You should be knowing that 18-55 is tagged as bad lens when compared with 18-140.morever, would you prefer having multiple lens like 18-55, 55-200 etc in your kit and then change them now and then for varied shots? this sounds really stupid as most likely you are not a pro who carries primes and zooms and macros separetly.it gives a decent bokeh and manual focus is pretty good.images are sharp and well exposed.