- the focus range encompasses everything that is required as well as everything that is not required; The stabilizer performs really well, and it is able to neutralize exactly the hand tremor at 300mm; The picture quality at this price is superior than that of the 55-200 and the 18-200; the bayonet is made of metal, and the trunk does not open when it is supported by its own weight.
- 58 millimeters in diameter for the thread on the light filter; slow focus; rotation and extension of the front lens while focusing; and a little amount of backlash on the focusing ring during autofocus.