After I had D5000 bought about three years ago with the Nikon 18-105mm lens, I was long satisfied with this equipment - until I was annoyed on vacation when I similar distant raptors photographed and at home "brown Bollen" could be seen. So I decided last Christmas, I "treat" this lens on. Sure, there are some better but also higher-priced lenses, but this lens, I could indulge without feeling guilty and was not disappointed in this summer. What I welcome in particular that it has an active attitude, that in spite of image stabilizer can with moving subjects such as birds go along with the movement of the camera without any (additional) motion blur arises. At dusk, it had not yet proven, but because like so nothing is without a tripod so go. From me a buy recommendation.