Canon EF-S 18-55mm versus Sigma 18-200mm lens test images.
Parameters: P mode, 1/60s, flash, ISO100.
Images are unprocessed 100% crops of the original images.
It could be that I have meesed the first kit lens shot (@18mm) :o).
In the toy scene focus point were set on the cat's nose.
In the magazine shots (Practical photography btw.)
focus point were set on the frog's mouth.
Magazine were placed under the angle to the lens axis.