Chinky
Edit after extended use: I took off another star as I certainly cant recommend this lens for video use, unless used with a tripod, because of the terrible, shaky footage because it has no VR. And photos can also not be taken with slower speeds. I also find the continuous AF junpy and would rather focus with the touchscreen once (on the d500) and not have the lens focus all the time. Id totally pass on this lens. This lens is excellent. It is affordable, lightweight and sharp. Im surprised Nikon doesnt make a big deal about the AF-P lenses because they are really fantastic for video. The f5.6 aperture makes it useless for me though. Lenses for crop sensor cameras should not have a smaller maximum aperture than f4 maximum but even if such lenses are produced, Nikon users should have options of buying fast AF lenses for video use that do have wider apertures. The fact that they make only one lens for video that has such a narrow maximum aperture makes me take off two stars for this product. For me the lens is worth less than one star because of the narrow aperture. I usually shoot video indoors or in low lighting scenerios and the 5.6 aperture makes the ISO shoot upwards so that even shootinv with a d500 the video quality is not good. The lens itself, because of the low price and quick autofocus and sharpness does deserve 3 stars so thats what I gave it. The AF is fantastic, silent and quick focusing including when shooting video with it. The problem with focusing during video is the Nikon cameras. With this lens, the d500 always focuses at the nearest object when shooting with continuous AF (AF-F) even when I manually set the AF point with the touchscreen. Ironically, the d3400 focused faster during video than the d500, but I sent back the d3400 because there were other things I didnt like about the camera.