Top part of the money

At first I was skeptical about whether I should D5000 a favorable telephoto zoom buy my new Nikon, or at least equal to a "decent" Expensive.
I just a beginner but first chose the cheap non-APO, Non OS telephoto and as it turned out everything right.
Hammer Sharp images up to 220mm and crisp colors.
Even if I eventually but should decide again to upgrade to the Nikon or Tamron 70-300er for the stabilizer, I'll Sigma alone because of the 1: 2 retain macros.
Alone for that reason alone it is worth the money.
Weather permitting succeed without problems stable images of the hand and above 200mm and without OS - if need be simply screwed the ISO upwards.
For portraits, it is also excellent.

The only drawback:
Above 220mm it is slightly out of focus.
But I forgive the sigma for the price.

I would buy it in any case again.