Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

Best lens when used with my E-520.By replacing my 14-42 & my 40-150 I have less to carry around

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

This has become my main lens.

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

This made in Japan lens seems sturdy and well built. Not great in low light but I use it indoors with the FL50R flash and that makes up for it. It will be the perfect lens for going to the zoo or a nice hike in the woods as the need to change lenses will be eliminated or minimized. I'll couple this with my Olympus 9-18mm lens for scenic shooting of landscapes. This is the perfect walk-around lens on a nice clear day.

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

this lens is sharp from the get-go &performs all the way through

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

I have had success taking daytime football action shots. Good inside high school assembly shots. Therefore, I am very satisfied and happy with the lens as well as the camera.

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

I use this lens on my E-510, and it has taken many sharp and crisp color shots! I'm still a beginner in photography, but I have an eye for what I want to capture, and this lens has helped me achieved that. I was either going to choose this or the 70-300mm, but for me I love that I can keep it at 18mm and use it for group shots and portraits.
The main pros are: lightweight, strong feel, and a great construction to it.
The only con I found was that the auto focus can sometimes be slow, but other than that, its an excellent lens!
I am far more than just satisfied with this lens!

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

This lens replaces, and exceeds, the two kit lenses combined. Absolutely worth the money!

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

This is the lens I keep on my camera most of the time. I like the range of zoom, and it is a convenient general purpose zoom lens.

My biggest complaint would be that at high zoom, the focus gets very soft around the edges of the image. It almost looks like you have a weak filter on it to soften the edges. The center of the image still focuses clearly, and there have been many shots I couldn't have gotten without the 360mm (35mm equivalent) focal length.

It also is a little slow to focus sometimes, but it doesn't seem much worse than one would expect from a zoom with this much range and being no brighter than it is (f3.5-6.3) Also, I should note that it quickly advances through it's aperture. The f3.5 is only good at the VERY low end of the zoom range. It seems to lose f stops much quicker through the zoom range than the lens mentioned below, though I haven't closely tested this.

I would recommend this as a good 1st or 2nd lens, not for a high end lens, though.

If you don't need the added zoom, though, and if you generally stick to autofocus (due to the Olympus' proper af+m ability without using a switch on the lens for manual focus), you might want to look into the Sigma 18-125mm f3.5-5.6 lens.

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

I have used this lens for nature photographs at home and this is my first trip with the lens and so far have found it to be a joy to use

Comments about Olympus Olympus Zuiko 18mm - 180mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ Digital Zoom Lens for the E Digital SLR System.:

Fine detail. Autofocus is a bit slow when used on the E-300.