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NFG · 10-18-2008

I never found the VR to provide a noticable benefit. Even if you do, you might want to consider the Tamrom purely for the contrast and colour. It's possible my lens was soft, but the colour on the 18-200 was never agreeable. It was hard enough shooting with the D70s and its rather dull rendering of colours, but the results from the Tamron made me think it came with a new sensor. =D

Here are a few samples from a recent trip to Japan/Korea. They're un-tweaked, converted to JPG en-masse using whatever defaults the FastStone viewer uses.

Korean food vendor at night (18mm)

Passing Train (48mm)

Girl & Flowers (80mm)

Akihabara crowd shot (100mm)

Japanese girl (250mm)

10-18-2008	#20 (permalink)
NFG Vicuna Location: Brisbane.au Posts: 206 CamelKarma: 52 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Nikon 18-200 VR...Any one using it? I never found the VR to provide a noticable benefit. Even if you do, you might want to consider the Tamrom purely for the contrast and colour. It's possible my lens was soft, but the colour on the 18-200 was never agreeable. It was hard enough shooting with the D70s and its rather dull rendering of colours, but the results from the Tamron made me think it came with a new sensor. =D Here are a few samples from a recent trip to Japan/Korea. They're un-tweaked, converted to JPG en-masse using whatever defaults the FastStone viewer uses. Korean food vendor at night (18mm) Passing Train (48mm) Girl & Flowers (80mm) Akihabara crowd shot (100mm) Japanese girl (250mm)
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