Nikon 18-200 F3.5-5.6 VR 2 Demonstration / Review

[crcc23]

Nice Video! I have a question...

Do you hear the sound of the VR engaging and disengaging she you half press the shutter?

I found that my copy sounds pretty loud in comparison to my 18-105 lens the I can bearly hear.

Thanks

[bastian74]

@crcc23 Mostly I can hear (and feel) the click as it engages and disengages. If I listen carefully I can hear the chatter of it adjusting the lens

[alwonner62]

thank you so much for those explanations. Really instructive.

[cindyjosef]

very well presented - simple yet effective comparisons of the VR's capabilities as compared to other reviews here on youtube ! thanks bastian74 :)

[110B557]

I sure appreciate your videos. You are a natural teacher...short, sweet and clear.

[ny1fanta]

Nice! but whats the big difference between VR I and VR II, btw is that D300 ur holding?

[bastian74]

@ny1fanta VR 1 doesn't hold as still and is not as effective. I can shoot longer exposures with my 18-200 VR2 at f 5.6 than I can with my 80-200 VR1 at 2.8!!!

[elvispavarotti]

@bastian74  the vr II is the same vr as the VR I the only diffirence is the lock at 18mm

[bastian74]

@elvispavarotti I would like to test that out. The VR-II on my 18-200 is far better than the VR-1 on my 70-200. I can frequently get 1/4 second @ 200mm crystal clear on my 18-200 and on the 70-200 I only have luck to about 1/10th of a second.

[elvispavarotti]

@bastian74 this is because the 70-200mm is really a VR 1 and has more ED element but the so called 'VR I' in 18-200mm VR is already the same VR as in the second version. I had this lens for about a year and it was good for wedding photography and good as an allround lens, but optically it's not that sharp as the 70-200 or 24-70 which are the sharpest from nikon along with 35mm, 50mm and 14-24 mm. It's a good allround lens but optically it's not especially sharp and very soft from 120-140mm. :)

[mbglobetrotter]

very interesting.. thank you

[bbruno00]

great review!

[mucalinda]

excellent review

[ikman05]

awesome review man..hell yeah.

now i know how this VR things actually work like. no wonder nikons user always got a less blurred image when using slow shutter speed.

like me, i'm using sony alpha.

the supersteadyshot feature on its body was like the worst technology to reduce "ghost" effects when playing with slow shutter speed.

the worst low light performance also.

haha.

[kenguru22]

I've viewed a number of your D300 demos and they are truly excellent. They improve significantly on the manual.

[SynthesizedLife]

Great demonstration! Really backs up the VR. I had a Canon lens with an IS and I didn't think it worked that well so I was debating getting a VR lens from Nikon but this is clearly a better IS/VR than what I had with my Canon lens.