I have many very expensive lenses but I bought this one because I was going on a trip and I needed a lens that I didn't care if it broke. I'm very pleasantly surprised by this lens for one reason: the stabilization is damn good. First, the images themselves are pretty soft and the colors aren't great, but that's to be expected from a budget lens. I give 5 stars only for the stabilization. Holy cow is good. I was concerned that the small aperture would make this lens terrible in low light, but with VC enabled, I'm not kidding, I can hold a photo at a shutter speed of 2 seconds or more if I'm still. I can't do that with any of my expensive Canon glasses.