I didn’t realize this when I bought it but this lens does not fit the Canon 10D. I don’t understand why a company like Canon (and others) sell high end products and then make lens that don’t fit!!
Rating: 1 / 5

Not knowing what to expect really from a lens in this day and age, you would think they would have it down to a science by now, but the Canon EF-S 18-200 IS telephoto lens seems to be acceptable, as part of a package with my Canon EOS Digital 50D, oh what a deal I thought here on Amazon! As all prior review’s behind me state here, performance beyond the norm of both entities, only one thing I haven’t read, please join me if you experience this as well.

For either I am one of a handful, or this just hasn’t come out in the public’s eye, but this lens although it seems keep up to Canon performance and reputation, the fact in this so-called “lens creep” issue, if you haven’t heard, being that this particular lens cannot hold it’s position beyond 70mm and slides out to full 200mm downward extension on vertical aspect making a macroshot out of the question, and slams down on upward vertical back down to 50mm if the lens is extended upward aspect. Of course, unless you manually reach under the lens and engage a manual lens lock? Is this lens “defective” or can one say “typical”? As the is potentially smelling of seemingly some “quality control issue”. Or was it Canon was just not putting it’s heart into a multi-focal lens rat race at it’s attempt at keeping up with the Joneses. Is it NORMAL in a telphoto lens to slip like this? Please share! And as well to really deem it in a “Travel Lens” category, this is not a multi-use lens, but just a packaged OEM lens there schloffing off, as to dump on unsuspecting patrons who just want versatility? I mean I could have saved some major $$$ and went Sigma, but I chose the honorable Canon….mistake? This should not be brushed under the rug.

I found out the hard way, making fruitless atempts at tech support (just babble) to address this “Lens Creep” experience has proved to be a simple brush-off from Canon with this issue. As my recent Canon warranty factory repair attempts have proven. Attempts to correct this on my newly purchased lens was jockyed back literally overnight as being “NORMAL WHEN LENS IS NOT LOCKED”. The funny thing was, my “Screening” at the Canon Factory Service Center Reception desk, the young assertive female representative at the Intake Portal or “Reception” seemed astute and genuinely concerned that my claims were valid and wrote me up a repair order. And this only after my careful demonstration, she seemed to agree, yes there was a problem here. But the Canon backlot at this Canon Facility, in the repair facilty, unfortunately didn’t share her or my own’s claims of there was any form of malfunction with this lens or deviation from the norm. Even though at my taking a day off, and to walk-in at this Canon’s Repair Facility, and as they put me through the motions of being concerned, they ended up with my lens just being returned, in two days!!, And at that, with it performing even worse than before it went in, no exageration only exasperation here. It literally slams in and out with no sort of resistance.

As Canon isn’t talking or putting anything in the way of admission of guilt here obviously, they deny anything wrong with a telephoto lens that slips or even slams in and out as one attempts to photograph wildlife, birds, plant, etc. I find this unacceptable, that a lens promoted such as this should not have position slip like this, or am I CrAZy…?

Please join in….voice your opinion please, without the arrogance or techno-babble thanx?
Rating: 2 / 5

This is a great lens, you don’t need any other lens because this one can fill your expectations.
Rating: 5 / 5