Cathy
When is a zoom lens not a zoom lens? When you cant use the full focal length! I know there are drawbacks with zoom lenses but this produces no usable images at full zoom. Even in full light and playing with different aperture settings I did not produce one single acceptable image. Changing ISO....f/stop....shutter speed....nothing. So there is no point in getting a zoom lens if you, in fact, can not use the zoom. Pics in the 18mm-120mm range were usable if you did some sharpening in Lightroom. Everything became way to soft beyond that and Lightroom can only sharpen so much. Horrible chromatic aberrations at zoom as well. I wasnt expecting much....I bought this for my travel dslr. I have a small Canon Sl1 for travel when I dont want to carry my heavy DSLR....the kit lens that came with the SL1 camera takes way better photos. If I could, I would return it but the return window has closed. I opted for 3 stars because I will probably still use it for scenic shots.....just not at a focal length greater than 120mm.