The most versatile camera lens that I use is undoubtedly Nikon's 18-200mm VR II - its impressive range lets me take both wide angle landscape shots and telephoto wildlife close-ups with just one turn of the barrel. Of course, versatility doesn't come cheap in the world of SLR photography, and the 18-200 VR II has a current Amazon price of £619. The 18-200mm VR is compatible with the majority of Nikon's DSLR cameras, and has a maximum aperture of f3.5 - f5.6. In terms of the macro performance, the 18-200 is surprisingly acceptable - i've found that you can focus in as close as 30mm - this may sound like quite a distance if you're comparing it to a compact ...  Read the complete review

I received this lens as a birthday present shortly after buying the Nikon D300 (see my other reviews for my take on the D3000), and at the time it was £100 second hand. So down to business: The 55-200mm lens is a great lens that has delivered well for me so far, I have been impressed by it's quite large focal range and it's number of f-stops (I have gone as low as 3.5 in good light). The lens can be a little heavy at times (especially when attached to the main camera body) and I would probably recommend using a tripod with this lens because of the lack of Vr on the lens. I have taken pictures with the lens without a tripod that have come out well, but where ...  Read the complete review

This is a new lens from Nikon, recently announced, although saying that it's actually almost identical to the 'old' 18-200VR, so what is the point of it I hear you cry! Well, the boast of this lens is that it uses the VRII vibration reduction system, which allows you to hand hold up to 4 stops slower than you would without it, although this always depends on how steady your hands are. However, the old lens I also used VRII, and there have been no changes to the lens elements either, but then this lens was really great to start with so I assume they couldn't really improve it! So are there any differences? Yes there are, but are these that ...  Read the complete review