Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 26 August, 2008: Canon today strengthens its EF-S series of lenses with the launch of a versatile new model: the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. With an equivalent focal length of 29-320mm, the lens offers an 11x zoom range – making it a powerful, lightweight alternative to carrying multiple lenses. The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is designed exclusively for use with EOS cameras featuring an EF-S lens mount – including the new EOS 50D, EOS 1000D, EOS 450D, and earlier models.
High quality optics
The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS features a 16 element, 12 group construction. This includes UD and aspherical lens elements, which minimise chromatic aberration and ensure crisp, corner-to-corner detail across the zoom range. A close focusing distance of just 45cm offers photographers total framing flexibility.
4-stop Image Stabilizer
A Canon 4-stop optical Image Stabilizer – specially designed for the lens’ specific focal length range - works to counteract image blur that can occur when shooting handheld, or at slow shutter speeds. Automatic panning detection ensures effective performance when tracking moving subjects. Plus, because the IS system is based in the lens, results are visible through the viewfinder during framing.
No flare or ghosting
Reflection off a digital camera’s image sensor can cause flare and ghosting. To suppress this, the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS uses optics treated with Canon’s patented Super Spectra coatings – for crisp, undistorted images with natural colour balance.
p.1 #7 · Official: new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
16 elements, 12 groups, it looks like the same design as the Nikon, which is apparently the best of the 18-200 equivalents (Sigma/Tamron have different designs). Too bad the BQ and AF are not better.
p.1 #9 · Official: new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
What is Canon doing? I'll reserve full judgment for when I see it proper, but the it looks like an extended 18-55 Is.
The build doesn't look solid, no USM, and it's not exactly cheap. I'll assume the image quality is going to be great to make up for it. The Nikkor is not perfect, but it definitely the best of the lot (Sigma/ Tamron). Hope this one is even better than these.
p.1 #10 · Official: new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
Agreed if its going to be 700us thats too much. unless its a big step up in IQ then its biggest competion is the IS kit lens and the 55-250 IS as a pair
p.1 #12 · Official: new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
So what did you expect? Come on, this lens is targeted to the audience that want D-SLR but a one lens for all solution. Not for the real enthusiast like us. It's compact budget solution with great features (man, 5 years back I would have paid $2000 for a lens with this range and 4 stops IS!). It's gonna give a lot of people lot's of nice pictures, like it's the real EOSfun. Be happy, we're now able to add that travel lens in our glass collection, and for the real work we put on our primes or L-zooms. Have EOSfun!
p.1 #14 · Official: new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
eosfun wrote:
So what did you expect? Come on, this lens is targeted to the audience that want D-SLR but a one lens for all solution. Not for the real enthusiast like us. It's compact budget solution with great features (man, 5 years back I would have paid $2000 for a lens with this range and 4 stops IS!). It's gonna give a lot of people lot's of nice pictures, like it's the real EOSfun. Be happy, we're now able to add that travel lens in our glass collection, and for the real work we put on our primes or L-zooms. Have EOSfun!...Show more →
Do you know the introduction price here in the Netherlands?
p.1 #17 · Official: new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
gowhow wrote:
What I don't understand is why develop lenses that are dedicated to crop cameras and then label them with FF Focal lengths?
This is not useable on anything other than a Canon 1.6x crop camera right?
So why not market it as a 29-320mm lens?
I'm sure there is an obvious reason that will make me wish I not asked this.....
Because the are still that focal length eg 18-200 and not 29-320 and to say otherwise is a missrepresentation .
Olympus markets heavily using the cropped conversion to intimated that zoom to 250 is actually a 500, but its still actually a 250 with all the DOF that gives
p.1 #20 · Official: new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
gowhow wrote:
What I don't understand is why develop lenses that are dedicated to crop cameras and then label them with FF Focal lengths?
This is not useable on anything other than a Canon 1.6x crop camera right?
So why not market it as a 29-320mm lens?
I'm sure there is an obvious reason that will make me wish I not asked this.....
Probably for the same reason cameras like the small compact point and shoots say they have a 28mm equiv lens when it's really about 6mm (or something like that).
