This lens with a long focal length and a stabilization is ideal to start in aviation spotting without investing thousands of dollars. In my case coupled to a D7000 he filled his job perfectly. In the case of using for example, a vacation photos against the 55mm focal base is against quite limiting since the multiplier D7000 (1.5X) and therefore a large decrease is necessary. Like all big entry-zoom is faint and therefore requires rather sunny day to make beautiful photos without tripod and necessarily lack of sharpness.