Great for wild life photographs.

(Only for less 1% of people who really need to do bird photography or wild life in low light conditions you may need 300mm f2.8 or a canon 4000mm f5.6L

I went to Alaska on vacation this year and the lens helped me photograph wild life that I could not have photoed with my standard 18 - 55 mm lens.

I needed a zoom lens to shoot distant sporting activities and wild life.

I have done a lot of portraits, wild life and family shots with this lens coupled to my Nikon D3100 with no issues

It's taken care of me when I've wanted to get shots of wild life

Thank You Amazon for making this a pleasant ride!l

This lens allows me to be across the yard and at a f/5.6 capture stunning portraits of my child actually looking at and, unbelievably, smiling at the camera