Rattfink,
excellent choice, you will be very happy with this lens
If it's the cheap 18-55mm stock lens then you can leave it and preferably get rid of it altogether. However, don't get too comfortable with the 18-200mm alone - it's a nice lens, but the zoom range also requires alot of compromises. My Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 lens is better within it's range than the 18-200, albeit the stabilizer helps alot without support, even though the 18-200mm is 1-2 steps slower. A fast and good lens from 16-75mm range would be a good addition to the lens collection, when you don't need to zoom so far. Makes up for much better portrait and event lens than the 18-200mm.
heh, where to start...........
I bet cheap 50 mm f1.8 110$ lens is much better within range of your tamron and beat a crap out of quality of your 400$ tamron.
Can you compare your tamron to nikon 28-70 and 24-70 F2.8............
But as for compassion to 18-200 you CANT go wide and you cant go telephoto, and all you can get is better sharpness and nice shallow DOF under f3.5.........
Also how your back/front focusing??? ;-)
More. I bet my tamron is longer then yours.........
Why you mess with him?
Different lenses different purposes
18-200 is perfect walk around multi purpose lens with very good quality for the price. Its Nikon Classic lens.
jollyFE,
First read manual and field guide, then you can start reading and asking for tips here.
Its useful and nice photo community, as usual use "search " there before you ask, cuz i bet 99% of your question was already answered several times.
http://photocamel.com/forum/I bet there is some sort of photo meet up group in your region. You can search for photobuddies living next to you on flickr.
But most important you have to go outside and take pictures
