nwdiver, when you say 'crank' the lens do you mean attempt to use it at its maximum focal length? If you are using it on P (Nikon mode) besides auto, and watch the shutter speed, does it still produce sharp images? It sounds like people are unaware of shutter speed being too low? Thanks.
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joegoozey
personally i wouldn't blame the lens - but the operator ... Google Gary Ardnt - the majority of his photos' were taken with the 18-200 vr - and he just started taking pictures 5 years ago ...
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nwdiver
Yes it's operator error, many people don’t understand the relationship between aperture and shutter speed and ISO, at the “cranked out” end of the 18-200mm on a Nikon DX camera it is a 350mm, which must be shot at a shutter speed of 350 or faster, it often isn’t, especially when at 18mm end 60 or 90 is fine. Someone has the camera at 90 and cranks it out to 350mm without changing the shutter speed, not even the best can hand hold a 350 at 90, even with VR systems.
I always shoot on A as I control my depth of field and everything else follows, this is a holdover from film, but now we can change ISO shot to shot, but still I shoot on A.
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