Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Great for beginners like me.

I was searching for a 300mm zoom lens. That's all. Nothing fancy. I was not expecting to get the results that I got. Crisp and clear shots. I shot the moon, flies, birds, spiders, aphids on flowers, basically backyard fauna. The AF is a bit slow, average 1 - 2 seconds compared to the kit lens my D3200 came with (0.5 secs). You definitely need a tripod for 300mm zoom. The lens is not very fast in terms of aperture size, so the shoots need to be adjusted accordingly. The macro mode is great! I did notice some minor chromatic aberrations at full zoom with long exposures in low light at 6400 iso, which sucks. But, for $169, what do you expect? So far, I love it!