I purchased this lens as I have been wanting one for a while now and have been extremely happy with it. I am yet to find anything that I am not happy with. Love the ease of use and the results I have achieved since purchasing this lens.

Throughout the whole process of ordering this lens and waiting for arrival I was kept up to date about progress. I received very friendly and excellent customer service and the price was very competitive. I am happy to recommend this company and will shop here again.

I was looking for a macro lens and planning for Canon 100mm Macro lens but that was going out of my budget so I started surfing multiple photography websites to find any other macro lens, comparable to Canon 100mm macro but with lower price tag.

I found this lens to work very well on my Nikon D750. It focuses much faster than my Nikon lens some of this might be attributed to the different type of lens. This one is a prime lens or single focal length while the Nikon lens (28-300) is a extended range zoom.

What an amazing lens. If you think that you need canon or Nikon just because they are the same brand as your camera, this lens is on their level! It is an absolute wonder to work with, actually it's become more fun than work. Smooth, fast. VC is nice.

As others have said, very very sharp, high contrast images, fast auto focus if a bit noisy , well built , i'd recommend a filter as you tend to forget how close your getting to the subject, 5 year warranty

Perfect for macro photography and portaiture. USD and VC features are great.

Beautiful blur.

Heard that more expensive glass makes a difference - in this case true.

Super crisp and clear images; Amazing macro lens, even with hand held situations

Somewhat noisy auto-focus(minor issue)

These were the pre-purchase reasons I personally decided to buy this lens: · I wanted a lens with good close focusing ability. · It was well priced when compared with the Sigma AF 105mm F2.8 EX Macro, around 1/3 cheaper.

F2.8; 1:1 Macro; Protrait suitability

Lens extends when focusing; Fousing ring does not disengage AF on Pentax *istD until you switch AF off on body