From the day I first brought mine home and stuck it on the camera it has been one of my top favorite lenses. So great for sitting in the middle of a flower bed communing with the flowers and exploring their innermost secrets.....so great for setting up something on my dining table and shooting away for a macro or tabletop photography project....so great for quickly snapping candids of people, too. A wonderful little lens! Handholdable but happy on the tripod, too.....