Lens Testing - Nikon 18-200vr - page 5
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.
Gran Caneria, Spain<br>October 15, 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 24mm,  ISO 200
Gran Caneria, Spain
October 15, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F10,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/400, focal length 24mm, ISO 200
Gran Caneria, Spain<br>October 18, 2008<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F5.6,<br>NIKON D80,<br>shutter speed 1/80, focal length 200mm,  ISO 100
Gran Caneria, Spain
October 18, 2008
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F5.6,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/80, focal length 200mm, ISO 100
Juneau, Alaska<br>July 13, 2009<br>AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F4.5,<br>NIKON D80,<br>shutter speed 1/80, focal length 40mm,  ISO 250
Juneau, Alaska
July 13, 2009
AF VR Zoom 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED, Aperture: F4.5,
NIKON D80,
shutter speed 1/80, focal length 40mm, ISO 250