Produces nice Bokeh
Quality HOYA optics.
Price.
Color rendition performance is excellent.
No noticeable distortion of any kind at any focal plane. :O)
Push / pull zoom (love or hate that)
Ergonomics are super.You can hold the lense at all times if need be

Softness @ 300mm.
I don't consider this to be much a weakness as Flower / nature photography is excellent.Minimal PP solves all that.
AF slow, noisy.
Minimum focus distance 3 feet.
Low light performance is marginal.This can be expected for the Aperature range. 4-5.6

Heavy lense that is built like a tank. Price is very reasonable. $100.00-150.00
Excellent macro capabilities. Great starting out macro zoom.
Quality details from long distance.

Customer Service

Not needed

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sharp at most focal lengths, good contrast.

slow AF, very slow i mean. noisy, but tolerable

cheap and good lens, slow in focusing though

Customer Service

none needed

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Cheap. Big zoom.

For some reason, the depth of field preview is locked. I'm wondering if this affects the meter, as when you change the aperture, the lens physically changes the aperture. Pressing the depth of field preview button on my FM-10 does nothing.

Pretty good for the money

Customer Service

Haven't tried

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I purchased this lens at a used camera show; it was new in the box. Lens is sharp and fairly fast on focus.

Soft and slow at 300mm, use a tripod. Autofocus is a little slow and noisy.

This is a fairly good cheap lens for the casual shooter. If planning to use at 300mm a lot you must use a tripod (unless shooting with iso 400 or better). Pictures come out good with nice contrast but with a little softness around 300mm.

Customer Service

none needed

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Tokina sx 28-105