It's a good lens from the price, but not terribly sharp upon closer inspection. This is one of Sigma's older pre-Global Vision designs. However, it's a good starter telephoto zoom lens for a student or beginning photographer.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Durable; Good Color Value; Powerful

A little heavy; A little slow

Great overall lens for the price. Came with a cover and a case. Due to the f-speed you must keep this lens very still to maintain a clear photo. A tripod would work best but a steady hand has sufficed this far. Great lens.

It is a good lens, there is no option Vibration Reduction on the lens but It is a problem that we can resolve with a tripod.

Durable; Strong Construction

Vibration Reduction

I'm a bit of a novice, got the D90,love the camera, dud. Lot of searching and came across this lense,tried it out today, from a novice point of view,it has done the job ell,used manual focus at first,then went auto.I'm very pleased with the results,,oh,and was a great price too,it feels substantial...

I bought this lens with a specific purpose in mind - photographing model aircraft in flight. I had previously used a Canon 80-200 mm which I found a bit too limiting at the long end of the range - an excellent lens, but not quite right for the job. The Sigma came with its own lenshood and case.

Good value for money; versatile

No image stabilisation

It is not an L series lens that I cannot afford yet and it is not as powerful for birds as I had hoped. However,it is well constructed, it has very good glass, it takes pictures that I can be proud of over a decent focal range, it extends me past my Canon 28-135mm (which I adore), and with enough...

Jag tycker att denna produkt håller bra klass, och är prisvärd. Objektivet är skönt att hålla i och man får bra grepp. Produkten har hållt än så länge i alla fall, jag har haft den i ca. 9 månader. Bra val om du vill fota både macro och landskap, men inte har råd att köpa 2 objektiv.

Man kan använda denna som både ett zoom och ett macro, och det är inte speciellt tungt heller; Blir skarpa bilder, kan bli lite skakiga om man har längre slutartid, men oftast har man ju ett stativ när man fotar närbilder och landskap som detta objektiv passar bra till.

Har inte inbyggd bildstabilisator, vilket vissa kan tycka är lite dumt, men jag tycker det funkar mycket bra utan; Om man ska fota macro är närgränsen lite störande eftersom den är på 1.5 meter.

I bought this for my first DSLR camera and following a brilliant bridge camera with a good focal range, I wanted to be able to have that same flexibility with a DSLR - this lens does as much - it actually goes beyond the focal range of my bridge camera.

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I love this lens, it works better than the lens that came with my camera. Sharp focus, and almost instantaneous response make it a true winner.

Sharp Focus Well Designe; Works Well With The Camer; Focuses Swiftly