Lens Testing - Nikon 18-200vr - page 3
Everyone says the 18-200vr is a good travel lens. A jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none. It is really handy for travel because it is light, has an enormous focal range, has VR, is pretty flare-resistant, and can focus close. But is it sharp enough? Rather than shoot a subject at different apertures I thought I would just post a bunch of travel snapshots taken (mostly) with the 18-200vr. There are two shots of the same subject taken with other lenses that may be useful for comparison - you find them.

Most of these images have had almost no post-processing. No levels, no sharpening, no contrast added. A few had the horizon straightened, and all have been resized (and the auto-distortion option checked) in Capture NX2.and Photo Mechanic. The full-size originals do not look as sharp as the downsized versions.
Oak Ridge, Roatan<br>January 30, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F6.3,<br>NIKON D300,<br>shutter speed 1/160, focal length 18mm, ISO 400
Oak Ridge, Roatan
January 30, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F6.3,
NIKON D300,
shutter speed 1/160, focal length 18mm, ISO 400 		Sherman's Iguana Farm, Roatan<br>January 30, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F9,<br>NIKON D300,<br>shutter speed 1/320, focal length 120mm, ISO 640
Sherman's Iguana Farm, Roatan
January 30, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F9,
NIKON D300,
shutter speed 1/320, focal length 120mm, ISO 640 		Punta Gorda, Roatan<br>January 30, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F9,<br>NIKON D300,<br>shutter speed 1/320, focal length 44mm, ISO 400
Punta Gorda, Roatan
January 30, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F9,
NIKON D300,
shutter speed 1/320, focal length 44mm, ISO 400
West End, Roatan<br>February 1, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F8,<br>NIKON D300,<br>shutter speed 1/160, focal length 170mm, ISO 400
West End, Roatan
February 1, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F8,
NIKON D300,
shutter speed 1/160, focal length 170mm, ISO 400 		The Casbah, Tangier, Morocco<br>October 8, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F6.3,<br>NIKON D80,<br>shutter speed 1/160, focal length 18mm, ISO 200
The Casbah, Tangier, Morocco
October 8, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F6.3,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/160, focal length 18mm, ISO 200 		somewhere in Spain<br>October 9, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F5,<br>NIKON D80,<br>shutter speed 1/250, focal length 62mm, ISO 200
somewhere in Spain
October 9, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F5,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/250, focal length 62mm, ISO 200
Seville, Spain<br>October 10, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F9,<br>NIKON D80,<br>shutter speed 1/320, focal length 18mm, ISO 200
Seville, Spain
October 10, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F9,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/320, focal length 18mm, ISO 200 		Seville, Spain<br>October 10, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F10,<br>NIKON D80,<br>shutter speed 1/400, focal length 26mm, ISO 200
Seville, Spain
October 10, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F10,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/400, focal length 26mm, ISO 200 		Seville, Spain<br>October 10, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F5.6,<br>NIKON D80,<br>shutter speed 1/1000, focal length 200mm, ISO 200
Seville, Spain
October 10, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F5.6,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/1000, focal length 200mm, ISO 200