Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6 G ED vs. AF 50 mm 1:1.8 D ( Amateur Test )

I am really tired of switching lenses. So I went out today and bought this Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6 G ED from a nice lady photographer. After a few test shots, I am very impressed by its performance. So I decided to compare its image quality against my nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D prime lens.

Although it's not very fair to compare a prime lens and a zoom lens, it's fun to see the results. Test images were shoot at different ISOs with the same fixed manual settings on my D200. Since I am an amateur, I forgot my prime lens wasn't DX format, and shot with 18-200mm also at 50mm. This made the image frame sizes not match exactly :( But it's good enough for an amateur.

Here are the results: 50mm definitely has much better bokeh ( isn't shown in the comparison image ), but the sharpness and details from 18-200 is as good as the prime lens. Of course in this comparison, I set the aperture of both lenses to 1:5, otherwise, the prime lens will have better image result. In general, I am very happy that I bought this lens.

Photos taken in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 2006

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

This was the first stop when we visit Czech Republic in 2006. We almost lost when we arrived, and we ended up asking for help to find where our hotel was. Later on we found German is sometimes more useful than English in this little spa city. My guess was there are a lot German Tourist, and its historical relationship with Germans since early 20th century.

Photos shot in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 2006

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

This is the first batch of re-post-processed photos I shot in Europe. Cesky Krumlov is a lovely town. We stayed there for a few days in 2006, and it's been so far the greatest travelling experience we had in Europe. My wife kept saying to me that we should re-visit it and stay a bit longer.