With the 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC lens, Tamron has taken the opportunity to add their VC (Vibration Compensation) for Canon and Nikon users, in a package that has an impressively low price. Let's find out if this new lens is up to the mark, despite its modest cost.

Impressive central sharpness; Effective and silent AF; Good VC system; Very low central CA; Good flare resistance; Excellent value for money

Lower edge sharpness; CA at edges

While there's certainly an element of truth to this, it overlooks one fundamental advantage – that you can cover a huge range of subjects without having to change lenses between shots. If you're out on your own, taking your time, this is no big deal.

Bought this in a kit (can no longer see on site) and sooooo glad I did, great little all round lense saves me the hassle of carrying multiple lenses around. Compact, great quality! Very happy.

Covering Focal Lengths from 18 to 200mm, this compact zoom can take great shots in a myriad of situations

In Order to get acceptable image quality in most focal leght, you have to stop down between f/8 to f/11, That's Quite Dark for such a tiny apeture, it would be nightmare for low light or indoor, but if you shooting in midday, you would be fine, that's typical superzoom lens.

Outstanding Low Price for Superzoom Good VC for 200mm; Acceptable Central Sharpness; Robust Build Quality; 5 Years Warranty; NO Zoom Creep; Fairly lightweight for Superzoom lens; Smooth Looking bokeh in 200mm

Autofocus mecanishm is dated; Poor Edge Sharpness; VC could be jerky; Imprecise manual focus (30 Degree); The Zoom Ring resistance little bit strong to pull off; Unimpressive Close up Image Quality; Macro Magnification is Not Great; C

If there's one kind of lens that tends to get a bad press, it's the all-in-one ‘superzoom'. Conventional wisdom states that zooms with a 3x range can be optically excellent, and 4x can still be very good, but extend that to 10x or more and the compromises become too great.