lens (200mm) Definitely a good walk around lens for the day at the botanical gardens, museum or amusement park.

Build quality. This lens gives you a nice solid feel in your hands. Give it a shake and it doesn't make a sound. The zoom and focus rings move smoothly without being sloppy. With a lens this well built you would expect it to be heavy. Not so with this lens, it's quite light (which is something you really appreciate after a long day of carrying it around.)

Minimal chromatic aberrations. The lens' three hybrid aspherical elements and two low dispersion glass elements correct for almost all lateral and on-axis aberrations making most of your images optically clear.

Size. At it's lowest focal length (18mm) the lens is small enough to fit into a mid size top loading camera bag while still attached to the camera body.

Complaint?

Well yes, I do have one minor complaint about the lens. Auto focus is slow. How slow? Well let's just say you won't want to try and photograph a two year old on the move. I have found that I can keep fast moving objects in better focus by switching to manual.
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130 of 135 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great all use lens April 20, 2005
Style Name:Canon
I recently purchased this lens for use on my Canon 20D. I was never happy with the lens that came with the camera. I've been very happy with this lens.

Pros:

- Quality construction. The lens doesn't feel cheap.

- Zoom range of this lens is fantastic.

- Image quality is great.

- Internal focusing makes using filters and hoods a piece of cake

- Zoom lock is nice so the zoom ring doesn't turn while stored or carried.

- Price. For the money this lens will give you a lot of bang for the buck.

Con:

- Auto focusing is a bit slow for a moving subject.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars OMG NASTY
Could not get a good pic with this thing unless turning off the AF. Whats the point of that? The kit lens was better by a long shot.
Published 1 day ago by J. Pickett
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Nice Lense
I have really enjoyed using this lens on my Nikon D3100. I have taken at least 200 pictures with it thus far and mostly all have been great. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Don D.
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent for the price
this is a great walkaround lens with an exceptional range for the price. it seems very sturdy and I had no problem with the focusing noise others have complained about. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Sean Reynolds
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Product but
I loved this lens. It's sharp and takes great pictures. The only issue that I have with it is that it can be a little slow to auto focus. I use it on a Sony a65. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Bryan
4.0 out of 5 stars as advertised
This is a great walk around lens. I rarely print anything bigger than 8x10 so the issue of sharpness most reviewers bring up is for me a non-issue. Read more
Published 7 days ago by al R
4.0 out of 5 stars VC is most important on this lens
I really like this lens, but decided to sring for the extra and send it back and add more $ and get the VC. It is a very sharp lens though.
Published 7 days ago by D. T. Botello
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
This was recommended by a someone. Took me some practice sessions to use it. Got some great pictures that I could not get with my 55mm lense.
Published 8 days ago by James G Raschka
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice upgrade from the kit lens
Like most people, it only took me about 2 days after buying my first DSLR to realize that the kit lens was not nearly long enough. This lens took me from 18-55 to 18-200. Read more
Published 10 days ago by S. James
5.0 out of 5 stars Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro Zoom...
I am a novice DSLR user. I bought my camera used because it was affordable and I didn't want to invest the money in a new camera to find out I didn't really want the DSLR. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Val Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great allround lens.
Fast, accurate and really easy to use. It feels solid and well built.
Photos with emphasis in depth of field are really sharp
The zoom ring turns smoothly. Read more
Published 13 days ago by rtarres
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