content: I was a little naive in the purchasing of this lens. I went around and asked a lot of different sources on getting a relatively inexpensive telephoto lens beyond 300mm. They all said the same thing- there is no such thing, if you go cheap you are wasting your money.They were right. I was extremely disappointed in this lens. If you think you're going to freehand this without a tripod, there is no possible way to do it. If you set it up against something stationary, it's still going to cause a snowy white image. You have to use your tripod or the shot is wasted.The quality of the photos would rate approximate 6/10. They generally appear a little darker with quite a bit of grain.It's nice and compact in design but if you care about the quality in photos, stay far away from this lens.