First of all, I want to congratulate the work of pro Amazon, fast and serious (order received Monday night and Friday morning). good packaging and objective received in excellent condition. even about the objective itself, I read all the reviews before buying this. the strengths that I find are: a very good report quality / price (and bravo for the price offers on Amazon, we do not find such an attractive price elsewhere). the optical quality is very good, good picnic, very low distortion, vignette 1.8 exists but very low, a very beautiful and above all very bright blur. I use (next to my Sigma 18-200mm DC OS I'm using earlier during the day sunny) for portrait photos like nocturnal landscape and photos on the inside without having to use the flash as denatured colors (except having a pro flash directs up). 2 weaknesses I found: in very low light or when the object is very pret of lens in low light (bokeh for example), AF cracks and to remedy this, I pass the MF mode, not mind that so much. course by day with full of light, the AF works very well and not so noisy I think. Another weak point is the plastic construction that seems fragile. it must therefore be used with care but with this price, you can not ask too much either. In short, for the price it's worth, so do not ask questions, I would say it is almost a "must". of course there is the 1.4 (3 times high prices) and 1.2 (inaccessible prices) that are of quality even higher but for a photographer with a budget like me, then the 1.8 responds to all my needs.