This lens is my first love. It was with him that my acquaintance with the world of telephoto began. It had to be sold in order to switch to 70-300 VR - it is devoid of all the shortcomings of 55-300. But after 3 years, I was so tormented by nostalgia for its colors and tactile sensations that I bought it again! Unlike the hard, sharp, fast and cold 70-300VR, the 55-300 is a very creative soft-focus telephoto more suited to nature photography than dry industrial reporting.